Foundation awarded $1.1 million grant to combat opioid addiction

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January 20, 2022

OKLAHOMA CITY ? The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded $1.1 million to an Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist who hopes to reduce the skyrocketing incidence of opioid addiction and deaths among veterans.

Obituaries

DEATH NOTICES

November 20, 2025

EUFAULA - William Fredrick, 81, passed from this life on Thursday, November 13, 2025 at his home surrounded by family. Graveside Services were held on Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at the Bower Cemetery....

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Oklahoma spares Tremane Wood from execution with minutes to spare

By ASHLYND BAECHT ASHLYND@READFRONTIER.COM

November 20, 2025

Gov. Kevin Stitt granted death row prisoner Tremane Wood clemency less than an hour before his scheduled execution on Thursday. It is the second time since 2021 that Stitt has granted clemency for a d...

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The Day the Northern Lights Came to McIntosh County

By MICHAEL BARNES

November 20, 2025

Well, would you look at that. Eufaula, Oklahoma isn’t the kind of place where the universe usually pulls up a chair and gets dramatic. But this fall, while we were mowing lawns, fixing fence posts, an...

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Okmulgee resident sentenced for robbery, transporting a stolen vehicle and felony assault

November 20, 2025

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced Vincent Jerome May, age 37, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for one...

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Eufaula resident sentenced for second degree murder in Indian Country

November 20, 2025

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that William Clayton Brown, age 42, of Eufaula, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 300 months in prison for one count of Murd...

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County sales tax income up from last year

November 20, 2025

The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from September business. The monies they reported this period represent sal...

Sports

Why private schools should not compete against public schools in the Postseason

By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR

November 20, 2025

Why private schools should not compete against public schools in the Postseason The debate over whether private-school football teams should compete against public-school programs in the postseason ha...

Sports

OU Regents green-light major step toward $450 million stadium transformation

By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR

November 20, 2025

The University of Oklahoma Board of Regents took a major step Tuesday toward one of the largest capital projects in school history — approving the design development phase and authorizing the creation...

Sports

Sooners’ defense ignites chaos in 23-21 victory over Alabama

By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR

November 20, 2025

Oklahoma’s playmaking defense packed its biggest punch of the season Saturday, torching Alabama for 17 points off three massive turnovers and throwing the entire SEC and College Football Playoff race ...

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Checotah Impact Player of the Week

November 20, 2025

The Checotah Impact Player of he Week is Jayden Lake. Lake finished with three receptions for 152 yards in the Wildcats’ 38-20 loss to Inola in the first round of the playoffs. Impact Player of the We...

Sports | Outdoors

Antlerness harvest

November 20, 2025

With antlerless deer harvest trending downwards the past few years, hunters are urged to take advantage of the state’s more liberal bag limits and more open days for antlerless harvest. There are seve...