Sanctioned disc golf tournament a success

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July 23, 2020

On Saturday, July 11, the Checotah Sports Complex welcomed 85 disc golfers to the largest tournament Checotah has ever hosted. There has been a tournament here nearly every year since the course was built in 2013, but this one was different. This tournament was sanctioned by the Professional Disc Golf Association.

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The annual 4th of July Fireworks show

July 9, 2025

Eufaula’s population was swollen over the weekend as thousands of out-of-towners joined locals to watch the annual 4th of July Fireworks show, held Friday, July 4. The display took place over the Eufa...

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City gets more attorneys; OKs growth plan

By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR

July 9, 2025

New-and-former City Manager Jacob Foos continues to make changes at city hall. Shortly after being re-hired for the position he left in September, 2021, Foos issued a statement that he was establishin...

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Local resident stars in U.S. Cellular ad

By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR

July 9, 2025

In all of her 58 years Louana Christie, EHS Class of ’85, never thought she would appear before a camera. Movie making was for her older sister, Selina Jayne Dornan, former Eufaula mayor and who once ...

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Eufaula school feels the chill from Trump’s funding freeze

By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR

July 9, 2025

When the Trump administration announced this week it was freezing over $70 million in education funding earmarked for Oklahoma, it surprised a lot of administrators. Eufaula School Superintendent Mont...

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Trump freezes over $70 million in state’s education funds

July 9, 2025

States won’t receive funds from six federal programs, including after-school care and English learner support, until further notice. NURIA MARTINEZ-KEEL OKLAHOMA VOICE OKLAHOMA CITY — The Trump admini...

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Noah Alexander trades football uniform for West Point uniform

By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR

July 9, 2025

Noah Alexander will begin his senior year at the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., this fall. It seems like only yesterday he was a stand-out running back for the Eufaula Ironheads, ...

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Bud McCombs to speak to Friends of Library

By LENORE BECHTEL

July 9, 2025

How Eufaula happened to exist will be Friend’s speaker’s topic at the Eufaula Memorial Library at 1 p.m. Friday, July 18, When Eufaula was only an intersection, the city’s founding fathers lived in a ...

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Annual Memorial Service planned at Honey Springs Battlefield

July 9, 2025

CHECOTAH — Honey Springs Battlefield will hold its annual memorial service on Saturday, July 19, at 10:30 a.m. to honor the 162nd anniversary of the Battle of Honey Springs near Checotah. The service ...

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Calls needed to protect National Weather Service operations

By JOE DORMAN OICA CEO

July 9, 2025

OKLAHOMA CITY – We at the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) extend our deepest condolences to families tragically impacted by the recent flooding in Texas. Flooding along the Guadalupe Rive...

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Jeff Starling launches campaign for attorney general

July 9, 2025

TULSA ––Jeff Starling, Oklahoma’s Secretary of Energy and Environment, has officially announced his candidacy for Attorney General of Oklahoma. Starling is a conservative, attorney, businessman, and d...

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Warriors of God, ready yourselves

July 9, 2025

Of my 56 years of being in this world, 50 of those years I have been filled with the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. I was only six years old when I attended my first Tiger Mount...