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Lady Ironheads brand Ponies
B: Sports, Sports...
Lady Ironheads brand Ponies
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
January 23, 2025
The Eufaula Ironheads pulled off a sweep of the Kellyville Ponies 50-28. It was a tough game to start as Aidan Cargil and Lilly Fairson each hit threepoint baskets but Johna Bumgarner of Eufaula kept ...
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Sallisaw slips past Checotah
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Sallisaw slips past Checotah
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
January 23, 2025
The Sallisaw Black Diamonds pulled off a huge win Friday night with a 46-41 victory over the Checotah Wildcats. (1-9) Checotah continued to face challenges in the second half of the game. Checotah had...
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Checotah Wrestling Senior Night
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Checotah Wrestling Senior Night
January 16, 2025
(at left) Checotah senior Jaydon Casey escorted by Tim and Jennifer Casey and Whitney and Brice Reynolds. (at right) Checotah senior Colt Collett escorted by his parents Paul and Tonya Collett.
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Hall of Famer Bill McCartney passes away
January 16, 2025
Bill McCartney, the 2013 College Football Hall of Fame coach who headed the Colorado program from 1982 to 1994, passed away Jan. 10 after a long illness in Boulder. He was 84. The Colorado head coach ...
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National Championships should be great
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National Championships should be great
January 16, 2025
The College Football Playoff National Championship game should be great. No.5 Notre Dame defeated Penn State (2724) while No.6 Ohio State edged Texas (2814) to make it to the championship game. The Bu...
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Checotah Impact Players of the Week
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Checotah Impact Players of the Week
January 16, 2025
The Checotah Impact Players of the Week are Rowan Chapman and Ruby Folkner. Chapman has been playing great on defense for the Wildcats . The 6’2” forward led the team in scoring against Okemah with 12...
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Eufaula Impact Players of the Week
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Eufaula Impact Players of the Week
January 16, 2025
The Eufaula Impact Players of the Week are Keaton Parish and Johna Bumgarner. Parish has been pivotal in the paint grabbing rebounds and scoring in the paint while sustaining his jump shot and three-p...
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McCloud uses size to defeat Lady Wildcats
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McCloud uses size to defeat Lady Wildcats
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
January 16, 2025
The McCloud Lady Redskins pulled off a big win over the Checotah Lady Wildcats, 53-40, in the first round of the Henryetta Basketball tournament. It was a game from the opening tip as Checotah attacke...
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Eufaula hangs 84 on Okay JV
B: Sports, Sports...
Eufaula hangs 84 on Okay JV
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
January 16, 2025
The No. 19 ranked Eufaula Ironheads (9-2) dismantled the Okay JV 84-32 in the opening round of the Warner Basketball Cherokee Classic. Keaton Parish and Dacen Hunter led the Ironheads in the first per...
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Gov. Stitt signs order allowing state schools to facilitate NIL deals
January 16, 2025
Gov. Kevin Stitt signed an executive order that allows Oklahoma’s post-secondary institutions to facilitate direct payments to student athletes for the use of their name, image and likeness (NIL), as ...
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Wildcats take loss against Metro Christian
B: Sports, Sports...
Wildcats take loss against Metro Christian
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
January 16, 2025
Checotah Wildcats (1-6) boys’ team faced challenges as they fell to Metro Christian 61-25 in the first round of the Henryetta Basketball tournament on Wednesday. The Wildcats outscored Metro 9-6 in th...
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Henryetta Knights defeat Checotah in wrestling dual on Senior Night
B: Sports, Sports...
Henryetta Knights defeat Checotah in wrestling dual on Senior Night
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
January 16, 2025
The Henryetta Knights won a hard fought dual against the Checotah Wildcat powerhouse wrestling program on Tuesday night at Checotah with a score of 33-24. The victory came at the end of the dual betwe...
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Playing to win or playing to advance?
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Playing to win or playing to advance?
January 9, 2025
The common goal for any sports team in any sport is to win. However, lately it looks like winning is not the only goal at the upper level. Players are looking to advance their next move. Coaches have ...
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Eufaula Ironhead Wrestling Club competes at Skiatook
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
January 9, 2025
The Eufaula Ironhead (youth) Wrestling Club competed at the Skiatook tournament in December. On Friday the team placed fourth out of 54 teams from across Oklahoma. On Saturday, the team placed 19th in...
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Impact Players of the Week
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Impact Players of the Week
January 9, 2025
The Checotah Wildcats Impact Players of the Week are Tyler Orman and Shyanne Madewell. Checotah senior Tyler Orman scored 12 points, made four steals and grabbed four rebounds in the Wildcats’ loss to...
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Tips for Identifying Two Oklahoma Look-Alikes
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Tips for Identifying Two Oklahoma Look-Alikes
January 9, 2025
Because of their sometimes “plain” appearance, sparrows are often overlooked and underappreciated as “little brown birds.” And while the moniker loosely fits, some species, including white-throated an...
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The wonder of wintering birds
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The wonder of wintering birds
January 9, 2025
When autumn finally gives in to winter, Oklahomans have to say goodbye to such things as fall colors and warmweather bird species, including purple martins, scissor-tailed flycatchers and other avian ...
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Professional Bull Riders’ Velocity Tour to debut in Tulsa at BOK Center January 24-25
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Professional Bull Riders’ Velocity Tour to debut in Tulsa at BOK Center January 24-25
January 9, 2025
TULSA (Sept. 30, 2024) - For the first time in history, PBR’s (Professional Bull Riders) Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour will buck into Tulsa, Oklahoma, holding PBR Tulsa at BOK Center January 24-25. T...
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Eufaula rolls to victory over Checotah
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Eufaula rolls to victory over Checotah
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
January 9, 2025
The Checotah Wildcats (1-6) entered into a charged environment as they battled No. 19th ranked and incounty rival (7-2) Friday night at Eufaula. It was a great game for three periods with Eufaula comi...
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Wildcats and Ironheads to play in tournaments January 9
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Wildcats and Ironheads to play in tournaments January 9
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
January 9, 2025
The Checotah Wildcats and Eufaula Ironheads will compete in two different basketball tournaments starting on January 9. Eufaula will travel to Warner for the 7th Annual Warner Eagle Cherokee Classic. ...
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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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