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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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Sports
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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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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Q & A with Eufaula quarterback Ledger Folsom
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Q & A with Eufaula quarterback Ledger Folsom
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
August 15, 2024
The Eufaula Ironheads head into a new conference and classification from Class 2A-6 to Class 3A-3 under head coach Larry Newton. Newton has his dual threat quarterback Ledger Folsom returning to the l...
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6th Annual Checotah Lions Club Charity Golf Tournament
August 8, 2024
- Friday, Sept. 13 at Arrowhead State Golf Course - Registration at 8 a.m. with Shotgun Start at 8:30 a.m. - Four Man Scramble Cash Prizes & Door Prizes - Lunch to immediately follow last rounds Proce...
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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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