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Missing Persons Day Saturday
April 24, 2025
EDMOND - The Missing in Oklahoma (MiOK) day will be held on Saturday, April 26, at the University of Central Oklahoma Forensic Science Institute. Families of missing persons are encouraged to attend. ...
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20th Annual Checotah Roughriders Spring Trail Ride
April 24, 2025
April 25 and 26 (Friday night campout) Bring the whole family - Riding out at 11 a.m. Hayride available –Wagons welcomed! Contact Tray Warrior 918-617-3401 for tickets.
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County GOP News
By LYNELLE MEDLEY CHAIRMAN 
April 24, 2025
This is the week for our meeting -- it will be Thursday April 24! We will have the Honorable Sherrie Foister Conley with us to speak about her latest project, her organization she formed called Broken...
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Checotah Stories from the past
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Checotah Stories from the past
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
April 24, 2025
114 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat Thursday, May 18, 1911 BEHIND BARS Captured in Colorado NOW IN MUSKOGEE JAIL Bob and Amon Davis, wanted for the murder of Deputy Sheriff James Work at Porum on t...
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Sophomore Jade McPeak to receive Tuition Grant
April 24, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY – Checotah sophomore Jade McPeak will receive a $1,000 tuition grant from the Oklahoma Hall of Fame Scholarship Competition. She plans to attend Connors State College in Warner. More tha...
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Ostrom pleads guilty to jail incident
April 24, 2025
Jason Robert Ostrom, 43, of Checotah pled guilty last week to two felonies, including injuring a public building and possessing contraband by an inmate. He also pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of ...
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Plumb Theatre News
By MATTIE MALOY 
April 24, 2025
Cookie Eller of Checotah has been wanting to play the piano and sing since she was about three years old, when she started singing in the Booster Band at Elm Grove Church. By the time she was about 10...
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Lots of Arts activities ahead
By GLENNA MCBRIDE 
April 24, 2025
We’re thrilled to invite you to several upcoming events that bring creativity and community together. Painting Party – Fundraiser for Senior Scholarship Thursday, May 8, 6:30 p.m. Trinity Episcopal Ch...
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Trooper who caught McVeigh honored
April 24, 2025
Retired OHP Lieutenant Charlie Hanger was honored by the placement of a sign at mile marker 202 on I-35 northbound to recognize his arrest of Timothy McVeigh, the suspect convicted of the 1995 Oklahom...
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Absentee ballot deadline set for May 13 election
April 24, 2025
The deadline to request an absentee ballot application is approaching. Applications must be received by the County Election Board no later than 5 p.m. Monday, April 28. McIntosh County Election Board ...
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Spring is here at TLC!
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Spring is here at TLC!
By HELEN TREMAIN AND JANIS HUDSON 
April 24, 2025
Thanks to all those who shared in the Valentine’s Day and Easter goodies at the shop. It turned out to be a great fundraiser for us. Next year will be bigger and better. All the treats are homemade an...
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McAlester resident sentenced for felony assault
April 24, 2025
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Nathaniel Dewayne Meashintubby, 42, of McAlester, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 77 months in prison for one count o...
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Shriners selling Vidalia onions soon
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
April 24, 2025
The Shriners will be kicking off their annual fundraiser on Saturday, May 3 selling Vidalia onions around McIntosh County. Shriner Andy Killingsworth stated that their chapter would be selling the oni...
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‘The earth rocked’: A diary from the day of the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995
By MICHAEL DUNCAN FORMER REPORTER NONDOC (WRITTEN IN 2015) 
April 24, 2025
Prelude: It doesn’t feel like it has been 25 years. Much has happened since then, but the morning of April 19, 1995, is still stuck in my head. Those of us who worked downtown on the day of the Oklaho...
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AG lauds termination of controversial hydroelectric plan
April 24, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Gentner Drummond praised the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today for dismissing a proposed hydroelectric power plant on the Kiamichi River in Pushmataha ...
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Cowboy family discusses initiatives with lawmakers at Oklahoma Capitol
April 24, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma State University students took center stage at the State Capitol on Wednesday. Hundreds of OSU alumni, students and supporters filled the halls to speak with legislators to ad...
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Oklahoma’s marijuana underworld worth over $100 billion, new estimates show
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Oklahoma’s marijuana underworld worth over $100 billion, new estimates show
By GARRETT YALCH garrett@readfrontier.com 
April 24, 2025
Oklahoma’s illicit marijuana market may now be worth hundreds of billions of dollars, according to new statistics presented Friday by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and the Texoma High Intensity Dru...
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Deborah Dan, vice president Delores McGee, secretary Alma Harper and club member Gwendolyn Nero.
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Deborah Dan, vice president Delores McGee, secretary Alma Harper and club member Gwendolyn Nero.
April 24, 2025
The Gardenia Club under the National Association of Colored Women’s Club Inc. recently planted some beautiful flowers at Veterans Park. From left to right are: Little Raymond Dan, president
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April 24, 2025
The Wildlife Department is proud to showcase your Oklahoma fish catches to the world. The Dock is a photo sharing platform at wildlifedepartment. com where anglers can upload fish photos right from th...
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Luches Warrior, Jr.’s Farewell Ride and Final Roundup
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Luches Warrior, Jr.’s Farewell Ride and Final Roundup
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
April 17, 2025
On Saturday, April 12, a community came together to honor Checotah Roughrider Luches Warrior, Jr.’s “Farewell Ride and Final Roundup.” Friends and family lined the streets of Checotah for a fitting an...
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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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