Lady Ironheads score 43 runs in 3-Way

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April 1, 2021

The Eufaula Lady Ironheads was on fire Monday as they competed in a 3-Way against Wewoka and Okemah. Adison McLaughlin earned a 22-0 shutout victory over Okemah in game one. Eufaula scored one run in the first, five in the second and third innings and added 11 runs in the fourth for the win.

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Mary Isham retires from USPS

By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER

May 8, 2025

Mary Isham retired last week after 20 years with the Checotah Post Office. She started her career with USPS Dec 25, 2004. “I was a stay-at-home mom of four kids until my youngest started school,” Isha...

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Community invited to Memorial Day Service at Greenlawn Cemetery

May 8, 2025

Honoring All Veterans Friday, May 23 at 5 p.m. Veterans Park in Checotah Free Hotdog & Hamburgers Games and Fellowship Compliments of the McIntosh County DAV The DAV Chapter 3 Mc-Intosh County will ho...

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Checotah Schools Dates to Remember

May 8, 2025

May 9 – Kindergarten Graduation May 16 – CIS Track Meet on Football Field May 16 - 9th-12th Awards Assembly at 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. at PAC May 16 – Emerson Ramsey Talent Show (MS/HS) from 1:30 -2:30 p.m....

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Early voting May 8, 9

May 8, 2025

On May 13 there will be a general election for State Senate District 8 and for Green Country Tech Center Proposition. Early voting for those two elections will be at the Mc-Intosh County Courthouse fr...

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Pooches paraded at Art and Bark in the Park

By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER

May 8, 2025

The first annual Art and Bark in the Park presented by the Checotah Art Guild was a great success! Visitors had fun choosing outfits and accessories to put on their dogs from the large selection provi...

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Journalism edged out by Sovereignty in the Kentucky Derby

May 8, 2025

The Kentucky Derby was a soggy but sensational race this year as Journalism and Sovereignty went neck and neck to a sloppy finish with Sovereignty taking the crown. Fulfilling a dream decades in the m...

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Lake 10 feet above normal, and rising

By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR

May 8, 2025

Water release rate: 39,429 cubic feet per second More than seven inches of rain have fallen during the past week. That, coupled with severe rainfall north and west of McIntosh County, has swollen the ...

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Checotah Band Spring Concert and Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser May 8

May 8, 2025

The Checotah Band Spring Concert is May 8 and will be a Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser. Dinner will be served at 5 p.m. in the HS Cafeteria and then the concert begins at 6 p.m. in the PAC. The bands hav...

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Eastern Oklahoma Library System receives $20,000 grant

May 8, 2025

MUSKOGEE – The Eastern Oklahoma Library System is pleased to announce it has received a $20,000 grant from the Carolyn Watson Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation Fund at the Oklahoma City Community Fo...

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Olivia Shackelford receives Youth Prevention Award

By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER

May 8, 2025

Olivia Shackelford became a member of Youth Action for Health Leadership (YAHL) to make a difference in her school and oh what a difference she had made! Olivia affectionately known as Livy to her fri...

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Free 5K and Community Fun Run

May 8, 2025

Join the fun on Saturday, May 24 for a free 5k and Community Fun Run, hosted by Neighbors Building Neighborhoods. Preregister for “Just Glow With It” to save your spot and for a free event t-shirt and...