DOJ retains lawsuits against DAs despite switch to Trump administration

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March 26, 2025

By TRISTAN LOVELESS NONDOC

After some speculation the administration of President Donald Trump might dismiss a pair of U.S. Department of Justice lawsuits filed against district attorneys pursuing criminal cases against tribal citizens who committed crimes on Indian Country Reservations, federal attorneys appeared to stay the course by submitting briefs in support of the Cherokee, Chickasaw and Choctaw nations’ motions to join the litigation.

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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...

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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

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...

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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...

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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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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...

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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...