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Council approves water rate increase for city and rural users
By SHAUNA BELYEU GENERAL MANAGER 
July 3, 2025
A newly adopted ordinance, passed June 9 by the City Council, increases rates for all users, including those living outside city limits. This new ordinance officially raises monthly water rates for re...
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Lightning strike kills Eufaula woman in cemetery
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Lightning strike kills Eufaula woman in cemetery
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
July 3, 2025
A 57-year-old Eufaula woman was killed by lightning during a routine stroll through a cemetery Friday evening. Joy Ann Rogers was walking through Greenwood cemetery shortly before 7 p.m. when a thunde...
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Family, friends and fans bid farewell to Blues legend
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Family, friends and fans bid farewell to Blues legend
By LENORE BECHTEL 
July 3, 2025
Her casket rested below center stage at the Checotah Performing Arts Center, open for friends, fans, and family to view her precious body before her life’s celebration began. No one lingered long. Tha...
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Classmates reunite after years apart during Checotah Alumni weekend
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Classmates reunite after years apart during Checotah Alumni weekend
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
July 3, 2025
Class of 1975 honor Jim Caro as 'Significant Alumni' Classmates from all over the U.S. reunited after years apart during Checotah Alumni weekend. The Class of 1975 celebrated their 50th reunion by hon...
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Treasurer honored at retirement party
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Treasurer honored at retirement party
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
July 3, 2025
Retiring McIntosh County Treasurer Betty Whisenhunt received high praise from the Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd at Whisenhunt’s retirement party Friday. “She could give courses across the state on internal controls,” said Geoffrey Morley, Forensic Audit Investigator speaking on behalf of Byrd. “They are one of the best (Treasurer’s offices) in the state. I think that’s a testamen...
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A: Main, News...
Council approves water rate increase for city and rural users
By SHAUNA BELYEU GENERAL MANAGER 
July 3, 2025
A newly adopted ordinance, passed June 9 by the City Council, increases rates for all users, including those living outside city limits. This new ordinance officially raises monthly water rates for re...
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Lightning strike kills Eufaula woman in cemetery
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Lightning strike kills Eufaula woman in cemetery
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
July 3, 2025
A 57-year-old Eufaula woman was killed by lightning during a routine stroll through a cemetery Friday evening. Joy Ann Rogers was walking through Greenwood cemetery shortly before 7 p.m. when a thunde...
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Family, friends and fans bid farewell to Blues legend
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Family, friends and fans bid farewell to Blues legend
By LENORE BECHTEL 
July 3, 2025
Her casket rested below center stage at the Checotah Performing Arts Center, open for friends, fans, and family to view her precious body before her life’s celebration began. No one lingered long. Tha...
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Classmates reunite after years apart during Checotah Alumni weekend
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Classmates reunite after years apart during Checotah Alumni weekend
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
July 3, 2025
Class of 1975 honor Jim Caro as 'Significant Alumni' Classmates from all over the U.S. reunited after years apart during Checotah Alumni weekend. The Class of 1975 celebrated their 50th reunion by hon...
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Woman captured following foot chase
July 3, 2025
A 39-year-old Eufaula woman who had an outstanding warrant on an arson charge was arrested Wednesday, June 25, following a foot chase in a wooded area around south 7th Street in Eufaula. Tamara Dean K...
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Katy Depot Meet and Greet
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Katy Depot Meet and Greet
July 3, 2025
Mike Key talked to his Class of 1975 and other alumni about their Significant Alumni Jim Caro at the Katy Depot Meet & Greet on Saturday.
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Credence Cool Water Revue Revival Tribute
July 3, 2025
Legacy On Main Street presents Credence Cool Water Revue, a tribute to Credence Clearwater Revival on Saturday, July 19 at 224 N. Main St, Eufaula. The price for the dinner and show is $65. The show o...
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McGirt pleads guilty to new offenses
July 3, 2025
MUSKOGEE –Jimcy McGirt, 76, of Wewoka, entered a guilty plea to one count of Failure to Register as Sex Offender, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, according to the United States Attorney’s Offi...
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Sports
Single-Game football tickets on sale for six 2025 OU Home games
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Single-Game football tickets on sale for six 2025 OU Home games
July 3, 2025
NORMAN – A limited number of single-game tickets for six of Oklahoma’s 2025 home football games are on sale now through the OU Athletics Ticket Office. Tickets for the Sept. 6 Michigan contest are onl...
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Dez Bryant added to College Football Hall of Fame Ballot
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Dez Bryant added to College Football Hall of Fame Ballot
July 3, 2025
Former Oklahoma State wide receiver Dez Bryant has been added to the ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame announced. B...
