Eldredge of Stars becomes SAC golfer of week

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April 25, 2019

Oklahoma City University?s Melissa Eldredge collected Sooner Athletic Conference women?s golfer of the week. Eldredge, a junior from Eufaula, Okla., nabbed her first career SAC golfer of the week nod.

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McIntosh County Democrat wins Sequoyah Award

June 12, 2025

The Oklahoma Press Association presented its Better Newspaper Contest Awards during the OPA Annual Convention June 6-7, at the Grand Casino Hotel and Resort in Shawnee. The top award a newspaper can r...

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Fink inducted into OPA Half Century Club

June 12, 2025

Managing Editor Jerry Fink of The Eufaula Indian Journal and the McIntosh County Democrat was inducted into the Oklahoma Press Association Half Century Club on Saturday, June 7 at the Grand in Shawnee...

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Preliminary set for 2 suspected of killing Eufaulan

June 12, 2025

Two Muskogee men charged with killing a Eufaula resident were ordered to appear at a preliminary hearing in district court at 10 a.m., Thursday, July 3. Suspects Kyren Omari Boulware, 19, and Michael ...

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2 dead, 4 injured in pileup

June 12, 2025

Two people from Marshall, Texas were killed, and four others were injured in a harrowing four-vehicle pileup on U.S. 69 half a mile south of the Muskogee City Limits at about 2:20 p.m. on Monday, June...

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Commissioners getting an increase in road spending

By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR

June 12, 2025

Rep. Tim Turner, R-Kinta, announced some good news and some bad news at the Monday morning Monthly County Commissioner meeting. First, the bad news, at least for those who oppose wind turbines in the ...

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Old Settlers Day, a Checotah tradition this weekend

June 12, 2025

Don’t miss Old Settlers Day this Saturday. This family tradition in Checotah is one of old friends, new friends and lots of good ol’ fashion family fun. Always the second Saturday in June, the town ho...

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Celebrate Flag Day, June 14

June 12, 2025

Bring us your tattered and weathered flag. Observe as our local Boys Scouts and DAV members honorably retire it. Starting at 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Free Cookout, Games and Raffle At Veterans Park, 114 N Broa...

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Juneteenth Celebration set for June 21

June 12, 2025

CLEARVIEW - The ending of slavery in the United States, celebrated annually on or around June 19, will be celebrated on Saturday June 21 from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The celebration will take place at th...

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Bridge dedicated to World War II veteran

By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR

June 12, 2025

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation recently honored the late veteran William “Bill” Antrum Fox Jr. by naming a bridge after him. The William A. Fox Jr. Memorial Bridge is on SH 9 East at Nine M...

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Jefferson Highway keeps on rollin’

By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR

June 12, 2025

Long before Route 66, there was the Jefferson Highway. Route 66 was a federally funded, 2,448-mile highway that crossed the country going east and west from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, Californ...

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Checotah Class of 2005 Reunion

June 12, 2025

Let’s celebrate our 20-year reunion together! Join us for a fun class reunion weekend! It will be a weekend of laughter and memories you’ll cherish forever! June 13 -15 Marvel Resort, Gore, OK For mor...