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Your voice matters!
commentary, Opinion...
Your voice matters!
May 29, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY – Prior to the Memorial Day weekend, the U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 1, commonly called the “Big, Beautiful Bill” Act. The vote of 215-214 fell almost exactly on a party-line...
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Letter to Editor
Opinion
Letter to Editor
By Sherrell Kay Willard Checotah 
May 22, 2025
Regard: Technician, Marcus Ford, Blackburn Plumbing & Air of Eastern Oklahoma, LLC First, I must say that I have not filled out the survey you sent to my e-mail, simply because I do not like to do tha...
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Child Rape Death Penalty Measure Moves to Governor
Opinion
Child Rape Death Penalty Measure Moves to Governor
By REP. TIM TURNER 
May 22, 2025
A bill that would give prosecutors the discretion to seek the death penalty on a first conviction for child rape is moving to the governor after final passage in the Senate this week. Senate Bill 599 ...
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Opinion
For the Children
By JOE DORMAN OICACEO 
May 22, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY - Gov. Kevin Stitt and legislative leaders have announced an agreement for the key elements to the Fiscal Year 2026 state budget. The plan for the estimated $12.6 billion budget includes...
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Keep your friends close
Opinion
Keep your friends close
May 22, 2025
One thing I learned when I was just a child was to keep your friends close at heart even if life’s journey pulled you in different directions and apart. Though there would be many I called friends alo...
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Real Results for Oklahoma
Opinion
Real Results for Oklahoma
By REPRESENTATIVE NEIL HAYS (405) 557-7302 
May 22, 2025
This week brought historic progress at the Capitol. I’m proud to share that we have reached a responsible and conservative budget agreement that delivers real tax relief, protects vital services and k...
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Opinion
DEQ seeks comments
May 22, 2025
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality is seeking comments on a draft Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) report entitled, “Southeast Oklahoma Bacterial and Turbidity TMDLs.” This report describ...
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The Battles of Lexington, Concord were fought for rights, not independence
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The Battles of Lexington, Concord were fought for rights, not independence
May 22, 2025
As we approach the 250th anniversary of the founding of our great nation, it is important to remember the events in 1775 that led to its birth. Studying these events help us understand the reasons col...
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Eufaula Fire Dept. fired up – Part 1
Opinion
Eufaula Fire Dept. fired up – Part 1
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
May 22, 2025
Volunteer Fire Chief Chad French, who has been chief for two years and a volunteer fighter for 26 years, was informed Friday, May 9, during a meeting with the city manager that the city is looking for...
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Federal budget will impact state and its families
Opinion
Federal budget will impact state and its families
May 15, 2025
JOE DORMAN OICA CEO JOE DORMAN, OICA CEO Joe Dorman CEO – OICA OKLAHOMA CITY – As May is upon us, it is the time of year when the state budget picture begins to clear as state legislators put the fini...
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Wind Energy Bill hanging in balance
Opinion
Wind Energy Bill hanging in balance
By REP. TIM TURNER 
May 15, 2025
Senate Bill 2, as amended in the House, is the current wind energy setback bill I am supporting. This measure is now identical to House Bill 2751, which failed in the Senate Energy Committee in April....
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Hold your peace to keep your peace
Opinion
Hold your peace to keep your peace
May 15, 2025
Another Mother’s Day has come and gone and though it didn’t go quite the way I had planned, God already knew what the day would hold so He prepared me with my pastor Holly Furtick’s sermon “Hold Your ...
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Session Wrap-Up and Looking Ahead
Opinion
Session Wrap-Up and Looking Ahead
May 15, 2025
REPRESENTATIVE NEIL HAYS (405) 557-7302 We’ve officially wrapped up the legislative work for this session, and heard over 200 bills that have now made their way through the process. I’m proud of the l...
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A Balm in Gilead
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A Balm in Gilead
May 1, 2025
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no recovery for the health of the daughter of my people? In Jeremiah 8:22 these questions are asked, but I find myself asking...
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Protecting Services That Protect Oklahomans
Opinion
Protecting Services That Protect Oklahomans
By REPRESENTATIVE NEIL HAYS (405) 557-7302 
April 17, 2025
As we recently commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Oklahoma Legislature establishing the Oklahoma Forestry Service (OFS), we now find ourselves at a pivotal crossroads. It’s important to know th...
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Understanding the budget process and how to read legislation
Opinion
Understanding the budget process and how to read legislation
By JOE DORMAN, OICA CEO 
April 3, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY – As we approach the end of March, this week marks the second major in-session deadline for legislation at the Oklahoma Legislature. At the end of last week, all bills up for considerati...
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Alien Enemies Act
Opinion
Alien Enemies Act
April 3, 2025
Every day in my American Civ class I begin the morning asking if anyone has any questions, not just about what we studied the day before, but about what is going on in the world. I believe the purpose...
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Good morning God, it’s me again
Opinion
Good morning God, it’s me again
April 3, 2025
Good morning God, it’s me again. Thank You for waking me up once again to see another day. I know so many recently who didn’t get that privilege and I pray for their families who now will have to lear...
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Reviewing Tony Horwitz’s ‘Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War’
Opinion
Reviewing Tony Horwitz’s ‘Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War’
March 27, 2025
Possibly the most misunderstood and controversial character of the Civil War is John Brown. As a child growing up in Virginia, I was taught that Brown was the enemy; a religious fanatic who was bent o...
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Understanding suffering and its purpose
Opinion
Understanding suffering and its purpose
March 27, 2025
My favorite scripture says, “For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” - Romans 8:18 No one likes to suffer. No...
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Memorial Highway dedicated to two outstanding officers
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Memorial Highway dedicated to two outstanding officers
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
December 4, 2025
Former Chief of Police Andy Blizzard and Assoc. Chief of Police Justin Durrett were honored by Oklahoma State legislators and the City of Checotah last month during a Memorial Highway Dedication on No...
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’68 Checotah graduate creates scholarships
December 4, 2025
Patricia Freeman, a 1968 graduate of Checotah High School and longtime advocate for education, has announced a generous pledge to support first-generation students at the University of Oklahoma. Patri...
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Haltom’s Huddle Holiday Food Drive
December 4, 2025
Sports Editor Rodney Haltom continues his personal mission to help feed those in need during the upcoming holiday season in McIntosh County. He has launched a food drive, seeking canned or dry food th...
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Angels are still available
December 4, 2025
Every holiday season angels aren’t just around fellow believers, they are also the symbols placed on Christmas trees around town in hopes that everyone’s Christmas is merry and bright. Whether it’s a ...
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Locals give big this Thanksgiving
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Locals give big this Thanksgiving
December 4, 2025
The first Checotah Turkey Dinner Drive was a huge success, serving over 212 families. It all started with the EBT scare that families wouldn’t have enough money for food this last month but it turned ...
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