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Vype Magazine in Eufaula photo shoot of Top 100 High School Athletes
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Vype Magazine in Eufaula photo shoot of Top 100 High School Athletes
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
July 3, 2025
Bill Huddleston of Vype Magazine was in Eufaula at Sam Wampler’s Freedom Ford on Tuesday for a photo shoot for the magazine. Eufaula football players Peter Lee and Luke Hodgins represented the Eufaula...
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McAllister and Ford close out High School fishing career with grit at Grand Lake
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McAllister and Ford close out High School fishing career with grit at Grand Lake
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
July 3, 2025
Eufaula’s Connor McAllister and Ayden Ford wrapped up their high school fishing careers with heart and hustle at the Student Angler Federation event on Grand Lake— just before they take their talents ...
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Checotah’s Drew Dan to be featured in 2025 Gridiron Guide
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Checotah’s Drew Dan to be featured in 2025 Gridiron Guide
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
July 3, 2025
Former Checotah Wildcats football standout and now assistant coach Drew Dan will be featured in the 2025 Gridiron Guide. Dan had an exceptional football career at Checotah before receiving a scholarsh...
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Pam Jackson was a Eufaula original
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Pam Jackson was a Eufaula original
June 26, 2025
On June 21, the Eufaula community celebrated the life of Pam Jackson (58) who passed away after a long battle with an illness. Jackson was a beloved mother, sister, grandmother and friend. Jackson was...
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Lifestyle
A legacy lives on
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A legacy lives on
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
July 3, 2025
Selby Minner’s Celebration of Life on Saturday at the Checotah Performing Arts Center was a beautiful 3-hour-long tribute to an amazing soul who loved the blues and more importantly, loved people. As ...
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Local youth attends YAHL Summit 2025
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Local youth attends YAHL Summit 2025
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
July 3, 2025
Local Oktaha student Olivia Shackelford of Eufaula was recognized as the recipient of the prestigious 2025 Youth Prevention Award in Oklahoma City at the Heartland Conference. This past week Olivia go...
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60th Birthday Celebration
June 26, 2025
A 60th Birthday Celebration for Rev. W. R. Casey, Jr., President of the CMA Alliance Inc. will take place Saturday, June 28 at 6:30 p.m. at the Downtown Doubletree Hotel, located at 616 W. 7th St. in ...
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After School Program Highlights
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After School Program Highlights
June 12, 2025
Checotah’s After School Program recently visited the Katy Depot and the Heartland Heritage Museum & Gallery learned about the history of Checotah and the Checotah Art Guild.
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Family to celebrate their mother’s 85th birthday
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Family to celebrate their mother’s 85th birthday
May 15, 2025
The family of Peggy Christian would like to invite the community to come celebrate her 85th Birthday with them this Sunday, May 18 from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. at the Checotah Multi-Purpose Building (which wa...
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Birthday party at the Plumb
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Birthday party at the Plumb
By LENORE BECHTEL 
May 1, 2025
Fans, friends, and family filled Longtown’s Plumb Theatre Friday night, April 25, to give keyboard specialist Cookie Eller a spirited 80th birthday celebration. The youngest audience member ever in at...
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Killing them with kindness
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Killing them with kindness
July 3, 2025
What a month it’s been for me personally and in our close-knit communities. Trying to cope with the loss of loved ones has been extremely difficult and downright demanding. Yet having to come to terms...
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For the Children ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ overhauled in Senate, would cause even more government borrowing
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For the Children ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ overhauled in Senate, would cause even more government borrowing
By JOE DORMAN, OICA CEO 
July 3, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY – Over the past month, I have highlighted portions of the federal “Big Beautiful Bill” as passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. Currently, the bill is under consideration by the U...
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Another busy week in the district
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Another busy week in the district
By REP. TIM TURNER 
July 3, 2025
I started last Saturday June 21, bright and early at Stigler Reunion Days. I kicked things off at the Haskell County GOP Tent, answering questions and catching up with friends and supporters. Then I h...
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Hays Supports MOHA Executive Order
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Hays Supports MOHA Executive Order
July 3, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Neil Hays, R-Muskogee, today expressed strong support for Gov. Kevin Stitt’s new “Make Oklahoma Healthy Again” (MOHA) executive order, which targets artificial food additives and ...
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God only knows how much you’ll be missed
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God only knows how much you’ll be missed
July 3, 2025
I am the product of a wannabe hippie. While Dad grew an afro for a time, he was far from an actual hippie, but he absolutely loved the music of his generation. The soundtrack of my childhood includes ...
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