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Blues Fest just around the corner
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Blues Fest just around the corner
August 10, 2023
D.C. & Selby Minner’s 33rd Rentiesville Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival is just around the corner. Don’t miss over 50 bands on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, September 1, 2 and 3.
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Flora and Fauna: Yellow lights make mellow summers for insects
By Kelly Bostian Oklahoma Ecology Project 
August 10, 2023
Yellow “bug lights” won’t chase insects away from your porch, but a switch from white lights to a yellow glow can mellow out the summer months for both you and the local insect population. Lights driv...
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Lake Dog raising funds for K9 Units
August 10, 2023
Lake Dog, at 117 N. Main St., has launched its annual campaign to support the McIntosh County Sheriff ’s Office and the Eufaula Police Department’s K9 Units. “Our local K9 Officers have limited funds ...
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GED earners may be able to get college credit
August 10, 2023
Oklahoma CareerTech adult education and family literacy students who earn their GED diplomas may now be able to earn college credit for their scores at Oklahoma State University Institute of Technolog...
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Checotah Stories from the past
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Checotah Stories from the past
August 10, 2023
Stories from the past 114 Years Ago Checotah Enquirer Friday, August, 1909 Land Sale Opens in Four Months Guthrie – It probably will be four months before the first buyer of Oklahoma’s vast land sale ...
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Mental Health Department, Substance Abuse Services announces healthy mind campaign
August 10, 2023
Highlights importance of mental health for students The relaxing days of summer are coming to a close, and the backto- school season will be here soon. As students, teachers, administrative personnel ...
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Plumb Theatre News
By Paul and Mattie Maloy PLUMB THEATRE 
August 10, 2023
Plumb Theatre is still bringing top notch music to our area. Aug. 19 will be no exception. T.C. Love, named New Male Vocalist of the year, Country Division in 1996, will be on our stage with his band,...
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Officer Ryan Goad shows off one of the new police vehicles of the Checotah Police Department
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Officer Ryan Goad shows off one of the new police vehicles of the Checotah Police Department
August 10, 2023
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GOP Meeting being held Aug. 15
August 10, 2023
McIntosh County GOP will be meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 15, at the Checotah Library at 6:30 p.m. A representative of Congressman Josh Brecheen will be there to give an update as well as to answer any que...
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Special Presentation by Pea Ridge National Park Service Park Ranger, Kerry Jones, at Honey Springs Battlefield
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Special Presentation by Pea Ridge National Park Service Park Ranger, Kerry Jones, at Honey Springs Battlefield
August 10, 2023
Honey Springs Battlefield will host a special presentation by Kerry Jones, current National Park Service Guide at the Pea Ridge National Military Park in Arkansas, about the history of the 1st and 2nd...
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Band director Ashley Hackler already has the Class of Checotah practicing on their marching and their music to be ready for the new school year
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Band director Ashley Hackler already has the Class of Checotah practicing on their marching and their music to be ready for the new school year
August 10, 2023
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Park chosen as Artist of the Month
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Park chosen as Artist of the Month
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
August 10, 2023
Iris Park has been chosen as the Artist of the Month. She loves many mediums but is partial to watercolor and oils. Several of her creative pieces are on display in the Heartland Heritage Museum and G...
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Back to School Haircuts
August 10, 2023
Free kids cuts for Checotah and surrounding areas One day only Friday, August 11. Totally Free Appointment Only Grades PreK-6th Come with clean and dry hair Hair by Kristen Andrews Tres Beaux Salon & ...
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Checotah man sentenced in multiple crimes
By Including video voyeurism, attempted sexual abuse 
August 10, 2023
WASHINGTON - Tyler James Stephens, 25, of Checotah, Oklahoma, was sentenced Aug. 3 to 14 years and eight months in prison for cyberstalking, video voyeurism, burglary, attempted burglary, attempted se...
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Large Car Show set for Aug. 25-26
August 10, 2023
A benefit for Shop With A Cop Buck Crombie, of Checotah, thinks highly of law enforcement officers and especially their Shop With A Cop program held every year before Christmas. Law enforcement office...
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Therapy pups ready for another school year
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Therapy pups ready for another school year
By LAD0NNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
August 10, 2023
Checotah Therapy pups, Lila and Tucker, are back at school and ready to help students for another school year. Following the pandemic it became evident that students needed additional emotional suppor...
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Local museum receives donations
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Local museum receives donations
By LAD0NNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
August 10, 2023
The Heartland Heritage Museum and Gallery (HHMG), located at 116 N. Broadway in Checotah, recently received two new donations to go into their collection of memorabilia of two local talents who oddly ...
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Business of the Month
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Business of the Month
August 10, 2023
Checotah Perk has been chosen as the Business of the Month by the Checotah Chamber of Commerce. The Perk has owned and operated by Aaron and Jamie (Spindle) Hilbert since 2021. The coffee shop is loca...
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Eufaula graduate releases touching memoir
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Eufaula graduate releases touching memoir
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
August 3, 2023
Eufaula High School graduate and Mvskoke citizen, Vanessa (McIntosh) Vancleave, recently released a touching memoir that was 20 years in the making. The book, “Hearing AIDS: How a Deaf Child with AIDS...
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Court Report
August 3, 2023
McIntosh County District Court Report Felony Cases Jayme Lynn Gill: child abuse; threaten to perform act of violence Bobby Ray Judy: domestic assault & battery by strangulation Barry Lynn Klotz: felon...
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Goodbye to Gary Lee Nichols
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Goodbye to Gary Lee Nichols
By SHAUNA BELYEU GENERAL MANAGER 
March 12, 2026
There are men who build businesses. And there are men who build communities. Gary Lee Nichols did both. For more than five decades, Gary wasn’t just the owner of grocery stores; he was a steady presen...
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Banning comments after tornado hits Beggs
March 12, 2026
OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Chris Banning, RBixby, released the following statement after tornadoes hit northeast Oklahoma Friday night: “The severe weather that moved through Oklahoma this weekend resulted ...
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Communities built through faith and determination
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Communities built through faith and determination
By STAFF WRITER 
March 12, 2026
On a cool Saturday morning, Feb. 28, in the closing days of Black History Month, the steeple of Mt. Olive Star Baptist Church in Checotah rose above a quiet gathering devoted to remembrance, faith and...
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5th Annual Green Run is March 14
March 12, 2026
The 5th Annual Green Run returns this Saturday at the Lake Eufaula Pavilion. This lively St. Patrick’s–themed event features a USATF-sanctioned 5K and a Fun Run, welcoming runners, walkers, families, ...
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Former OSBI investigator sentenced for multiple counts of sexual abuse of a minor
March 12, 2026
MUSKOGEE – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jordan Francis Toyne, age 37, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 109 months in prison for ea...
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