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Checotah Stories from the past
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Checotah Stories from the past
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
May 16, 2024
Stories from the past 114 YEARS AGO The Checotah Times Friday, May 13, 1910 Election June 7 City Clerk J.O. Price yesterday morning received the proclamation of Governor Haskell calling an election on...
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All-female band to perform Saturday
May 16, 2024
Legacy on Main Street presents Sisters Golden Hair (The Band), an all-female fronted cover band, in a dinner theater performance on Saturday, May 18. 224 N. Main St. Dinner & show: $75. Show alone: $3...
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Young bowlers bring home big money
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Young bowlers bring home big money
May 16, 2024
Fast Lanes Bowl recently had four youth who went to the “Bowler of the Year Tournament ‘’ in Stillwater. Hannah Duke won 3rd place in U8 Girls and $150 in scholarship earnings and Cash Davis won 2nd p...
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CHS Golf Team
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CHS Golf Team
May 16, 2024
CHS Golf Team was the special guest at the Checotah Lions Club last week.
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Checotah Bands Spring Concert
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Checotah Bands Spring Concert
May 16, 2024
Checotah Bands Spring Concert was on fire this year! The Spring Band Concert along with a Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser was held on Thursday, May 9, at the Checotah Performing Arts Center. Band Level 1,...
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Checotah Shriners
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Checotah Shriners
May 16, 2024
Checotah Shriners were selling Vidalia onions outside the Checotah Masonic Lodge and several other places in McIntosh County this past week as part of a “sweet” tradition and annual fundraiser for the...
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Garfield County Judge Lovell indicted for drive-by shooting
May 16, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Multi-County Grand Jury today indicted Garfield County Associate District Judge Brian Lovell on charges related to a February 2023 drive-by shooting near the town of Bison. The ind...
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Deputy warden arrested for introducing contraband
May 16, 2024
LEXINGTON– Friday, Lexington Assessment and Reception Center Deputy Warden Tasha Parker was arrested for the introduction of contraband into a penal institution. She was terminated from her position y...
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Construction job fair
May 16, 2024
A construction job fair will be held at the Eufaula Indian Community Center, 800 Birkes Rd. on Friday, May 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information contact Sonny Bevenue at 918-549-2962 or Bayle...
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Future firefighter program available
May 16, 2024
OSU-OKC Fire announces that it will offer a concurrent enrollment high school fire training program beginning with the fall 2024 semester. Fall 2024 for Firefighter 1, Spring 2025 for Firefighter 2, S...
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Teen dies days after accident
May 16, 2024
A teenaged driver involved in a single-vehicle accident west of Checotah on May 4 has died, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. The 17-year-old Stigler male passed away on May 9 at St. John Medi...
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Mondays in June with CAG
May 16, 2024
The Checotah Art Guild will be featuring an opportunity for children ages 3 -13 to experience art, crafts, board games, Lego building and story time every Monday in June from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. for fr...
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Gamblins celebrate 70 years of marriage
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Gamblins celebrate 70 years of marriage
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
May 16, 2024
Recently Herbert and Elizabeth Gamblin celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary with their family. On May 5, 1954, Herbert Gamblin and Elizabeth Mitchell were united in marriage by Reverand Bill Jenn...
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First Pickleball Tournament was a big ‘dill’
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First Pickleball Tournament was a big ‘dill’
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
May 16, 2024
Checotah locals love to be the first at everything so hosting the First Pickleball Tournament in McIntosh County was kind of a big “dill” last Thursday evening. The inaugural Pickleball Tournament had...
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Checotah High School End-of-Year School Events
May 16, 2024
Thursday, May 16 - Talent Show at 5:30 p.m. at PAC Friday, May 17 – 9th-12th Grade Awards Assembly at 9:30 a.m. at PAC Friday, May 17 - CHS/CMS Talent Show at 1:30 p.m. at PAC Friday, May 17 – Summer ...
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FFA wraps up year at State FFA Convention
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FFA wraps up year at State FFA Convention
May 16, 2024
FFA Chapters and members from all over Oklahoma wrapped up their year at the State FFA Convention in Tulsa. Several Checotah FFA members attended the State FFA Convention. “This year Checotah FFA Memb...
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Valedictorians, Graduates of Distinction and Honor prepare for final walk
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Valedictorians, Graduates of Distinction and Honor prepare for final walk
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
May 9, 2024
Checotah High School (CHS) announced their Class of 2024 Valedictorians, Graduate of Distinction and Graduate of Honor this past month. Now the Class of 2024 looks forward to their next chapter in lif...
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Track Meet
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Track Meet
May 9, 2024
Oklahoma Christian School pole volter Stella Sage springs over the bar for a successful volt and finished in second place at the Class 4A Regional Pole Volt finals at OBU on Monday.
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McIntosh County District Court Report
May 9, 2024
Felony Cases Dianna 'Lynn Fairchilds: feloniously pointing firearm; child endangerment by driving under the influence; assault with a dangerous weapon; driving a motor vehicle under the influence of a...
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Fine Arts Night
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Fine Arts Night
May 9, 2024
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Shop with a Cop brightens Christmas
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Shop with a Cop brightens Christmas
December 18, 2025
Dozens of McIntosh County kids were escorted on a Christmas shopping spree by law enforcement officers last week. In total, over 80 kids received a total of $30,000 worth of presents. Each purchased g...
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Fa La La La La and fraud go hand in hand this season
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Fa La La La La and fraud go hand in hand this season
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
December 18, 2025
It may be time to “Deck the Halls” but it’s also time to beware of fraudulent deals because Fa La La La La and fraud go hand in hand this season. It may be the most wonderful time of the year as many ...
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Lake Eufaula family loses dream home in fire, grateful for heroic ODOC agent
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Lake Eufaula family loses dream home in fire, grateful for heroic ODOC agent
December 18, 2025
Craig and Chelsea Lewis experienced their worst nightmare when their dream home on Lake Eufaula was reduced to charred rubble just weeks before Christmas. “Overnight, it ended up being a total loss,” ...
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Roger Thompson to keynote Friends’ event
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Roger Thompson to keynote Friends’ event
December 18, 2025
“How Chri s tmas Started and Surged” will be the topic explored at the 1 p.m. Friday, December 19 meeting of Friends of Eufaula Memorial Library. How can Odin, the Norse God of wisdom, poetry, agricul...
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Peoples National Bank
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Peoples National Bank
December 18, 2025
Peoples National Bank will close Christmas Eve : Main Bank: Noon Drive In: 1:00 Walmart: 3:00 Open for business as usual Friday & Saturday.
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