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May 2, 2024
Scenes from the Class 3A and 4A Regional Track meet
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January 16, 2025
Fire destroyed the Escalated Greens warehouse and offices at 1200 Birkes Road Thursday, Jan. 9, a plant where medical marijuana is produced and processed. The spectacular blaze and resulting smoke plu...
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January 16, 2025
A whopping eight candidates have filed for the vacant Senate District 8 seat representing Okmulgee, Okfuskee and McIntosh counties in eastern Oklahoma. The special primary election for SD 8 has been s...
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January 16, 2025
A traffic fatality has been attributed to the icy roads that covered the county much of the weekend, beginning Thursday and creating hazardous conditions through Saturday. The single vehicle accident ...
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January 16, 2025
Thursday night - low of 41 Friday - high near 59, low 35 Saturday - high near 41, low 22
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January 16, 2025
News that TransAlta had stopped plans to build a wind turbine farm in McIntosh County spread like the wind last week. “They called me Thursday and told me they pulled up stakes,” District 1 County Com...
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January 16, 2025
The Eufaula School Board is asking voters to approve the issuance of almost $24 million in general obligation bonds for several projects, including an event center that would be used by the school as ...
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January 16, 2025
Ava Rose Johnson, an 18-year-old Osage and Cherokee native from Oklahoma, has been nominated for Best Country Recording and Best Music Video for her song, “Sweet Home Oklahoma” and she couldn’t be mor...
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January 16, 2025
Checotah Masonic Lodge #86 Saturday, February 1 7 a.m. – 10 a.m. 625 W. Gentry Start your day off right with a homemade breakfast consisting of fresh eggs, Blue & Gold sausage & pancakes, biscuits & g...
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January 16, 2025
The University of Oklahoma’s Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) has embarked on an exciting partnership with the City of Checotah to revitalize its downtown area. Through this collaboration, OU’s...
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January 16, 2025
Snow days can be fun days to remember, at least when you are a kid. I am considered a winter baby being born on Dec. 30, 1968. However, the older I get, the colder I get and I’m not as fond of winter ...
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January 16, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY - Some say that deaths occur in “threes,” and for Oklahomans that was truly the case last week with a trio of remarkable individuals who each had an impact on those in their circle of li...
