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Scarborough wins OKWA state wrestling
February 27, 2025
The mat cats competed in the 49th OKWA state championships and took 11 wrestlers. These wrestlers compete against other competitors all across the state regardless of class size. The mat cats had 5 st...
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Stidham Redhawks fly to Championship
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Stidham Redhawks fly to Championship
February 27, 2025
The Stidham Redhawks 7 & 8 boys basketball team brought home another ORES State Championship on Saturday, February 15. This team, composed of 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade students, won their way to vic...
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Eufaula Lady Ironheads win District Championship
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Eufaula Lady Ironheads win District Championship
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
February 27, 2025
The Eufaula Lady Ironheads (13-12) toppled Tecumseh 43-29 to win the Class 4A District Championship under new head coach Jason Radomski. “Anytime we win district is an accomplishment but we aren’t sto...
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Hornets sting Lady Wildcats for District Championship
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Hornets sting Lady Wildcats for District Championship
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
February 27, 2025
The Hilldale Lady Hornets won the district championship with a 42-37 victory over Checotah. Grace Nail powered the Lady Hornets (9-13) with 15 points while Ella Roach added 11. For Checotah (1112), Sh...
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Rebel yell not loud enough against Ironheads
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Rebel yell not loud enough against Ironheads
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
February 20, 2025
The Eufaula Ironheads (17-6) used a 23-point third period to shut down the Silo Rebels 59-45 Friday on senior night at Perry Anderson Gymnasium. With the halftime score 26-23 in favor of Eufaula, the ...
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Eufaula Impact Players of the Week
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Eufaula Impact Players of the Week
February 20, 2025
The Eufaula Impact Players of the Week are Johna Bumgarner and Dacen Hunter. Bumgarner has cemented herself as a great perimeter shooter and a rebounder on both ends of the court. Bumgarner scored 15 ...
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Checotah Impact Players of the Week
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Checotah Impact Players of the Week
February 20, 2025
The Checotah Impact Players of the Week are Hailey Prince and Rowan Chapman. Checotah senior forward Hailey Prince used her size and physicality to battle her opponents in the paint. Prince scored fou...
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Checotah OKWA state qualifiers
Sports
Checotah OKWA state qualifiers
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
February 20, 2025
The Checotah Wildcats competed in the South East Regional held at Sallisaw on Saturday. The Wildcats’ head coach Brett Oleson continues to develop great wrestlers and cements the Checotah program’s re...
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Hall of Famer Howard Twilley passes away
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Hall of Famer Howard Twilley passes away
February 20, 2025
Howard Twilley, the 1992 College Football Hall of Fame inductee who starred at wide receiver for Tulsa from 1963-65, passed away Feb. 5. He was 81. “Howard Twilley was one of the greatest receivers in...
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Enough is enough
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Enough is enough
February 20, 2025
There is nothing more frustrating to a sports fan than watching players of a team sport look right at a teammate that’s wide open and instead of passing the ball to him they attempt the impossible sho...
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Remember When: Paddlefish Edition
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Remember When: Paddlefish Edition
February 20, 2025
Oklahoma is well known for its great paddlefish population. As a matter of fact, we have had two world-record paddlefish caught out of Keystone Lake. The beast weighed in at 164 pounds, beating the pr...
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OSSAA reinstates Edmond North Girls Wrestling team
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
February 20, 2025
Class 6A Edmond North’s girls wrestling program will be eligible to compete in the postseason after the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) board voted unanimously to rescind a de...
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Crappie weather is here
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Crappie weather is here
February 20, 2025
Crappie is a springtime favorite of Oklahoma anglers. These tasty fish can be caught near shore in great numbers during their spring spawn. Small soft plastic lures, hair jigs and live minnows are ess...
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Lake Eufaula Fishing Report
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Lake Eufaula Fishing Report
February 20, 2025
Elevation is normal and stable, water temperature 46°F and stained. (USACE Lake Level) Largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass good on Alabama rigs, buzz baits, crankbaits, and jerk baits around chan...
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Maddox Bridges signs with Southern Nazarene University
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Maddox Bridges signs with Southern Nazarene University
February 20, 2025
Eufaula senior standout football player Maddox Bridges signed his letter of intent to play college football at Southern Nazarene University in Bethany.
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2025 Checotah Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees
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2025 Checotah Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
February 20, 2025
The Checotah Athletic Hall of Fame inducted the 2025 Class this past Tuesday night. The class included Matt Vandiver, Imogene Duvall and Cade Shropshire. Matt Vandiver is a 1972 Checotah graduate that...
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Muldrow rolls to 70-42 win over Checotah
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Muldrow rolls to 70-42 win over Checotah
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
February 20, 2025
The Muldrow Bulldogs topped the Checotah Wildcats 70-42 on Tuesday at the Checotah Event Center. The Bulldogs started fast, outscoring the Wildcats’ 21-6 in the first period. Tyler Orman and Cole Roll...
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Diamonds shine at Checotah homecoming
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Diamonds shine at Checotah homecoming
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
February 13, 2025
The Sallisaw Black Diamonds took a 55-48 victory over the Checotah Wildcats. Sallisaw started the game off fast and effectively while the Wildcats struggled to make baskets, even though they had open ...
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Big 12 Conference releases 2025 football schedule
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Big 12 Conference releases 2025 football schedule
February 13, 2025
The Big 12 Conference announced its 2025 football schedule as the league celebrates its 30th football season. The schedule will see all 16 programs play nine league games. The 30th year of Big 12 Foot...
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Executive order bans Trans participation in women’s sports
February 13, 2025
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday banning transgender women from participating in women’s sports. “The war on women’s sports is over,” he said. “With my action this afternoon,...
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The day Checotah got bombed
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The day Checotah got bombed
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
August 21, 2025
The Heartland Heritage Museum & Gallery had a wonderful turnout for their 40th Commemoration of the Bombing at Checotah on Aug. 7. Several locals told their recollection of what happened that day and ...
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1 dead, 1 injured
August 21, 2025
Two commercial vehicles collided on the morning of Aug. 12 at I-40 and US 69 in McIntosh County resulting in the death of one of the drivers, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Dead is Patrick ...
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Checotah announces hiring first full-time fire chief
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Checotah announces hiring first full-time fire chief
August 21, 2025
The City of Checotah is proud to announce the hiring of Greg Carmack as the city’s first full-time Fire Chief, marking a historic step forward for the community’s public safety services. Chief Carmack...
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City of Checotah announces promotion of Laurie Burkhalter to Finance Director
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City of Checotah announces promotion of Laurie Burkhalter to Finance Director
August 21, 2025
The City of Checotah is pleased to announce the promotion of Laurie Burkhalter to the position of Finance Director. Burkhalter has served as Asst. Deputy City Clerk for the past year and has quickly d...
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Oklahoma’s small-town police take federal immigration role
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Oklahoma’s small-town police take federal immigration role
By MARIA GUINNIP AND LIONEL RAMOS OKLAHOMA WATCH 
August 21, 2025
Eufaula Police Chief David Bryning signed the contract but has decided to cancel it. He says he’s never had a problem with any of the handful of immigrant families living in his town, and gang activit...
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