Indianola native serves aboard USS Gerald R. Ford

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April 9, 2020

Aviation Electronics Technician Airman Apprentice David Hostuttler, from Indianola, Oklahoma, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) aircraft intermediate maintenance department, calibrates a microwave frequency counter March 28, 2020. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications.

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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 ...

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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

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...

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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...

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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: ...