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Mild weather, just what the festival ordered

By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR

September 10, 2025

Mayor James Hickman perhaps summarized best when he sent a letter of appreciation to Karen Weldin and the Vision Eufaula Board of Directors for one of the best Wine & Art Festivals held in the city. “...

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9/11 – Never Forget

By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR

September 10, 2025

At about 7 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, I strolled into the Las Vegas Sun newsroom where I worked as an entertainment reporter. The room was quiet, a palpable feeling of dread filled the air as the f...

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Margaret Floyd Homecoming Parade Marshal

September 10, 2025

Margaret Marie Vickery Floyd has been named the 2025 Eufaula High School Homecoming Parade Marshall. Born in 1927 in Ramona, she is the fourth greatgranddaughter of Chief McIntosh, and the mother of f...

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Ironhead Homecoming Friday

September 10, 2025

The Homecoming Weekend kicks off Friday, Sept.12, with a Pep Assembly at the Eufaula High School Auditorium at 9:30 a.m. followed by a parade at 1 p.m. The coronation of Homecoming Royalty takes place...

B:, sports

Seminole survives Checotah 34-27

By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR

September 10, 2025

The Seminole Chieftains were lucky to go home with a 34-27 win over the Checotah Wildcats Friday night. Checotah’s penalties that accumulated to over 100 yards. The Wildcats moved the football up and down the field with great runs by Jayden Ellen and Tommy Calico and a solid passing game from quarterback Cole Rolland. Seminole battled defensively and picked off Rolland on the Wildcats’ first drive...

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Council votes to dismiss former Mayor Warren

By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR

September 10, 2025

The Eufaula City Council removed former Mayor Todd Warren from the Council Monday night citing excessive absences. City minutes of past meetings presented to the Council showed that Warren missed the ...

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Church celebrates 160th anniversary

By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR

September 10, 2025

Decades before Oklahoma became a state in 1907; years before the first railroad track was laid in Indian Territory in 1870 and the year the Civil War ended, folks in a remote area of what is now McInt...

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Mild weather, just what the festival ordered

By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR

September 10, 2025

A: Main, news

9/11 – Never Forget

By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR

September 10, 2025

A: Main, news

Margaret Floyd Homecoming Parade Marshal

September 10, 2025

A: Main, news

Ironhead Homecoming Friday

September 10, 2025

A: Main, news

New library coordinator challenges Checotah

By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR

September 10, 2025

September is Library Card Sign-up Month, and so the new coordinator of Eufaula Memorial Library is taking that opportunity to challenge the Jim Lucas Checotah Public Library to a competition to see wh...

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Braddock Dobbs joins School Board

By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR

September 10, 2025

Braddock Dobbs, 31, son of the late Margaret Dobbs, who was on the Eufaula School Board for 15 years, is following in his mother’s footsteps. Monday night, Aug. 8, at its monthly meeting, the Board ap...

sports

LEA 2025 Golf Tournament Sept. 26

September 10, 2025

The 2025 Lake Eufaula Association Golf Tournament will be held Friday Sept. 26 at Arrowhead Golf Course, 3657 Main Park Rd. , Canadian. Registration is at 8 a.m., shotgun start is at 9 a.m. and lunch ...

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Checotah Impact Player of the Week

September 10, 2025

The Checotah Impact Player of the Week is Jayden Ellen. Friday was Ellen’s first game of the season and he made an impact rushing for 171 yards on 20 carries in the Wildcats 34-27 loss to Seminole. Th...

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Oregon Ducks soar past Cowboys in 69-3 rout

By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR

September 10, 2025

The Oklahoma State Cowboys ran into a buzzsaw in Autzen Stadium Saturday as No. 6 Oregon unleashed an offensive onslaught, rolling to a commanding 69-3 victory. Oregon wasted no time setting the tone,...

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Mendacity in sports

By Rodney Haltom Sports Editor 918-689-2191 ijsports@cookson.news

September 10, 2025

One of the biggest issues in Sports is when different people praise players that honestly need correcting more than praising. Sure there are parents who will praise their child no matter what the outc...

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Week 3 AP Top 25 poll

September 10, 2025

1. Ohio State (57) 2. Penn State (5) 3. LSU (2) 4. Oregon (1) 5. Miami 6. Georgia 7. Texas 8. Notre Dame 9. Illinois 10. Florida StateRead More 11. South Carolina 12. Clemson 13. Oklahoma 14. Iowa Sta...

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2025 Checotah Fast-Pitch Softball Schedule

September 10, 2025

Sept. 11-13 @ Sallisaw Tournament TBA Sept. 15 vs. Glenpool 5:00 Sept. 16 @ Inola 5:00 Sept. 18 vs. Hilldale 4:00 Sept. 20 vs. Wagoner 10:00 Sept. 22 vs. Stilwell 5:00 Sept. 23 @ Glenpool 6:00 Sept. 2...

lifestyle

Plumb Theatre News

By MATTIE MALOY PLUMB THEATRE

August 27, 2025

Spirit and song to fill the weekend at Plumb Theatre Get ready for a weekend of music that will lift your spirit and stir your soul! On Friday, August 29, gospel group Straight and Narrow will take th...

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Oklahoma Cattlewomen scholarships awarded

August 27, 2025

The Oklahoma Cattlewomen announced recently that Baylee Smith was the recipient of their OSW Scholarship of $2,500. Baylee was one of three young women honored as Oklahoma Cattlewomen scholarship winn...

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First day of classes, August 14

August 20, 2025

STAFF PHOTOS

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County Fair

August 20, 2025

PHOTOS COURTESY OF MONTY GRIDER

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Keep your word, turn your cheek, love your enemy!

July 30, 2025

In Matthew 5:33– 48, Jesus closes out chapter 5 of the Sermon on the Mount by presenting three final antitheses—correcting misinterpretations of the law and raising the standard for His followers. The...

lifestyle

What is a disciple?

July 30, 2025

In Matthew 28 Jesus commands his followers to go and make disciples. Jesus makes an important point. A disciple is a disciple-maker. If you follow Jesus you have been commissioned to help make other d...

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Drillers honor Eufaula veteran

September 10, 2025

Former Army Sp4 Timothy Pickering of Eufaula was honored recently at the Driller Stadium in Tulsa as a “Hometown Hero,” a program that honors people who have had a lasting impact on the community. Pic...

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Flea Pop-Up Market

September 10, 2025

Friday – Sunday, Sept.12-14 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 210 N. Main St. Booth rental available. Call Mr. Printer at 918-689-5998, Jani at 918-839-8494 or Ricky at 918-424-9961. Prices for all three days: ...

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Eufaula banker graduates from OBA Compliance School

September 10, 2025

OKLAHOMA CITY — Christopher Robinson, with Bank of Eufaula, in Eufaula, recently completed the Oklahoma Bankers Association Compliance School in Oklahoma City. Robinson was among 64 participants at th...

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Porum to host statewide scholastic chess tournament

September 10, 2025

For the first time in the organization’s 27year history, the Oklahoma Scholastic Chess Organization (OSCO) will hold a tournament in Porum, a Muskogee County town with a population of 600. The Porum e...

Opinions

Preparing for Interim Studies

By REP. TIM TURNER

September 10, 2025

The interim is still underway at the State Capitol. Much of our work during this period centers on preparing for and participating in interim studies. These studies provide us the opportunity to take ...