WWE Live SummerSlam HeatWave Tour is coming to OKC on Saturday, July 27! This will be your chance to see Universal Champion Seth Rollins, AJ Style, Sami Zayn, Becky Lynch, Lacey Evans, and Alexa Bliss...

Bicyclists on the 2019 OK Freewheel came through Checotah on Wednesday, June 12. Oklahoma Freewheel is a week long bicycle tour taken in early June in Oklahoma that typically begins near the Red River...

The eastern collared lizard, also known as the “mountain boomer,” was adopted in 1969 as the Oklahoma State Reptile. This reptile is a funny little lizard found locally in bluffs and rocky areas. They...

Sharpes Department Store employees Grayson Schuering, Kory Bible, Cody Rock and Aaron Brinsfield took the $500 first place prize in the Checotah Lions Club’s first Charity Golf Tournament on Friday, M...

A Tiger Mountain area resident faces charges related to threatening to kill his mother and father. Charles Darin Johnson, 43, was arrested on June 4 and charged with feloniously pointing a firearm and...

The talent of local artist Jeff Davis, a 1985 graduate of Checotah High School, is not only beautiful to the eye, but it speaks to the soul. Jeff Davis, aka J. Ross Davis, is an award winning Cheroke...

A little rain couldn’t dampen the spirits of the excited crowd and participants that gathered for the Power Wheel races and the Lawn Mower races on Friday night at the Checotah Sports Complex. The 53r...

Isaac Lanham, 12, is in a fight for his life. The Eufaula youngster recently was diagnosed with leukemia and the family is struggling with the tragedy, and with bills related to treatment. A benefit, ...

Six inmates in the McIntosh County jail, including three from Checotah, have been charged with possession of contraband after failing drug tests, according to the district attorney’s office. All six w...

Carrie Underwood’s career may have begun when she won American Idol in 2005, but this country girl from Checotah, Oklahoma, shows no sign of slowing down this dream-come-true life she’s now living. On...

Ake, Roger M. Albright, Austin Michael Allen, Edmond Monte Allen, Justin Lee Almeida, Louis Ernest III Anderson, Gary Don Anderson, Teddy Bruce Arnold, Charles Wayne Bahe, Mandy Gail Baker, Jerry Beal...

OKLAHOMA CITY - A flood fund has been established by the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Foundation (OCF) to help Cattlemen who have been affected by on-going statewide flooding in Oklahoma. “While moisture is t...

Felony Cases Gary Don Anderson: possession of a firearm in commission of a felony Athena Arlene Benefield: possession of contraband Chelle Marie Flud: possession of contraband Artyle Don Jacobs: posse...

Cindy Lee Spradlin, 36, of Porum is listed in stable condition at St. Francis Tulsa hospital following an accident Saturday on Texanna Road. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Spradlin was westb...

Three Porum residents face drug-related charges after being arrested recently on Texanna Road east of Dam Road. Jeffrey Lane Smith, 54, Michael Christopher Mann, 18, and Cody James Alvarez, 20, will ...

For the second time in three years the Oklahoma Press Association named the Eufaula Indian Journal the top newspaper in the state in its division. The coveted Sequoyah Award was given to the Journal d...

Oklahoma tobacco retailers are increasingly not complying with state law regarding underage tobacco sales. Last year, Oklahoma tobacco retailers posted an overall non-compliance rate of about 18 perce...

The Best of Motown and More will perform at Eufaula’s Legacy on Main Street dinner theater July 6. The cost of the dinner and show is $45. For the show only, the cost is $25. Advance purchase of ticke...

Monday, June 17: Grilled chicken patty w/gravy; mashed potatoes; okra/tomato blend; bread; cinnamon applesauce; milk Tuesday, June 18: Polish sausage; cabbage; black-eyed peas; cornbread; orange fluff...

Bargain hunters need to get plenty of rest between now and Saturday, June 15, when the 14th Annual 10 Mile-plus Yard Sale gets underway at 8 a.m. The popular, all-day event stretches from Eufaula, thr...