In the third season of the Netflix show, “The Crown,” Lord Mountbatten outlined to a room of British officials the procedures for a coup.

Apparently there was a football game over the weekend. OU and Texas. It was somewhere in Texas, and I gather OU won. I gather that because that’s all I’ve seen on social media this weekend. 

Pick a side?

The woman describes herself as a spiritual consultant, an intuitive energy healer for the soul, mind and body.

For two decades, the opioid epidemic has plagued the Cherokee Nation. In recent years, hundreds of millions of prescription opioids were sold at the wholesale or retail level within the Cherokee Nation Reservation. The epidemic affects even our youngest citizens with many Cherokee babies bei…

OKLAHOMA CITY — Joy Hofmeister’s defection from lifelong Republican to sudden Democrat as she announced a bid for governor sent shockwaves through Oklahoma politics Thursday.

Apparently those of us who frequent Facebook are now considered old geysers. The new social media platform is Instagram or Snapchat. I can't keep up with all of it, but I'm sure that's their plan.

It’s a familiar family story, one member is known as a crafty near-do-well, another reflects honor and dedication. The contrast in this instance is a father and son, General James Wilkinson and Lieutenant James Biddle Wilkinson. General Wilkinson was born in 1857 and, at nineteen enlisted in…

The Westville Yellowjackets (6-1, 2-1) will travel to Mcintosh County Thursday night for their annual fall break game to take on the Checotah Wildcats (0-6, 0-2) in a key District 3A-3 contest. The Yellowjackets are coming off a 56-14 loss at the hands of the second ranked Lincoln Christian …

A report of child abuse is made every 10 seconds in the United States.More than 700,000 children are found to be abused or neglected in the U.S. each year. More than 1,500 of those children die each year due to abuse and neglect.  

A Tahlequah physician employed by Cherokee Nation was arrested in Chicot County, Arkansas on Tuesday for the first-degree murder of Moria Kinsey, 37, and a candlelight vigil has been slated to honor the victim.

Life is a challenge. “Humph! you didn’t have to tell me that,” you say. We are “fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:14), possess an eternal soul and a conscience that connects to the law of our righteous, eternal God. We are temporal, sinful and doomed for eternal death unless we part…

Apparently those of us who frequent Facebook are now considered old geysers. The new social media platform is Instagram or Snapchat. I can't keep up with all of it, but I'm sure that's their plan.

Two Adair County students recently were honored by the Oklahoma State University Ferguson College of Agriculture with academic scholarships for the 2021-2022 academic year.  

Planning for the proposed city hall was discussed during the Stilwell City Council meeting on Monday, Oct. 4, at 5:30 p.m. at the Senior Citizens building.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma counties and municipalities have begun entering into new intergovernmental agreements and working with their tribal neighbors following last year’s landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling, and tribal leaders said they’re hopeful state officials will soon be willing to do …

Columbus Day has officially been changed to Indigenous Peoples' Day in Stilwell, along with many other cities. And it is now a federal holiday, since 2021, when the first national Indigenous Peoples' Day was celebrated in the U.S.

Advocates for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault are stepping up in a different way this year to promote awareness and raise funds for much-needed services in the community.

This week I want to tell you about my biggest barter.  

Stilwell is environmentally healthy and the city has official state reports and documents to prove it. 

Five agriculture and mineral owner groups this week announced the formation of the Royalty Owner Coalition of Oklahoma, a non-profit corporation to create a structured, consistent and strong voice for the interests of Oklahoma mineral owners.

Christianity often calls us to act in ways contrary to the usual course of human behavior. At the heart of our relationship to God is the principle of submission, and most people don’t care to submit to anyone.

 The past nine months of Biden’s presidency have brought about a wave of crises unlike anything I have seen during my time in Washington. While Congress is back to vote on the Democrats’ combined $5.5 trillion tax and spend spree, the crisis at our southern border is worsening by the day. It…

Few are alive who remember the dust bowl days in Oklahoma, but between the drought and the depression, it was a miserable time to live here - well anywhere. It seems some of the lessons learned then have been forgotten.

OKLAHOMA CITY — The state’s top blood center announced Monday that it will resume free antibody testing on all donations effective immediately.

This summer presented a critical time for Oklahoma youth as we aimed to make up for the educational and emotional impacts the past year of remote learning, financial hardships, social upheaval, and food insecurity had on kids’ development. 

For two decades, the opioid epidemic has plagued the Cherokee Nation. In recent years, hundreds of millions of prescription opioids were sold at the wholesale or retail level within the Cherokee Nation Reservation. The epidemic affects even our youngest citizens with many Cherokee babies bei…

Work life balance. Do you even think about that? 

The Stilwell Football Indians fell 58-8 to the Ft. Gibson Tigers in District 4A-4 action last Friday night at Leo Donahue/Tiger Stadium in Fort Gibson. With the loss, Stilwell falls to 0-2 in the District and 0-4 overall. The Tigers improve to 2-0 in District play and 3-2 overall.

The Stilwell Lady Indians punched their ticket to the Class 4A Regional playoffs with wins of 10-6 and 10-4 over the Inola Lady Longhorns in FastPitch “Play-In” action last Thursday at Edna M Carson Park in Stilwell.

Remember the great toilet paper shortage of 2020? Gardeners who plan to plant bulbs this fall may notice a bulb shortage. Demand for not only bulbs, but plants and other gardening supplies has skyrocketed since the start of the pandemic and isn’t showing any signs of slowing down.

Every time I see a Silver Alert, I cringe.  As a person who, in the days before cell phones and social media, used to occasionally get in the car and go for a drive or take a long ambling solitary walk for some “alone time,” I’ve been traumatized by Silver Alerts. Not that I really think my …

William Eckstein was appointed to the Eastern Oklahoma Library System Board of Trustees at the regular meeting of the Adair County Commissioners on Monday, Oct. 4 at 8:30 a.m. at the Adair County Courthouse.