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Stunning nature photos featured in Outdoor Oklahoma
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Stunning nature photos featured in Outdoor Oklahoma
August 6, 2020
Oklahoma’s natural world has long been the focus of our state’s talented photographers and is at the heart of the Wildlife Department’s Outdoor Oklahoma magazine’s Readers’ Photography Showcase, relea...
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On this day in U.S. military history
August 6, 2020
On August 6, 1787 – In Philadelphia, delegates to the Constitutional Convention begin debating the first complete draft of the proposed Constitution of the United States. 1819 – Norwich University, th...
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Kickapoo Tribe
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Kickapoo Tribe
August 6, 2020
Through numerous accounts, one thread of Kickapoo history remains: forced movement. It was something the tribe experienced so frequently, and in such a manner, that their origin cannot be connected t...
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Kiowa Chairman?s impeachment hearing delayed
August 6, 2020
The impeachment trial for Matthew Komalty, chairman of the 14,000 member Kiowa Tribe, was halted Thursday after the Court of Indian Offenses ordered a delay. Komalty sought the delay because of a conc...
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For Oklahoma seniors, legal marijuana is a new frontier
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For Oklahoma seniors, legal marijuana is a new frontier
August 6, 2020
Back doors, secret shops, shady exchanges, cryptic messages on bulletin boards. This is how Belinda Davis remembers the underground weed sales in the Arkansas college town of Fayetteville where she gr...
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Library summer story winner of the week
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Library summer story winner of the week
August 6, 2020
1st place story winner in the library’s summer reading program, ages 6-9 years-old, Gael Vega.
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Mystery packages seed community with suspicion and risk
August 6, 2020
STILLWATER – Oklahomans are being asked to go against their natural curiosity and greenthumb tendencies, setting aside mail deliveries of mystery seeds from China instead of planting them. The package...
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Margaret Floyd: Granny of a Lifetime
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Margaret Floyd: Granny of a Lifetime
August 6, 2020
Margaret Floyd became a Foster Grandparent in December of 1989, after an administrator at Stidham School who went to her church kept asking her to be a “granny.” He asked her enough times that she fin...
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OSU study provides insights into regional beliefs about pandemic-related wearing of masks
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OSU study provides insights into regional beliefs about pandemic-related wearing of masks
August 6, 2020
STILLWATER – Oklahoma State University agricultural economics researchers teamed with their peers at Purdue University to conduct a national survey of U.S. residents to determine beliefs and knowledge...
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Checotah stories from the past
August 6, 2020
114 Years Ago: Checotah Times • March 30, 1906 Cold-Blood Murder Henry K. Thompson is shot down by J.D. Hartfield, at Bennett Henry K. Thompson, a prosperous farmer living seven miles east of Checotah...
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Jade McPeak passed
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Jade McPeak passed
August 6, 2020
Jade McPeak passed her state title of Oklahoma Junior Miss United States Agriculture this weekend to Ali Cole, former Junior Miss Muskogee County. McPeak now reigns as the National Junior Miss United ...
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Elvis tribute set for Aug. 8
July 23, 2020
Elvis tribute artist Brent Giddens will perform a concert, An Echo of the King, on Aug. 8 at Legacy on Main Street, 224 N. Main, Eufaula. Concert tickets are $35. Doors open at 7 p.m. The concert begi...
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2 tribes withdraw from agreement in principle
July 23, 2020
Two Oklahoma tribal chiefs said Friday they oppose an agreement in principle announced the previous day by the state’s attorney general regarding jurisdiction questions after a landmark Supreme Court ...
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AG responds to MCN withdrawal from agreement
July 23, 2020
Attorney General Mike Hunter Friday released the following statement after the Muscogee (Creek) Nation withdrew from the agreement in principle for proposed federal legislation. “Since the Murphy case...
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Connors State offers class options
July 23, 2020
Connors State College will offer a comprehensive redesign of the Fall 2020 course schedule. CSC will offer both online and face-to-face classes with an additional flexible option for students to parti...
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Heroes Ball seen as model for nonprofits across nation
July 23, 2020
The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) invites members of the public to cast votes for outstanding individuals and organizations and honor their work for children and families across the sta...
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AG and Five Tribes release agreement in principle for criminal, civil jurisdiction
July 23, 2020
Attorney General Mike Hunter and tribal leaders collaborating after the McGirt v. Oklahoma decision on July16 released an agreement in principle for proposed federal legislation that will clarify resp...
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DACA recipients find community and common ground in advocacy
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DACA recipients find community and common ground in advocacy
July 23, 2020
Tasneem Al-Michael is the son of parents he admires, the younger of two children, the proud owner of a cat named Moon and the only person in the Al-Michael family who is undocumented. When he came to...
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36th Annual Whole Hawg Days is this weekend in Eufaula
July 23, 2020
Based on 500 entries, the winner of this year’s Whole Hawg Days Poker Run could win $20,000 - which will buy a lot of pork. In addition to the Poker Run, the 36th Annual Whole Hawg Days festival will ...
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Walmart requires customers to wear masks
July 23, 2020
Walmart said Wednesday, July 15, that it will start requiring shoppers to wear face masks in all its stores, The requirement, which applies to more than 5,000 Walmart and Sam’s Club stores, became eff...
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Treasurer honored at retirement party
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Treasurer honored at retirement party
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
July 3, 2025
Retiring McIntosh County Treasurer Betty Whisenhunt received high praise from the Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd at Whisenhunt’s retirement party Friday. “She could give courses acros...
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Council approves water rate increase for city and rural users
By SHAUNA BELYEU GENERAL MANAGER 
July 3, 2025
A newly adopted ordinance, passed June 9 by the City Council, increases rates for all users, including those living outside city limits. This new ordinance officially raises monthly water rates for re...
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Lightning strike kills Eufaula woman in cemetery
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Lightning strike kills Eufaula woman in cemetery
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
July 3, 2025
A 57-year-old Eufaula woman was killed by lightning during a routine stroll through a cemetery Friday evening. Joy Ann Rogers was walking through Greenwood cemetery shortly before 7 p.m. when a thunde...
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Family, friends and fans bid farewell to Blues legend
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Family, friends and fans bid farewell to Blues legend
By LENORE BECHTEL 
July 3, 2025
Her casket rested below center stage at the Checotah Performing Arts Center, open for friends, fans, and family to view her precious body before her life’s celebration began. No one lingered long. Tha...
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Classmates reunite after years apart during Checotah Alumni weekend
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Classmates reunite after years apart during Checotah Alumni weekend
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
July 3, 2025
Class of 1975 honor Jim Caro as 'Significant Alumni' Classmates from all over the U.S. reunited after years apart during Checotah Alumni weekend. The Class of 1975 celebrated their 50th reunion by hon...
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