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Dawn Edwards retires after 28 years of service
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Dawn Edwards retires after 28 years of service
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
April 2, 2025
After 28 years of serving the public, 62-year-old Dawn Edwards has retired. Her last day was Monday, March 31. Her plans for the future? Probably to serve the public. “I want to do something to help p...
Pie auction raises $3,900 for museum
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Pie auction raises $3,900 for museum
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
April 2, 2025
Auctioneer Dennis Vangel helped the Eufaula Area Museum, 118 Selmon Road, raise almost $4,000 at the museum’s pie auction and political speakers’ forum Tuesday, March 25. The event, attended by approx...
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Child vaping case suspect due in court
By Same day as child?s mother 
April 2, 2025
A man accused of enabling child abuse in a vaping case is scheduled to appear in court for a pre-preliminary conference at 9 a.m. on April 15. A $60,000 bond was set for Donte Jordan Smith, 32, at an ...
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Robbery suspect from Checotah held in Shawnee
April 2, 2025
SHAWNEE – The man accused of robbing a store on Nowata Road west of Checotah on March 23 is in the Pottawattamie County Jail, where he has been since his arrest following a high-speed chase out of McI...
Recently purchased fire truck called into service
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Recently purchased fire truck called into service
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
April 2, 2025
On March 3, Fire Chief Chad French pleaded with the Eufaula City Council to replace an ancient fire truck that routinely broke down. The Council agreed to buy a 2008 E-1 Tanker/Pumper for $111,000. It was money well spent. On March 8, French picked up the vehicle from Diamond Rescue Supplies in Seminole, Texas. Saturday evening at 8:53 p.m, March 30, the tanker/pumper was called into service for t...
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‘Do not hire’ list discussed
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
April 2, 2025
Following the weekly meeting of the McIntosh County Commissioners meeting Monday morning a quarterly meeting of county officials was held. The main topic of discussion at the meeting was whether to cr...
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Trash cleanup date April 26
April 2, 2025
The City of Eufaula and Team Up to Clean Up are leading a community-wide trash cleanup on invite the community to participate in a trash cleanup event on Saturday, April 26. The event lasts from 8 a.m...
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Dawn Edwards retires after 28 years of service
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Dawn Edwards retires after 28 years of service
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
April 2, 2025
After 28 years of serving the public, 62-year-old Dawn Edwards has retired. Her last day was Monday, March 31. Her plans for the future? Probably to serve the public. “I want to do something to help p...
Pie auction raises $3,900 for museum
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Pie auction raises $3,900 for museum
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
April 2, 2025
Auctioneer Dennis Vangel helped the Eufaula Area Museum, 118 Selmon Road, raise almost $4,000 at the museum’s pie auction and political speakers’ forum Tuesday, March 25. The event, attended by approx...
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Child vaping case suspect due in court
By Same day as child?s mother 
April 2, 2025
A man accused of enabling child abuse in a vaping case is scheduled to appear in court for a pre-preliminary conference at 9 a.m. on April 15. A $60,000 bond was set for Donte Jordan Smith, 32, at an ...
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Robbery suspect from Checotah held in Shawnee
April 2, 2025
SHAWNEE – The man accused of robbing a store on Nowata Road west of Checotah on March 23 is in the Pottawattamie County Jail, where he has been since his arrest following a high-speed chase out of McI...
Wes Watkins dies at 86
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Wes Watkins dies at 86
By ANDREA HANCOCK NONDOC 
April 2, 2025
Wes Watkins, who represented Oklahoma’s 3rd Congressional District for a cumulative 20 years, died of cardiac arrest on Wednesday, March 26. He was 86. Watkins took congressional office in 1976 after ...
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Two major fishing tournaments set
April 2, 2025
Two major Bassmaster fishing tournaments are scheduled on Lake Eufaula in the days ahead. The Bassmaster College Series was scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, April 2 and 3 at the Nichols Point Boa...
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OSSAA reinstates Wilson-Henryetta’s baseball team
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
April 2, 2025
The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association board members voted 9-1 to reinstate Wilson-Henryetta’s baseball team after its coach violated an association rule by pulling his players off the f...
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ONEOK Field to host 6A,5A state baseball games
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
April 2, 2025
Oklahoma’s two largest classifications of schools will compete for state baseball titles in Tulsa at ONEOK Field, the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association The Class 6A and 5A games champio...
Ironhead graduates from West Point
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Ironhead graduates from West Point
April 2, 2025
Not very many people can say that they attended and graduated from West Point but former Eufaula Ironhead running back Noah Alexander can. Alexander is the first West Point graduate from Eufaula in mo...
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Find the red flags in yourself—then fix them!
March 26, 2025
Recognizing a red flag in others can be easier than realizing one of our own. Just as a red flag in others alerts us to a possible future problem, so does seeing the same in ourselves. Do you see any ...
Oklahoma church hosting some of biggest names in GOP politics
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Oklahoma church hosting some of biggest names in GOP politics
By EM LUETKEMEYER OKLAHOMA WATCH 
March 26, 2025
A nondenominational church in Oklahoma has become a political hot spot for President Donald Trump’s inner circle. FBI director Kash Patel promoted his book in the church. Lara Trump phoned Trump on st...
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Why is making disciples important?
March 26, 2025
Jesus said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,...
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Senior Center menu
March 26, 2025
Please call for reservation by 9 a.m.: 918-689-3342 Tuesday, April 1 – Friday, April 4 Tuesday, April 1: Goulash; tossed salad; pineapple chunks; Jell-O Wednesday, April 2: Pork loin; au gratin potato...
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2 Quinton men plead guilty to drug trafficking
April 2, 2025
Billy Dawson, 49, and Devin Ramsey, 31, both Quinton residents, have pled guilty to charges of drug trafficking and conspiracy. Charges against a third suspect, 22-yearold Shakeya Keeton of Atoka, wer...
Good morning God, it’s me again
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Good morning God, it’s me again
April 2, 2025
Good morning God, it’s me again. Thank You for waking me up once again to see another day. I know so many recently who didn’t get that privilege and I pray for their families who now will have to lear...
Understanding the budget process and how to read legislation
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Understanding the budget process and how to read legislation
By JOE DORMAN OICA CEO 
April 2, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY – As we approach the end of March, this week marks the second major in-session deadline for legislation at the Oklahoma Legislature. At the end of last week, all bills up for considerati...
Alien Enemies Act
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Alien Enemies Act
April 2, 2025
Every day in my American Civ class I begin the morning asking if anyone has any questions, not just about what we studied the day before, but about what is going on in the world. I believe the purpose...
Stories from the past
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Stories from the past
April 2, 2025
147 YEARS AGO Wednesday, March 13, 1878 CURRENT TOPICS Late: News from China give particulars of the horrible disaster that recently occurred at the Tienstin Rouge-House, in which the famine-stricken ...
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