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Haltom’s Huddle Holiday Food Drive underway
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
November 7, 2024
Haltom’s Huddle is hosting a canned food drive and will be collecting canned goods until Dec. 15. Haltom is asking for the support of both communities to help with local charities to get food to those...
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Checotah FFA and FCCLA to honor veterans Monday
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Checotah FFA and FCCLA to honor veterans Monday
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November 7, 2024
At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 fighting ceased in World War I, “the war to end all wars.” Nov. 11 has been set aside as a national holiday since 1919 to commemorate that da...
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Protestors file petition to put wind farms to a vote of the people
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Protestors file petition to put wind farms to a vote of the people
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
November 7, 2024
More than 200 opponents of the proposed wind farm attended a weekly county commissioner meeting Monday, hoping to convince the commissioners to file a moratorium against a company that plans to put in...
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Fighting wind turbines
November 7, 2024
Opponents of the proposed wind farms planned for McIntosh County are invited to a meeting on Thursday, Nov. 21 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Eufaula VFW hall. Text 918-617-6124 for more informati...
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County boos domestic violence
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County boos domestic violence
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
October 31, 2024
Supports all survivors Halloween, also known as All Hallow’s Eve, may seem to be the scariest time of the year with all its ghouls, goblins, witches and more, but it truly can’t compare to the terror ...
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Burn ban in effect
October 31, 2024
A burn ban has been put into effect by the McIntosh County Commissioners until further notice. The ban was enacted at the Monday, Oct. 28 meeting, and will remain active immediately for a period of ab...
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Wells pleads guilty to embezzlement
October 31, 2024
Former Paradise Fire Chief Justin Lee Wells, 42, Porum, pled guilty on Wednesday, Oct. 23 to embezzlement of public funds. Associate District Judge Brendon Bridges handed Wells a oneyear deferred sent...
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Former teacher of year arrested
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
October 31, 2024
A former Checotah Intermediate School Teacher of the Year has been arrested and charged with misdemeanor domestic abuse following an altercation Sunday. Stacy LaFavor, 54, formerly Coleman, entered a ...
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County residents fighting windmillsan age-old story
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County residents fighting windmillsan age-old story
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
October 31, 2024
Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes wrote the first modern novel published in 1605 called Don Quixote, which became todays timeless musical Man of La Mancha. Don Quixote was fighting imaginary foes. Th...
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On Friday Checotah
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On Friday Checotah
October 31, 2024
On Friday Checotah celebrated Band Homecoming at their pep assembly and then before their game. The Band Royalty included: Freshman Peyton Howell and Walter Beaird, Juniors Chloe Andrews and William C...
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County excited to see historical convoy
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County excited to see historical convoy
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
October 24, 2024
Jefferson Highway-Oklahoma Chapter President Delaina Stevens was elated when she got the news that a convoy of historic military vehicles traveling the Jefferson Highway would make a quick stop in Che...
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Turkey Shoot Oct. 26
October 24, 2024
The 15th annual Curtis Eugene Woodfork Turkey Shoot will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Warrior School Grounds 10 miles west of Checotah across from the Mt. Olive Baptist Chu...
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Early voting begins Oct. 30
October 24, 2024
Early voting begins Wednesday, Oct. 30, for voters in McIntosh County and other counties across the State. Voters who will not be able to make it to the polls on Election Day have the option of voting...
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‘Tooney’ Martin re-convicted of murder
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‘Tooney’ Martin re-convicted of murder
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
October 24, 2024
David Deval Martin, 39, was convicted of murder in McIntosh County in October 2016 and sentenced to life in prison without parole. However, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2020 in its McGirt dec...
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Another Hobo Dinner & Pie Auction in the books
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Another Hobo Dinner & Pie Auction in the books
By Staff Reports 
October 24, 2024
The Checotah Landmark Preservation Society held their Annual All-You-Can-Eat Hobo Dinner at the Katy Depot on Saturday night, October 19. The doors opened at 5 p.m. for locals to come get a bowl of st...
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Group np in anns against wind farm proposal
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
October 24, 2024
Developers of a proposed 121-turbine wind farm in Western McIntosh County may find themselves facing gale-force opposition to their project. Half a dozen opponents to the wind farm attended a county c...
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1 Dead, three injured in weekend crash
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
October 3, 2024
Eufaula firefighters arrived at a horrific scene Saturday night on SH 9 East near Longtown. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, three Harley-Davidson motorcycles and a Nissan Sentra collided on ...
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Explosion sends 3 city workers for medical evaluations
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Explosion sends 3 city workers for medical evaluations
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
October 3, 2024
The Checotah Fire Department was dispatched to an explosion at the city barn on Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 8:51 a.m. that sent one city worker to the hospital and two to emergency care to be checked out. ...
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Class of Checotah competes at Eufaula Invitational
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Class of Checotah competes at Eufaula Invitational
October 3, 2024
The winning streak continues for the Class of Checotah. Twelve bands competed in the Eufaula Marching Invitational at Paul Bell Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 28. They included: Pocola, Stigler, Panama, B...
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Past school records to be destroyed
October 3, 2024
Checotah High School will be destroying past graduate records. If you graduated between 2017 and 2018, you can pick up your high school records at the Checotah High School office. The records must be ...
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Seminole survives Checotah 34-27
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Seminole survives Checotah 34-27
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
September 11, 2025
The Seminole Chieftains were lucky to go home with a 34-27 win over the Checotah Wildcats Friday night. Checotah’s penalties that accumulated to over 100 yards. The Wildcats moved the football up and ...
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D is for Duvall
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D is for Duvall
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
September 11, 2025
When your last name is Duvall then you more than likely wear a cowboy hat, ride a horse and have sat in many rodeo arenas over several decades. So when word got out that the Jim Norick Arena was being...
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9/11 – Never Forget
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
September 11, 2025
At about 7 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, I strolled into the Las Vegas Sun newsroom where I worked as an entertainment reporter. The room was quiet, a palpable feeling of dread filled the air as the f...
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Checotah FFA earns historic award
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Checotah FFA earns historic award
September 11, 2025
The Checotah FFA Chapter has been recently recognized in the 2025 National Chapter Award Program from the National FFA Organization. “We are so excited that the Checotah FFA was given a National 3-sta...
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Chief issues executive order to implement Treaty of 1866 Freedmen ruling
By PATRICK FORD SPECIAL REPORT 
September 11, 2025
Muscogee Nation Principal Chief David Hill has issued Executive Order No. 25-05, outlining the Nation’s plan to comply with a landmark Supreme Court decision requiring the incorporation of the Treaty ...
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