More Oklahomans dream of becoming the next American Idol

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April 6, 2023

It has been eighteen years since Checotah?s own Carrie Underwood won the fourth season of American Idol in 2005. Her single ?Inside Your Heaven? made her the only country artist to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the only solo country artist in the 2000s to have a number-one song on the Hot 100.

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Blues fans entertained all weekend

By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER

September 5, 2024

Blues fans, young and old, enjoyed the 34th Rentiesville’s Dusk Til Dawn Blues Festival put on by Selby Minner, staff and volunteers this past weekend. The Labor Day festival that started in 1991 with...

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Cornhole at the Depot

September 5, 2024

Saturday, Sept. 7 Bags fly at 10 a.m. Join the Checotah Landmark Preservation Society as they celebrate 40 years! Proceeds will benefit the volunteer-ran Katy Depot Museum. For more information visit ...

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Mark your calendar: Wine & Art Festival

September 5, 2024

Don’t forget to mark your calendar for one of the biggest events of the year in Eufaula - Vision Eufaula’s Wine & Art Festival, set for Saturday, Sept. 7, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The main event takes p...

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Lankford visits Checotah

By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER

September 5, 2024

On Aug. 26, Senator James Lankford visited Checotah, touring Freedom House and met with city leaders to discuss Oklahoma concerns. Lankford met with Kathy Love, the director of Freedom House which is ...

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Jefferson Highway Association celebrates historic milestone with new signage across Oklahoma

September 5, 2024

The Jefferson Highway Association is proud to announce the installation of new signage across Oklahoma, officially marking the historic route through the state. This significant development comes afte...

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Commissioner Grider asks for a recount after narrow loss

By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR

September 5, 2024

Winner anxious to begin new career The race for District 2 McIntosh County Commissioner in last week’s primary runoff election was a photo finish, with challenger Clifford McElhaney defeating incumben...

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Rentiesville man gets 18 years for brutal murder

September 5, 2024

MUSKOGEE - Fredrick Cody Burkhalter, 27, of Rentiesville, was sentenced to 222 months in prison for causing the death of a person by firearm during a crime of violence, according to the United States ...

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Let’s Talk About It: Changing the Narrative

September 5, 2024

Editor’s Note: September is National Suicide Prevention and Recovery Month and therefore we will be covering a critical and often overlooked issue: the alarming rate of suicides in rural Oklahoma. In ...

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Corvette caravans cruise through Checotah

By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER

September 5, 2024

A small caravan of Corvettes cruised through Checotah recently on their way to the National Corvette Museum. More than 8,000 Corvettes descended on the National Corvette Museum from all points around ...

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The importance of the right places and right people

By JZdVonnd RLacleA

September 5, 2024

I.CbUOnnCb& Recently I have thought a lot about the importance of places and people in your life. What truly makes or breaks a person - the psychological debate of nature versus nurture. How both natu...

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Reviewing Vance’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

By ? r. James Finck, USAD History Professor

September 5, 2024

In 2016 J.D. Vance released a memoir of his formative years as a member of a hillbilly family just trying to survive. His story was about overcoming obstacles as he eventually made it out of his small...