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Senior Center menu
September 18, 2025
September 22 – September 26 Monday, Sept. 22: Beef patty w/onion; au gratin potatoes; green beans; sliced bread; pudding Tuesday, Sept. 23: Chicken sandwich; carrot raisin salad; pears; cookie Wednesd...
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SNHU announces Summer 2025 Dean’s List
September 18, 2025
MANCHESTER, NH -- It is with great pleasure that Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) congratulates the following students on being named to the Summer 2025 Dean’s List. The summer terms run from ...
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McIntosh County GOP News
By LYNELLE MEDLEY CHAIRMAN 
September 18, 2025
Well McIntosh GOP has had a very busy week and have lots of activities coming up, so hold on tight! This past Saturday I attended the OKGOP State Executive Committee meeting which was immediately foll...
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Jim Lucas Checotah Public Library gets new librarian and library clerk
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Jim Lucas Checotah Public Library gets new librarian and library clerk
September 18, 2025
The Jim Lucas Checotah Public Library has a new librarian and library clerk. Patrons got to meet their new librarian Cristin Arnett last month. Cristin has joined the Checotah team from the Hulbert br...
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Tribal Town Spelling Bee Sept. 27
September 18, 2025
The Eufaula-Canadian Tribal Town and the MCN Language Preservation Program will host the 10th annual Mvskoke Language Spelling Bee Competition on Sept. 27 beginning at 10 a.m. at the Eufaula Indian Co...
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Sales tax income up from last year
September 18, 2025
The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from July business. The monies they reported this period represent sales fr...
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Preceptor Gamma Epsilon Chapter XP3902 of Beta Sigma Phi News
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Preceptor Gamma Epsilon Chapter XP3902 of Beta Sigma Phi News
September 18, 2025
The Preceptor Gamma Epsilon Chapter XP3902 of Beta Sigma Phi opened their 202526 year beside the pool at the lovely home of President Gretchen Payne, with Gayle Johnson as co-hostess. After the busine...
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McIntosh County GOP News
By LYNELLE MEDLEY CHAIRMAN 
September 18, 2025
Well McIntosh GOP has had a very busy week and have lots of activities coming up, so hold on tight! This past Saturday I attended the OKGOP State Executive Committee meeting which was immediately foll...
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Library program to showcase Cherokee ‘beadtelling’ portraits
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Library program to showcase Cherokee ‘beadtelling’ portraits
By LENORE BECHTEL 
September 18, 2025
Visitors to the Eufaula Memorial Library on Friday, September 19, will have the rare chance to see “beadtelling” in action—an art form that blends Cherokee tradition with contemporary storytelling. Ch...
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P.E.O. Sisterhood awards grants
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P.E.O. Sisterhood awards grants
September 18, 2025
Chapter T, Eufaula, of the P.E.O. Sisterhood has announced the awarding of three highly competitive grants to an Oklahoma college student. Lyndsey Skaggs, president of Chapter T, made the announcement...
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Canadian Valley Electric announces 25th Annual Flag Retirement Ceremony
September 18, 2025
Seminole – Canadian Valley Electric Cooperative (CVEC), in collaboration with the Seminole American Legion, will hold its 25th annual Flag Retirement Ceremony on Tuesday, Oct. 14. The event will comme...
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Seized money returned and other story updates
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Seized money returned and other story updates
By KEATON ROSS OKLAHOMA WATCH 
September 18, 2025
The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety agreed to return $62,000 to two brothers from Illinois one month after Oklahoma Watch reported on the seizure and the broader issue of civil asset forfeiture. ...
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EOSC to waive concurrent student fees
September 18, 2025
WILBURTON - Eastern Oklahoma State College announced updates to its concurrent enrollment program as part of its continuing commitment to make higher education more accessible and affordable for high ...
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EOSC names Kellye Semeski Dean of Business Division
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EOSC names Kellye Semeski Dean of Business Division
September 18, 2025
WILBURTON – Eastern Oklahoma State College has announced the appointment of Kellye Semeski as the new Dean of the Division of Business. An Eastern alumna, Semeski earned her associate degree from East...
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Eufaulan bound over for trial
September 18, 2025
McALESTER - Following a hearing on Monday, Sept. 8, Eufaula resident Billy D. Mitchell Jr. was bound over for trial in Pittsburg County District Court on charges of kidnapping, assault and battery and...
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In Oklahoma, details about data centers are often shrouded in secrecy
By KAYLA BRANCH THE FRONTIER 
September 18, 2025
Across Oklahoma, officials are courting data centers as sources of new revenue and jobs. But local authorities also keep information private on which companies will run the centers and how much water ...
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Parishes pretty darn good
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Parishes pretty darn good
September 18, 2025
After listening to the broadcast of the Tahlequah Sequoyah versus the Eufaula Ironheads football game I have to say, the Parishes are doing a great play-by-play job. Johnathan, his brother Andy and Lu...
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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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Walker named District Teacher of the Year
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Walker named District Teacher of the Year
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
October 16, 2025
Amber Walker, a 4th grade math teacher at Checotah Intermediate School (CIS), was recently named the District Teacher of the Year for Checotah Schools. From a young age, Walker knew she was destined t...
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Reed launches ‘Season of the Warrior’ Tour to honor Native American vets
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Reed launches ‘Season of the Warrior’ Tour to honor Native American vets
By SHAUNA BELYEU GENERAL MANAGER 
October 16, 2025
Former Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs Director Pete Reed made a stop in Eufaula Oct. 2 on behalf of the Season of the Warrior campaign tour. The goal of the campaign is to reach 100 cities in...
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Teen dies from injuries caused by blowout
October 16, 2025
A juvenile from Indianola has died as the result of a tire blowout that caused a collision on the Indian Nations Turnpike at mile marker 75 in Pittsburg County on Monday, Oct. 6. According to the Okla...
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Boo to Domestic Violence
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Boo to Domestic Violence
October 16, 2025
McIntosh County Democrat invites the community to say “Boo to Domestic Violence” next Thursday, Oct. 23 from 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. at Unique Touch, 505 N. Broadway in Checotah. Several superheroes, some ...
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BARKtoberfest, a howling-ghoul time for pups and people
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BARKtoberfest, a howling-ghoul time for pups and people
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
October 16, 2025
Porches & Pastures hosted their 7th Annual BARKtoberfest on Saturday, Oct. 11and lots of locals and visitors had a howling-ghoul time as they listened to live music from Last Call Band and browsed thr...
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