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Checotah Lady Wildcats defeat Eufaula in second round of Class 4A Area action
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Checotah Lady Wildcats defeat Eufaula in second round of Class 4A Area action
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
March 6, 2025
The Checotah Lady Wildcats earned a tough victory over in-county rival Eufaula Lady Ironheads (13-14) 43-32 in the second round of the Class 4A Area at Crossing Christian. Checotah made a fast start, ...
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Checotah rally nearly ends Spiro season
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Checotah rally nearly ends Spiro season
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
March 6, 2025
The Checotah Wildcats rallied in the fourth period but fell short 55-50 in defeating the Spiro Bulldogs Thursday at the Checotah Event Center. The Wildcats were without their head coach Malcolm Warrio...
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Skiatook tops Eufaula 62-47
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Skiatook tops Eufaula 62-47
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
March 6, 2025
The Eufaula Ironheads (189) saw their season come to end Friday as Skiatook defeated Eufaula 62-47. It was a ball game in the first half as Eufaula trailed by 12-11. Three-point specialist Dusty Eby h...
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Collett punches ticket to State
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Collett punches ticket to State
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
February 27, 2025
Checotah senior Colt Collett punched his ticket to the state tournament in OKC. Checotah’s Colt Collett moved to 28-0 with a 23-5 win over Matthew Hunt of Comanche. This will be the fourth consecutive...
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Sooners bring back former OC Kevin Wilson as offensive analyst
February 27, 2025
Former Oklahoma offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson is coming back to the Sooners coaching staff as an offensive analyst, sources have confirmed to Sooners Illustrated. Wilson coached at OU from 2002-2...
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OU basketball coach Porter Moser’s buyout
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
February 27, 2025
University of Oklahoma head basketball coach Porter Moser, who is under contract through June 30, 2028, still has a total of $10.2 million remaining on his deal over the next three years. Should the S...
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Checotah Impact Players of the Week
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Checotah Impact Players of the Week
February 27, 2025
The Checotah Impact Players of he Week are Shyanne Madewell and R.J. Womack. Checotah point guard Shyanne Madewell has proven to be an excellent shooter as scored 19-points against Hilldale. She is al...
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Eufaula Impact Players of the Week
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Eufaula Impact Players of the Week
February 27, 2025
The Eufaula Impact Players of the Week are Maddie Ballard and Jentry James. Senior guard Maddie Ballard is an all around great basketball player. She can score from the perimeter and isn’t scared to t...
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Sports
Miracle on Ice Jim Craig Bobblehead unveiled for 45th Anniversary
February 27, 2025
MILWAUKEE – Friday marked the 45th Anniversary of Team USA Hockey’s 1980 Miracle on Ice Game, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum and Lowsport unveiled the first officially licensed, limit...
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Post-season is here, so make it worth while
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Post-season is here, so make it worth while
February 27, 2025
Area sports fans have been treated to some truly remarkable events. The Eufaula Lady Ironheads, under the leadership of Head Coach Jason Radomski, clinched their first district championship. Meanwhile...
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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
Sports
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
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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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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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