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OSSAA will have penalties for transfer policy violators
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
August 22, 2024
Oklahoma high school student-athletes traveling excessive distances to play for new schools may be violating the terms of a onetime transfer policy, the leader of the Oklahoma Secondary School Activit...
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Eufaula little league football begins Sept. 7
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Eufaula little league football begins Sept. 7
August 22, 2024
The Eufaula Little League Football season kicks off Sept. 7 at Pocola. Gunner Lunceford breaks a tackle and looks for an opening against Spiro. Lunceford scored on the play.
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Sports
Keep student-athletes safe during extreme heat
August 22, 2024
It’s been a long, hot summer with high temperatures breaking records all over the country. Exercising and playing sports outdoors during extreme heat is risky for athletes of all ages and experience l...
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Private Lands Youth Antlerless Deer Hunts Designed For Beginning Hunters
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Private Lands Youth Antlerless Deer Hunts Designed For Beginning Hunters
August 22, 2024
This year 23 youth deer hunters, ages 12-17, who have harvested no more than one deer, have a unique opportunity to participate in one of 9 deer hunts that will take place on private land in: Clevelan...
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Free Hunting Days are Sept. 7-8
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Free Hunting Days are Sept. 7-8
August 22, 2024
The first full weekend of September is traditionally Free Hunting Days in Oklahoma. On these two days, Oklahoma residents may participate in open hunting seasons without the requirement to have a stat...
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Lake Eufaula Fishing Report
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Lake Eufaula Fishing Report
August 22, 2024
August 9: Elevation is 1.50 ft. below normal and falling, water temperature 87°F and stained. (USACE Lake Level) Largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass fair on Alabama rigs, crankbaits, lipless bait...
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Football season is here
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Football season is here
August 22, 2024
It’s that time of the year when football fans go crazy. Whether you are a Sooner, Cowboy, Wildcat or Ironhead fan, kick off time is here. Checotah travels to Sallisaw this Friday while Eufaula will ho...
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Sooners Helping Sooners more than a non-profit
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Sooners Helping Sooners more than a non-profit
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
August 22, 2024
The Sooners Helping Sooners (SHS) fundraiser Barry Switzer and Friends, held at the River Spirit Casino in Norman, was a huge success. It was an evening of storytelling and a history lesson by some of...
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Lady Ironheads perfect on the season
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Lady Ironheads perfect on the season
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
August 22, 2024
Senior Kate Pippenger drove in four runs on three hits to lead Eufaula (3-0) past the Roland Lady Rangers 13-3 on Thursday. Eufaula has outscored their first three opponents 33-4. Freshman pitcher Lea...
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Checotah Lady Wildcats shut out Okmulgee
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Checotah Lady Wildcats shut out Okmulgee
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
August 22, 2024
The Checotah Lady Wildcats (4-2) shut out the Okmulgee Bulldogs 10-0 on Friday. The Lady Wildcats scored first in the bottom of the first inning after Shyanne Madewell grounded out, and senior first b...
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Scrimmage action starts Friday for Wildcats and Ironlicads
By RODNEY HALTOM SPORTS EDITOR page B1 
August 22, 2024
Football season is here and scrimmage action starts this Friday for area teams. The Checotah Wildcats who finished 7-4 overall in the 2023 season will travel to Sallisaw to take on the Black Diamonds....
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NCAA hands former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh with four year show-cause order for ‘unethical conduct’
August 15, 2024
An NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions panel has ruled on a case involving Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, issuing a four-year show-cause order and a one-season suspension to the ex-Wolverines coach...
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Lake Eufaula Fishing Report
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Lake Eufaula Fishing Report
August 15, 2024
Elevation is 1 ft. below normal and falling, water temperature 86°F and stained. (USACE Lake Level) Largemouth bass, Smallmouth bass, Spotted bass fair on crankbaits, in-line spinnerbaits, lipless bai...
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Sports
Dr Pepper Big 12 Football Championship tickets on sale now
August 15, 2024
Tickets for the 2024 Dr Pepper Big 12 Football Championship game will go on sale beginning at 10 a.m. CT on Monday, Aug. 12, exclusively via SeatGeek. No sales will be available through the Big 12 Con...
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OSU football schedule for 2024
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OSU football schedule for 2024
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
August 15, 2024
The Cowboys will open the season at home in Boone Pickens Stadium against two-time defending FCS national champion South Dakota State on Aug. 31 with kickoff to be determined. The game will be broadca...
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Eufaula edges Checotah in fast-pitch scrimmage
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Eufaula edges Checotah in fast-pitch scrimmage
August 15, 2024
The Checotah Lady Wildcats and Eufaula Lady Ironheads will have to wait a little longer as rain forced delays on Oklahoma high school softball games Monday. Eufaula tops Checotah in scrimmage action T...
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New hunting/fishing license fees are in effect
By Kelly Bostian Oklahoma Ecology Project 
August 15, 2024
The fireworks wrapped up this year before July at the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. The rush was on after Gov. Kevin Stitt signed the Oklahoma Wildlife Modernization Act in late March,...
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The Pride of Eufaula Marching Band
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The Pride of Eufaula Marching Band
August 15, 2024
The Pride of Eufaula has a rich tradition of excellence for many years. The band is a 24-time OSSAA State Sweepstakes Award Winner, which is the highest award a high school band can earn in Oklahoma. ...
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Class of Checotah
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Class of Checotah
August 15, 2024
“These kids are amazing. Some of the hardest working, team player students we have seen this early in years. We are excited to push them to hopeful success. We are so blessed to be in our new PAC and ...
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Whisenhunt named new EOSC Athletic Director, Bean new women’s basketball coach
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Whisenhunt named new EOSC Athletic Director, Bean new women’s basketball coach
August 15, 2024
WILBURTON – Eastern Oklahoma State College head softball coach Kendra Whisenhunt has been named the new athletic director for the Mountaineers. Nathan Bean, formerly the assistant men’s basketball coa...
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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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