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Downtown to shine bright for Lights on Eufaula
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Downtown to shine bright for Lights on Eufaula
By Shauna Belyeu General Manager 
November 19, 2025
The countdown to Christmas begins in downtown Eufaula this Friday, November 21, as Lights on Eufaula returns for an evening packed with festive fun, small-town charm, and holiday cheer. From 5 p.m. to...
Vision Eufaula launches Shop Eufaula campaign
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Vision Eufaula launches Shop Eufaula campaign
November 19, 2025
Vision Eufaula is proud to announce the launch of this year’s Shop Eufaula campaign, alongside our presenting sponsorship by The City of Eufaula. Shop Eufaula is a community wide effort to encourage r...
Haltom’s Huddle Holiday Food Drive underway
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Haltom’s Huddle Holiday Food Drive underway
November 19, 2025
Sports Editor Rodney Haltom continues his personal mission to help feed those in need during the upcoming holiday season in McIntosh County. He has launched a food drive, seeking canned or dry food th...
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Ava Rose Johnson partners with businesses for Holiday Food Drive
November 19, 2025
Ava Rose Johnson is partnering with Community Counselors Group and True Value in a Holiday Food Drive that will help support families impacted by the recent government shutdown and cutbacks. “I am thr...
Mural dedication honors Watts’ legacy and leadership
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Mural dedication honors Watts’ legacy and leadership
By Shauna Belyeu General Manager 
November 19, 2025
Friends, family and officials attended a powerful moment of community pride on Monday as a new mural honoring former U.S. Congressman and Eufaula native J.C. Watts is officially dedicated at City Hall. Sponsored by Vision Eufaula, the public art project pays tribute not only to one of the town’s most influential leaders, but also tells the broader story of Eufaula’s heritage and the people who hel...
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Eufaula resident sentenced for second degree murder in Indian Country
November 19, 2025
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that William Clayton Brown, age 42, of Eufaula, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 300 months in prison for one count of Murd...
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Checotah resident pleads guilty to distributing methamphetamine
November 19, 2025
MUSKOGEE - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jason Duane Henrichs, age 47, of Checotah, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to an Information of one c...
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Downtown to shine bright for Lights on Eufaula
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Downtown to shine bright for Lights on Eufaula
By Shauna Belyeu General Manager 
November 19, 2025
The countdown to Christmas begins in downtown Eufaula this Friday, November 21, as Lights on Eufaula returns for an evening packed with festive fun, small-town charm, and holiday cheer. From 5 p.m. to...
Vision Eufaula launches Shop Eufaula campaign
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Vision Eufaula launches Shop Eufaula campaign
November 19, 2025
Vision Eufaula is proud to announce the launch of this year’s Shop Eufaula campaign, alongside our presenting sponsorship by The City of Eufaula. Shop Eufaula is a community wide effort to encourage r...
Haltom’s Huddle Holiday Food Drive underway
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Haltom’s Huddle Holiday Food Drive underway
November 19, 2025
Sports Editor Rodney Haltom continues his personal mission to help feed those in need during the upcoming holiday season in McIntosh County. He has launched a food drive, seeking canned or dry food th...
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Ava Rose Johnson partners with businesses for Holiday Food Drive
November 19, 2025
Ava Rose Johnson is partnering with Community Counselors Group and True Value in a Holiday Food Drive that will help support families impacted by the recent government shutdown and cutbacks. “I am thr...
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Eufaula Ag Booster Club Spaghetti Dinner and Pie Auction
November 19, 2025
The Eufaula Ag Booster Club will hold a spaghetti dinner and pie auction on Sunday, Nov. 23. They invite all to come enjoy spaghetti dinner, homemade pies and an entertaining community event. Dinner s...
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Motorcyclist killed
November 19, 2025
A 36-year-old cyclist from McAlester was killed Friday when he lost control of his vehicle on U.S. 270 and Oil Well Road, rolled through a barbed wire fence and came to rest in a field. Zachary W. Pat...
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Why private schools should not compete against public schools in the Postseason
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Why private schools should not compete against public schools in the Postseason
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
November 19, 2025
Why private schools should not compete against public schools in the Postseason The debate over whether private-school football teams should compete against public-school programs in the postseason ha...
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OU Regents green-light major step toward $450 million stadium transformation
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
November 19, 2025
The University of Oklahoma Board of Regents took a major step Tuesday toward one of the largest capital projects in school history — approving the design development phase and authorizing the creation...
