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February 12, 2025
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Former market, dance studio, mechanics shop razed
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Former market, dance studio, mechanics shop razed
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
February 19, 2025
A cinderblock building in the 200 block of E Street, between Belt and Broadway, stood for 77 years a few hundred yards from the shore of the cove on Lake Eufaula. For the first 25 years or so it was E...
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Vernon named Purple Heart Town
February 19, 2025
The Order of the Purple Heart will be presenting the Town of Vernon with its purple heart sign at a ceremony and dinner at 1 p.m. on Feb. 22. For dinner, you must RSVP prior to the event to have your ...
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Voter apathy plagues the polls
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
February 19, 2025
Eufaula voters stayed away from the polls in droves Tuesday, Feb. 11, when they had been asked to decide whether to approve a one-cent sales tax increase to help pay for street improvements. There are...
Eufaula VFW Auxiliary helps create Veterans Park in Skiatook
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Eufaula VFW Auxiliary helps create Veterans Park in Skiatook
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
February 19, 2025
SKIATOOK – It was a family affair at the Feb. 15 groundbreaking ceremony for Veterans Park. The Park is being created in honor of the late Justin Lambillotte, who was a soldier when he died at Fort Ho...
Johnsons turn former grocery store in dance studio and more
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Johnsons turn former grocery store in dance studio and more
By Tragic wreck ends couple?s plans for future 
February 19, 2025
JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR Sam and Linda Johnson moved to Eufaula in 1967 where Sam worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engi- neers as a hydro elect powerhouse mechanic. For a time, they lived in a rent...
The Story of Roberta and Ernest ‘Ernie’ Hrdlicka
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The Story of Roberta and Ernest ‘Ernie’ Hrdlicka
February 19, 2025
The following is taken from a handwritten transcript by Ernest “Ernie” Hrdlicka and provided to the IJ by Ernies grandson, Mark Warren. Ernie’s Store and Market was built in 1948, after World War II. ...
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Road trips and random destinations
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Road trips and random destinations
February 19, 2025
Who doesn’t love a road trip and stopping at random destinations? My grandmother, Eloise Belyeu, used to once a year hitch a ride with her younger siblings of almost 20 years, my great aunts, Carol Sm...
Children’s Legislation begins moving at State Capitol
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Children’s Legislation begins moving at State Capitol
By JOE DORMAN OICA CEO 
February 19, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY – As the first full week of session has ended, the lawmakers at the Oklahoma State Capitol are hard at work with shepherding their legislation through the committee process. The Legislat...
Supporting Public Safety Officers
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Supporting Public Safety Officers
By REP. TIM TURNER 
February 19, 2025
Monday at the Capitol was Department of Corrections Day. We were able to see the men and women working hard to keep our state safe by assuring that our inmates are safe. Their job is daunting and task...
Letters
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Letters
February 19, 2025
Over the past decade I have seen Republicans disgrace and debase themselves in their cultish capitulation to Donald Trump. But none of them can outperform Lyin’ Ryan Walters. Is there any doubt this g...
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