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Checotah Schools Dates to Remember
May 8, 2025
May 9 – Kindergarten Graduation May 16 – CIS Track Meet on Football Field May 16 - 9th-12th Awards Assembly at 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. at PAC May 16 – Emerson Ramsey Talent Show (MS/HS) from 1:30 -2:30 p.m....
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Early voting May 8, 9
May 8, 2025
On May 13 there will be a general election for State Senate District 8 and for Green Country Tech Center Proposition. Early voting for those two elections will be at the Mc-Intosh County Courthouse fr...
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Pooches paraded at Art and Bark in the Park
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Pooches paraded at Art and Bark in the Park
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
May 8, 2025
The first annual Art and Bark in the Park presented by the Checotah Art Guild was a great success! Visitors had fun choosing outfits and accessories to put on their dogs from the large selection provi...
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Journalism edged out by Sovereignty in the Kentucky Derby
May 8, 2025
The Kentucky Derby was a soggy but sensational race this year as Journalism and Sovereignty went neck and neck to a sloppy finish with Sovereignty taking the crown. Fulfilling a dream decades in the m...
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Lake 10 feet above normal, and rising
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Lake 10 feet above normal, and rising
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
May 8, 2025
Water release rate: 39,429 cubic feet per second More than seven inches of rain have fallen during the past week. That, coupled with severe rainfall north and west of McIntosh County, has swollen the ...
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Checotah Band Spring Concert and Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser May 8
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Checotah Band Spring Concert and Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser May 8
May 8, 2025
The Checotah Band Spring Concert is May 8 and will be a Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser. Dinner will be served at 5 p.m. in the HS Cafeteria and then the concert begins at 6 p.m. in the PAC. The bands hav...
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Eastern Oklahoma Library System receives $20,000 grant
May 8, 2025
MUSKOGEE – The Eastern Oklahoma Library System is pleased to announce it has received a $20,000 grant from the Carolyn Watson Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation Fund at the Oklahoma City Community Fo...
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Olivia Shackelford receives Youth Prevention Award
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Olivia Shackelford receives Youth Prevention Award
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
May 8, 2025
Olivia Shackelford became a member of Youth Action for Health Leadership (YAHL) to make a difference in her school and oh what a difference she had made! Olivia affectionately known as Livy to her fri...
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Free 5K and Community Fun Run
May 8, 2025
Join the fun on Saturday, May 24 for a free 5k and Community Fun Run, hosted by Neighbors Building Neighborhoods. Preregister for “Just Glow With It” to save your spot and for a free event t-shirt and...
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Checotah Stories from the past
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Checotah Stories from the past
May 8, 2025
114 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat Thursday, June 1, 1911 BAD TO WORSE Two Dead, Several Wounded in Porum Battle The excitement and terror occasioned by the recent killing of a deputy sheriff at P...
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Plumb Theatre News
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Plumb Theatre News
By MATTIE AND PAUL MALOY PLUMB THEATRE 
May 8, 2025
Cookie Eller’s birthday party, joining the over 80 club, brought everyone out. The title holder, for 20 years of youngest ever at Theatre, Zack Lisk, was broken by Nanna Cookies’ Great Granddaughter, ...
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Motorist drowns
May 8, 2025
An 86-yearold Prague woman drowned Wednesday, April 30, when the car she was driving was overcome by high water. Eileen Sanders was driving her 2020 Chevy Trax west on East 1020 Road in Lincoln County...
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Cherokee Nation reveals roadwork plan
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
May 8, 2025
Property owners along a five-mile stretch of Texanna Road west of Duchess Creek Bridge were alerted by the Cherokee Nation Department of Transportation last week that a major reconstruction was going ...
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Carolyn Watson Foundation awards grant
May 8, 2025
Oklahoma City – Oklahoma Museums Association is pleased to announce it has received a $10,000 grant from the Carolyn Watson Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation Fund at the Oklahoma City Community Foun...
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April deluges shatter records
By Gary McManus State Climatologist 
May 8, 2025
Just four months after Oklahoma shattered its all-time November rainfall record, the state did it again—this time in April. The statewide average rainfall totaled 8.74 inches, surpassing the previous ...
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CASA for Children names 2025 Volunteer of the Year
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CASA for Children names 2025 Volunteer of the Year
May 8, 2025
CASA for Children proudly announces Helen Stemmer as the 2025 CASA Volunteer of the Year. Helen was recognized on April 29 at the nonprofit’s annual Volunteer Appreciation and Awards Banquet with an a...
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Senior Center menu
May 8, 2025
May 12 – May 16 Monday, May 12: Ham & cheese sandwich; cucumber tomato salad; chilled peaches; brownie Tuesday, May 13: Lemon pepper chicken; veggie blend; rosy applesauce; rice blend; pie Wednesday, ...
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Eufaula Area Museum awarded $13,230 grant
May 8, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) is pleased to announce that the Eufaula Area Museum has been awarded $13,230 through the Oklahoma Heritage Preservation Grant Program. This fundin...
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Jim Lucas Checotah Library Block Party
May 8, 2025
Kick off summer right at the Library Block Party Thursday, May 22, starting at 3:30 p.m. At the Jim Lucas Checotah Public Library Local food and beverage vendors Various outdoor games to play. Local a...
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Demo Party to meet
May 8, 2025
The McIntosh County Democratic Party will hold their monthly meeting on May 13 at 6:30 p.m. in Checotah at the Jim Lucas Public Library, 626 W. Gentry Ave.
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Family and friends say farewell to Tracy Scroggins and his mother
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Family and friends say farewell to Tracy Scroggins and his mother
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
March 5, 2026
It was a sad day when Checotah heard of the passing of one of their own, Tracy Scroggins, whose name lives on at the field house and playground in his hometown. Scroggins passed away at the age of 56 ...
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Ironheads tame Wolves for Regional Consolation Championship
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Ironheads tame Wolves for Regional Consolation Championship
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
March 5, 2026
The Eufaula Ironheads continued their outstanding season with a commanding 5837 victory over the Heavener Wolves to capture the consolation regional championship and punch their ticket to area play. F...
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Commutation Hearing set in Jerry Don Hurst murder case
By SHAUNA BELYEU GENERAL MANAGER 
March 5, 2026
Danny Turner was convicted of first-degree murder in 1992 for the 1991 poisoning death of his Checotah High School classmate, Jerry Don Hurst. Turner was convicted and sentenced by a McIntosh County j...
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Mayor issues proclamation honoring late editor Jerry Fink
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Mayor issues proclamation honoring late editor Jerry Fink
By SHAUNA BELYEU GENERAL MANAGER 
March 5, 2026
On March 2, the Eufaula City Council opened its regular meeting by honoring the life and legacy of longtime journalist Jerry Fink. Mayor James Hickman read a formal proclamation recognizing the late E...
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Chamber celebrates America and its members
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Chamber celebrates America and its members
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
March 5, 2026
Checotah Chamber of Commerce celebrated its members and America’s 250th year by hosting an Americana tablescape competition at their annual banquet held Tuesday, Feb. 25. Over 200 business leaders, Ch...
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