Frizzell had ordered Drummond to propose a final judgment in Oklahoma's successful federal lawsuit against Arkansas poultry companies over pollution of the Illinois River. The court requires the ...

Muskogee, a small city of less than 40,000, is nestled along the Arkansas River about two hours from Oklahoma City and less than an hour's drive from Tulsa International Airport.

The river’s watershed covers 1,657 square miles, with 758 in Benton, Washington and Crawford counties in Arkansas and 899 in northeast Oklahoma’s Adair, Cherokee, Delaware and Sequoyah counties.