Eufaula News

FIREWORKS DISPLAY, 8:45 p.m. Friday , Timothy Baptist Church, 5530 W. Okmulgee Ave.

At least one person was killed in an accident that forced the partial closure of a highway in northwest Oklahoma City.

The little town of Eufaula is bringing in some big country stars to get the Fourth of July holiday weekend started off with a bang.

A Muskogee man was sentenced in federal court Tuesday and will spend time in prison for his part in a Eufaula drug conspiracy, said Sheldon J. Sperling, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

Legendary British bands Yes and Asia will showcase their progressive rock style with hits like "I've Seen All Good People," "Roundabout" and "Heat of the Moment" during a benefit concert for the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame & Museum.

Inez Vail Smith, 80, died Wednesday, June 24, 2009. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Massey Cemetery in Crowder.

A former McIntosh County sheriff and undersheriff charged last month with taking confiscated cash from a motorist were caught up in an FBI sting that began with another traffic stop 19 months ago.

The former McIntosh County sheriff and undersheriff have pleaded guilty to a federal charge alleging they conspired to illegally seize money from motorists.

Two more of the 14 persons caught in a methamphetamine ring based in Eufaula have drawn prison sentences from a Muskogee Federal judge.

A former McIntosh County sheriff pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy count Thursday in connection with a scheme in which he and his former undersheriff pocketed seized cash from motorists over a 19-month period.

Midwest City resident Charles Gordon lost some of his most precious possessions last Wednesday night when a trailer was taken from the side of his house on Symphony Lane.

A new $5.3 million water treatment plant brings Checotah into compliance with state water regulations and increases the city's capacity for growth, officials said.

CHURCH SALE, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Church of God, 3715 E. Shawnee Bypass.

Eufaula Elementary teacher Diana Goodwin's program to teach students about conservation earned the OERB/Harlan Krumme Memorial Energy Education Grant.

A new jail near Eufaula may help pay for itself by housing more state and area prisoners than just those from McIntosh County.

The Rev. Kevin Jones and Janece Jones will be at Abiding Life Fellowship beginning Sunday, where the Rev.

A retired Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agent has been named as McIntosh County's sheriff.

A teenager who was convicted as a youthful offender in the death of a Checotah man must now go to prison.

Joe Hogan is comfortable being in charge. He spent 26 years as an agent/deputy inspector with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.

McIntosh County Commissioners narrowed a list of 13 applicants for McIntosh County Sheriff to a short list of six Monday.