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September 24, 2020
Eufaula Post Office Checotah Post Office
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September 24, 2020
A dedication ceremony will be held at the recently completed Eufaula Wetland Park at 10 a.m., Oct. 10. The park is an interpretive urban stormwater wetland. The project is designed to provide opportun...
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September 24, 2020
Checotah Chamber of Commerce Office Manager Jerri Holder and Eufaula Chamber of Commerce Executive Director continued to answer their daily calls and kept their chambers operational.
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September 24, 2020
The Ponca Tribe today has about 4,200 members with many still settled in Ponca City. Chris Littlecook, a Title IX offcer at Ponca City High School and involved member of the Ponca Tribe, says leaving ...
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September 24, 2020
Officials tour 3F’s Poultry and Rabbit Processing that helped FFA students and the surrounding communities get their meat processed from the farm to the table during the pandemic. L to R: Scott Yages ...
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September 24, 2020
They called it the “Indian problem.” The white settlers wanted more land, and the tribes held rich acreages. Removing tribes from the Southeast was more than just an idea by the time Andrew Jackson wa...
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September 24, 2020
At anytime-past-present-or future, one thing remains the same: FAMILY. Here at the Plumb Theatre we have a large, extended family we love and appreciate. This years GOSPEL FEST, set for 4:30 p.m., Sat...
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September 24, 2020
144 YEARS AGO Thursday, December 7, 1876 MESSAGE OF LOCHER HARJO NEW FIREWORKS PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE CHIEF PROPOSED OF THE MUSKOKE NATION Ex. Dept., Muskoke Nation, Nov. 6, 1876 Kings and Warriers in Co...
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September 24, 2020
Remember Jesus’ parable about the landowner who hired several laborers throughout the day to work in his vineyard, then paid each man the same full day’s wage even though some had worked all day while...
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September 24, 2020
In these crazy, chaotic times I believe people will either turn to suicide or self-preservation. Sometimes it is still hard for me to believe that it has only been a little over ten years since I suff...
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September 24, 2020
To the Readers of the Indian Journal: It is with great pleasure that I submit this letter of support for our City Manager, Jacob Foos and the City Manager form of government. I have had the pleasure t...
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September 24, 2020
As a Checotah family is mourning the loss of four family members who perished in a recent plane crash, their local community is stepping up to help ease the financial pain that comes after the emotion...
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September 24, 2020
All Parents and legal guardians of Indian children in the Eufaula School District are hereby notified of the upcoming election of parent members of the Johnson O’Malley/ Title VI Local Indian Educatio...
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September 24, 2020
One question I like to ask my students is who are the greatest American presidents? After I gather the list of usual suspects, I then ask what makes these presidents great? What I tend to find is that...
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September 24, 2020
Eufaula artist Jon Tiger won two first place awards at the 34th Annual RedEarth Festival held Labor Day Weekend at the Grand Casino Hotel-Resort near Shawnee. Tiger’s winning works included “A Little ...
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September 24, 2020
Oklahoma bull rider Rowdy Swanson died after being bucked off a bull at an event in Texas Thursday night. Rowdy was a 20-year-old Oklahoma State University student from Duncan. He was on OSU’s rodeo t...
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September 24, 2020
The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from July business. The monies they reported this period represent sales fr...
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September 24, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Senate Public Safety Committee heard from law enforcement offcials, Career Tech representatives and mental health experts Thursday about modernizing training for Oklahoma’s law enf...
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B:, sports
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 ...
A: Main, news
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 ...
A: Main, news
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...
A: Main, news
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. “...
A: Main, news
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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