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Annual BBQ Banquet
October 2, 2025
Freedom House Adult and Teen Challenge will host their 5th Annual Barbecue Banquet and Graduation Ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 4. The community is invited to purchase tickets and come enjoy an evening o...
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Couple get deferred sentences in animal cruelty case
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Couple get deferred sentences in animal cruelty case
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
October 2, 2025
A husband and wife who were charged last year with animal cruelty pled guilty Friday, Sept. 26 and each were given five-year deferred sentences. Morgan Alayne Bateman, 39, lists her home as Checotah, ...
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Man makes Alford plea in lewd act case
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Man makes Alford plea in lewd act case
October 2, 2025
Randy Dwayne Stegall, 64, of Checotah has entered an Alford plea to performing a lewd act in front of a woman and her two children. An Alford plea registers a formal admission of guilt to charges in c...
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Big Breakfast Fundraiser this Saturday
October 2, 2025
For a $10 donation enjoy Farm Fresh Eggs, Blue & Gold Sausage, Pancakes, Homemade from scratch Biscuits & Gravy, Orange Juice & Coffee At the Checotah Masonic Lodge #86 at 625 W. Gentry, Checotah All ...
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SYATP After Gathering stirred a fire in local youth
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SYATP After Gathering stirred a fire in local youth
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
October 2, 2025
What can happen when one soul catches on fire and passes that fire along to another? A whole school can catch on fire for Jesus and spread for decades from generation to generation. That’s how See You at the Pole (SYATP) began in 1990 in Burleson, Texas. A little grassroots initiative led by students who wanted to pray publicly for their schools grew into a global movement of Christian students. T...
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Annual BBQ Banquet
October 2, 2025
Freedom House Adult and Teen Challenge will host their 5th Annual Barbecue Banquet and Graduation Ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 4. The community is invited to purchase tickets and come enjoy an evening o...
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Couple get deferred sentences in animal cruelty case
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Couple get deferred sentences in animal cruelty case
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
October 2, 2025
A husband and wife who were charged last year with animal cruelty pled guilty Friday, Sept. 26 and each were given five-year deferred sentences. Morgan Alayne Bateman, 39, lists her home as Checotah, ...
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Man makes Alford plea in lewd act case
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Man makes Alford plea in lewd act case
October 2, 2025
Randy Dwayne Stegall, 64, of Checotah has entered an Alford plea to performing a lewd act in front of a woman and her two children. An Alford plea registers a formal admission of guilt to charges in c...
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Big Breakfast Fundraiser this Saturday
October 2, 2025
For a $10 donation enjoy Farm Fresh Eggs, Blue & Gold Sausage, Pancakes, Homemade from scratch Biscuits & Gravy, Orange Juice & Coffee At the Checotah Masonic Lodge #86 at 625 W. Gentry, Checotah All ...
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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
October 2, 2025
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation is offering free coffee and donuts during two Domestic Violence Awareness Month events in October. On Friday, October 3 from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at Nichols Market, 200 S. 2...
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Invasion by armyworms an annual lawn problem
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Invasion by armyworms an annual lawn problem
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
October 2, 2025
About this time every year wide swaths of territories in Oklahoma are attacked by an infestation of armyworms – also known as cutworms. Technically, they are classified under the genus Spodoptera and ...
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Walters resigns to fight unions
By KAYLA BRANCH THE FRONTIER 
October 2, 2025
State Superintendent Ryan Walters said nothing about his pending resignation during what was expected to be his last Board of Education meeting, one day after he announced on FOX News that he planned ...
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Martin again sentenced to life for murder
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Martin again sentenced to life for murder
By Martin 
October 2, 2025
MUSKOGEE – For the second time, on Wednesday, July 17, David Deval Martin, 40, of McIntosh County was sentenced to life in prison for the vicious 2013 murder of a Checotah woman. In 2016, Martin, whos...
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Sports
Checotah Lady Wildcats storm past Glenpool, 10-6
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Checotah Lady Wildcats storm past Glenpool, 10-6
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
October 2, 2025
The Checotah Lady Wildcats powered their way to a 10-6 victory over Glenpool on Tuesday night, extending their win streak to two with an offensive explosion early. Shaelynn Casey got things rolling in...
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Sports
Eufaula Cross Country High School Schedule
October 2, 2025
October 7th (Tues.) @ Checotah HS • Girls @ 11:20am / Boys @ 11:40pm • Girls distance 2 mile | Boys distance 5k October 18th (Sat.) Regional Meet @ TBD • TBD • Girls distance 2 mile | Boys distance 5k...
