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Contributing to the legacy Greg Dixon
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Contributing to the legacy Greg Dixon
May 22, 2025
Greg Dixon was one of the best athletes and citizens that ever came out of Checotah High School. He helped lead the Wildcats to a No.3 ranking and won a national championship in football at OU. This p...
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Sports
Scheffler seizes third major in commanding style at PGA Championship
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
May 22, 2025
Scottie Scheffler delivered a master class in composure and precision Sunday, storming to his third major title with a dominant victory at the PGA Championship. Under pressure and facing fierce challe...
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Claremore hires Randy Rutherford as basketball coach
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
May 22, 2025
Randy Rutherford has accepted an offer to become the new boys’ head basketball coach at Claremore. His hiring was approved at the Claremore board’s monthly meeting. He spent the last seven years at Mc...
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Pete Rose, ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson reinstated from MLB’s permanently ineligible list
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
May 22, 2025
Pete Rose, Major League Baseball’s alltime hits leader, has been posthumously reinstated by Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred, the league announced. The decision removed Rose from MLB’s p...
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Cashion wins Class OSSAA 2A-I Baseball State Championship
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Cashion wins Class OSSAA 2A-I Baseball State Championship
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
May 22, 2025
The Cashion Wildcats earned their first OSSAA State Baseball Championship after defeating the Oktaha Tigers 7-0 at Shawnee. The Wildcats finished the season going 33-3 under head coach Blake Mounce.
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Jose Vitor Leme makes greatest comeback in PBR History to be crowned the 2025 World Champion
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Jose Vitor Leme makes greatest comeback in PBR History to be crowned the 2025 World Champion
May 22, 2025
ARLINGTON, Texas – On Sunday afternoon in Arlington, Texas, Jose Vitor Leme (Ribas do Rio Pardo, Brazil) completed the greatest comeback in the history of PBR (Professional Bull Riders), winning the W...
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Lake Eufaula Fishing Report
May 22, 2025
Elevation is 11 ft. above normal, water temperature 65°F and murky. White bass fair on grasshoppers, hair jigs, jigs, spinnerbaits, spoons around below the dam, creek channels, discharge, main lake. B...
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Sports
2025 Lake Eufaula Fishing Tournaments
May 22, 2025
May 30-31 Gary Nichols June 1 Future Bass Trails June 7 Fisherman’s Choice June 18-20 NPFL June 21 & 22 South Central Bass Anglers June 27& 28 National Crappie League June 28 Fisherman’s Choice July 1...
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Efurd and Eby win Sue Ann Salsman and Junior Golding awards
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Efurd and Eby win Sue Ann Salsman and Junior Golding awards
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
May 22, 2025
Eufaula celebrated the annual sports awards assembly on Monday. The big winners of the night were Jadence Efurd and Dusty Eby. Both seniors contributed to the Ironheads’ basketball programs with Efurd...
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Jared Efurd named Eufaula Indian Journal Coach of the Year
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Jared Efurd named Eufaula Indian Journal Coach of the Year
By Staff Reports 
May 22, 2025
Longtime Eufaula coach Jerad Efurd was named the recipient of the Eufaula Indian Journal Coach of the Year award presented by sports editor Rodney Haltom. Efurd is the head coach of the Eufaula golf t...
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Checotah Sports programs have a bright future
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Checotah Sports programs have a bright future
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
May 22, 2025
The Checotah sports programs have a bright future as several underclassmen return for the 2026 season. Freshman Izzy Ruiter made an impact this season in the 100-meter hurdles and the 200-meter hurdle...
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Eufaula and Checotah compete with best in State Track and Field Meet at Plainview High School
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Eufaula and Checotah compete with best in State Track and Field Meet at Plainview High School
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
May 15, 2025
The Eufaula Ironheads and Checotah Wildcats competed in the OSSAA State Track and Field Meet Friday at Plainview High School. Eufaula Freshman Leah Green finished 11th in the state in the Class 4A 200...
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Rylee McNeill battles weather and competition at State Golf Tournament
Sports
Rylee McNeill battles weather and competition at State Golf Tournament
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
May 15, 2025
Rylee McNeill of Eufaula had to battle the harsh elements and stiff competition Monday at the OSSAA State Golf Championship at the Shawnee Country Club on Monday. With rain and winds blowing across th...
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And it comes to an end
Sports
And it comes to an end
May 15, 2025
And another year of high school sports comes to an end as the last of the state tournaments take place. As sports fans we have had a fantastic year. We saw Eufaula girls go to the state fast-pitch tou...
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No. 2 seed Sooners to host regional at Love’s Field
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
May 15, 2025
ESPN announced the NCAA Tournament Regional brackets, and the Sooners will host at Love’s Field in Oklahoma City. Despite the regular season SEC championship and Co-Championship win, the committee gav...
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Big 12 Conference
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Big 12 Conference
May 15, 2025
Big 12 Board Chair and Baylor President Linda Livingstone announced that the Big 12 Board of Directors has voted to extend Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark’s contract for an additional three years th...
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McCurtain hires Darren Harber as girls basketball coach
Sports
McCurtain hires Darren Harber as girls basketball coach
By JOHN BLOCK COURTESY 
May 15, 2025
Darren Harber embraces his son, Dristan as he checks out for the final time during his senior season. Darren Harber was hired on April 14 to be the McCurtain Public Schools Girls Basketball Coach for ...
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Athletic Directors: Developing a mindset to survive and thrive
By DR. DAVID HOCH CMAA 
May 15, 2025
With all the tasks and responsibilities that high school athletic administrators handle, learning and mastering new skills, and incorporating the latest best practices, are essential to keep pace. The...
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Morris hires Kaden Bumgarner as assistant football coach
Sports
Morris hires Kaden Bumgarner as assistant football coach
By RODNEY HALTOM 
May 15, 2025
The Morris Eagles made another big move on behalf of their football team by hiring Kaden Bumgarner as assistant coach. Bumgarner graduated with his Associate’s Degree at Connor State College and will ...
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Prince signs with Murray State
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Prince signs with Murray State
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
May 15, 2025
Checotah standout softball pitcher Hailey Prince made it official as she signed her letter of commitment to play at Murray State in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. “We’re so happy and excited for Hailey and w...
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Messiah comes to McIntosh County
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Messiah comes to McIntosh County
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
April 9, 2026
The Messiah came to McIntosh County once again. Over the course of two nights almost 1,200 people witnessed His return, but how many missed it? Though there have been several productions over the year...
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Webbers Falls man killed in motorcycle crash
By AMIE CATO-REMER COURTESY 
April 9, 2026
A Webbers Falls man was killed in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash late Saturday night in rural Muskogee County, according to Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP). The collision occurred at around 10:14 p.m...
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Easter weekend was eggs-tra special
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Easter weekend was eggs-tra special
By SHAUNA BELYEU GENERAL MANAGER 
April 9, 2026
McIntosh County Easter weekend was filled with activity, even as spring storms forced a few last-minute changes across the area. At Lake Eufaula State Park and other locations, rising water and soggy ...
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Commissioner races highlight McIntosh County ballot
By SHAUNA BELYEU GENERAL MANAGER 
April 9, 2026
Filing for the 2026 election cycle has closed, leaving McIntosh County voters with a mix of uncontested races and a handful of competitive contests. Several county officials filed for re-election with...
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10,000 drones depict 1 King Jesus over North America
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10,000 drones depict 1 King Jesus over North America
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
April 9, 2026
It was an extra-ordinary Holy Week in the U.S. with a spectacular light show that had never taken place before in Northern America. Thousands of drones lit up the sky over Manvel, TX as Aerial Illumin...
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