Sooners’ defense ignites chaos in 23-21 victory over Alabama
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Sooners’ defense ignites chaos in 23-21 victory over Alabama
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
November 19, 2025
Oklahoma’s playmaking defense packed its biggest punch of the season Saturday, torching Alabama for 17 points off three massive turnovers and throwing the entire SEC and College Football Playoff race ...
Checotah Impact Player of the Week
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Checotah Impact Player of the Week
November 19, 2025
The Checotah Impact Player of he Week is Jayden Lake. Lake finished with three receptions for 152 yards in the Wildcats’ 38-20 loss to Inola in the first round of the playoffs. Impact Player of the We...
No. 9 Longhorns rally to end Wildcats’ season in first-round playoff showdown
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No. 9 Longhorns rally to end Wildcats’ season in first-round playoff showdown
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
November 19, 2025
INOLA — For one dramatic half, the Checotah Wildcats looked poised to shock Class 3A. But a late second-quarter swing, punctuated by an 87yard pick-six with just six seconds left, ignited No. 9 Inola’...
Eufaula’s Kacin Bass riding high toward a World Championship dream
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Eufaula’s Kacin Bass riding high toward a World Championship dream
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
November 19, 2025
Kacin Bass of Eufaula has been riding to success since the first time he burst out of the chute — and he’s not slowing down anytime soon. The young cowboy has already wrangled an impressive list of ac...
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Eufaula Middle School Students of the Month for October
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Eufaula Middle School Students of the Month for October
November 19, 2025
The October Middle School Students of the Month include: 6th grade: Paige Smith is the daughter of Jennifer Smith. She enjoys playing basketball and her future plans are to be a D1 Basketball player a...
Downtown Halloween – Oct 30, 2025
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Downtown Halloween – Oct 30, 2025
November 5, 2025
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Competition season ends
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Competition season ends
October 29, 2025
Here are a few highlights from the band competition season that just ended: - First Place in Class 4A Red at the Sounds of the Southeast Marching Contest in Stigler, as well as winning best drum major...
County boos Domestic Violence
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County boos Domestic Violence
By Staff Reports 
October 29, 2025
On Thursday, Oct. 23, the McIntosh County Democrat, along with Unique Touch, hosted their annual Domestic Violence Awareness event to once again break the silence and stigma of domestic violence and t...
Paralyzed Veterans of America fishing tournament
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Paralyzed Veterans of America fishing tournament
October 1, 2025
The VFW Post 8798 and Auxiliary hosted the Paralyzed Veterans of America B.A.S.S. Tournament September 26, 27, & 28. The PVA fished Lake Eufaula. There were anglers with boats and captains of boats he...
Eufaula Middle School Student of the Month of September
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Eufaula Middle School Student of the Month of September
October 1, 2025
Sixth Grade Caroline Cioni, the daughter of Nicole Cioni. Her favorite class is Geography. She plans to attend college and become a dentist. Jurre James, son of Shasti and Preston James. His favorite ...
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From pain to a platform
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From pain to a platform
November 19, 2025
From the womb to the grave, God has a precise plan for each and every one of our lives. “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a proph...
Constitution 101: Privileges, Immunities and Debate
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Constitution 101: Privileges, Immunities and Debate
November 19, 2025
Over the years, I have come to realize that many of my students know little about the U.S. Constitution. And even as I speak to older generations, I realize parts of the Constitution are somewhat fore...
Letters
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Letters
November 19, 2025
Dear Editor, City Council Members, & City Manager of Eufaula, I am writing to express my disappointment that a letter written by one of my people, Don Herrold, to the Eufaula City Council body and the...
OICA Kid Governor®, 4-H Junior Governor inspire future leaders, elevate importance of voting
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OICA Kid Governor®, 4-H Junior Governor inspire future leaders, elevate importance of voting
By JOE DORMAN OICA CEO 
November 19, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY – The work done by the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA), while always rewarding, can sometimes be stressful, and occasionally downright depressing. The statistics and real- w...
The Day the Northern Lights Came to Eufaula
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The Day the Northern Lights Came to Eufaula
By MICHAEL BARNES 
November 19, 2025
Well, would you look at that. Eufaula, Oklahoma isn’t the kind of place where the universe usually pulls up a chair and gets dramatic. But this fall, while we were mowing lawns, fixing fence posts, an...
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