Transfer rules doom Porum football program

Sports

August 8, 2024

By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR,

Newly hired Porum principal and football coach Brandon Turley got a huge surprise when he was hired in late May. Porum lacked enough players to form an eight-man football team that forced Porum to abandon any hope of having a football team in the 2024 season.

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Lake Eufaula Out of the Darkness Walk

September 19, 2024

The first Out of the Darkness Suicide Awareness Walk will be held Saturday, Sept. 21 at the Eufaula Cove Pavilion. Onsite registration starts at 3 p.m. The walk begins at 4 p.m. Everyone is invited to...

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POW/MIA NATIONAL RECOGNITION DAY

September 19, 2024

Friday, Sept. 20 from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. At Veterans Park - 114 N. Broadway, Checotah Special presentation and complimentary meal Provided by the McIntosh County DAY

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Delayed fatality collision reported

September 19, 2024

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol on Monday, Sept. 16, reported that a 60-year-old Eufaula man died on Aug. 30, a week after being critically injured in a collision with a trash truck. The accident occurred...

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Lion secretary Iris Park steps down

By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER

September 19, 2024

At the recent Checotah Lions Club meeting, Lion Secretary Iris Park stepped down and Aidan Beebe will be sworn in to take her position. Iris and her husband Joe became Lions in 2015. Iris served as Pr...

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VFW Auxiliary to host Gold and Blue Star families

September 19, 2024

Gold and Blue Star fami- required for this event, lies to be honored with an Contact Cheryl Campbell event on Saturday, Sept. 28 at at 918-617-8665 or crichard- 1 p.m. Family registration is sonl027@m...

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Par for the course, Lions host successful golf scramble

By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER

September 19, 2024

The Checotah Lions Club hosted a successful 6th Annual Lions Golf Scramble at Arrowhead State Golf Course on Friday the 13th. It was a beautiful day to catch a “birdie” on the green to help raise fund...

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Baylee Smith receives Cattlewomen’s scholarship

September 19, 2024

The Green Country Cattlewomen Association has chosen Baylee Smith as their scholarship recipient. Baylee is the daughter Kevin and Julie Smith. She graduated from Oktaha High School in 2024 and is now...

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County GOP news

By LYNELLE MEDLEY CHAIRMAN

September 19, 2024

McIntosh GOP has been busy planning ahead for our fall meetings and the lineup is looking great. In October we will hear from a representative of OCPA about the judges up for retention this election c...

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CLPS celebrated 40 years at the Katy

By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER

September 19, 2024

The Checotah Landmark Preservation Society celebrated 40 years with a Cornhole at the Depot Tournament on Saturday, Sept. 7. The tournament was a fundraiser and CLPS volunteers served hotdogs, chips a...

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The Dark Side of the Digital Age

By NATALIE GABBARD MHR, LPC

September 19, 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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Edinburgh: An origin of romanticism, modern economic philosophy & more

By Dr. James Finck, USAG History Professor

September 19, 2024

---------------- current events through a historical lens------------------------ Edinburgh: An origin of romanticism, modern economic philosophy & more This summer I had the amazing fortune to travel...