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2025 Checotah Wildcats Football Schedule
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2025 Checotah Wildcats Football Schedule
October 2, 2025
Oct. 3 Muldrow (Band Homecoming) 7 p.m. Home Oct. 10 Stigler 7 p.m. Away Oct. 16 Holland Hall 7 p.m. Home Oct. 24 Lincoln Christian 7 p.m. Away Oct. 31 Idabel (Senior Night) 7 p.m. Home Nov. 7 Eufaula...
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2025 Eufaula High School Fast-Pitch Schedule
October 2, 2025
Oct. 2-3 Regionals TBA Oct. 7 vs. Claremore 5:30 Oct. 9-10 Super Regionals Oct. 16-18 State Tournament TBA
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2025 Eufaula Ironheads Football Schedule
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2025 Eufaula Ironheads Football Schedule
October 2, 2025
Oct. 3 Locust Grove 7 p.m. Home Oct. 10 Holland Hall 7 p.m. Away Oct. 16 (Thursday) Stigler 7 p.m. Home Oct. 24 Idabel 7 p.m. Away Oct. 31 Lincoln Christian 7 p.m. Home Nov. 7 Checotah (Senior Night) ...
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Full Court Press: How OSSAA’s latest legal loss extends basketball controversy
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Full Court Press: How OSSAA’s latest legal loss extends basketball controversy
By JC HALLMAN OKLAHOMA WATCH 
October 2, 2025
On Sept. 5, Payne County District Judge Michael Kulling heard arguments in an ongoing case about a handful of teenagers who want to play basketball. “This court is a strong believer that athletic ende...
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Lifestyle
Class of Checotah wins Grand Champion in Ironhead Invitational
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Class of Checotah wins Grand Champion in Ironhead Invitational
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
October 2, 2025
The Class of Checotah competed at the Ironhead Invitational on September 27, coming home with some exceptional bragging rights. A total of 19 marching bands in their division competed over the course ...
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Class of Checotah is Fan Favorite & more
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Class of Checotah is Fan Favorite & more
September 25, 2025
The Class of Checotah competed at the Haskell Invitational this past Saturday, September 20. The high school band and color guard came home with the following bragging rights and trophies: Outstanding...
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Lake Eufaula Out of Darkness Walk 2025
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Lake Eufaula Out of Darkness Walk 2025
September 25, 2025
PHOTOS | LADONNA RHODES | STAFF
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FLEAS August Meeting
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FLEAS August Meeting
September 11, 2025
The theme of the meeting was sunflowers, and the decorations were bright yellow and orange with the cutest bumble bee balloons. The door prizes were unique vases prime to spruce up any bouquet or plan...
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Wine and Art Festival extravaganza Saturday
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Wine and Art Festival extravaganza Saturday
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
September 4, 2025
What: Vision Eufaula Wine & Art Festival When: Saturday Sept. 6, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Where: 150 N. Front St. Information: 405-248-2992 or visit visioneufaula.org The fourth annual Wine and Art Festival ...
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Blues Festival 2025
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Blues Festival 2025
September 4, 2025
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Walters to head teachers’ anti-union
October 2, 2025
Dallas — Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters has been named incoming Chief Executive Officer of the Teacher Freedom Alliance, a new national organization founded by the Freedom Foundation that ...
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Davis named Sister of the Year
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Davis named Sister of the Year
October 2, 2025
Members of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority recently named Shirley Davis 2025 Sister of the Year. A 47-year member, Shirley actively promotes all activities and has opened her home frequently for meetings thro...
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The importance of not just good friends but godly friends
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The importance of not just good friends but godly friends
October 2, 2025
Over my fifty plus years of being on this earthly journey I have come to realize the importance of not just good friends but godly friends. I’m not talking about just good ol’ buddies that you can han...
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Letters
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Letters
October 2, 2025
Letter to the Editor, Facts for Snacks was published in your paper a few months ago, by someone sending in a copy of my email explaining the program. I would like to thank whoever did that for the pro...
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Living in interesting times
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Living in interesting times
By JOE DORMAN, OICA CEO 
October 2, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY – There are some days when I wonder if the person who first said, “May you live in interesting times,” was applauded for this statement or condemned. The world has certainly become an in...
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