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April 9, 2025
Motorcycle fatality

A 37-year-old Indianola man died in a motorcycle accident Saturday at about 6:40 p.m., April 5, in Pittsburg County.

According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Jay C. Marshall was killed when the 2006 Kawasaki motorcycle he was driving at a high rate of speed failed to negotiate a curve on SH 113 two miles east of Indianola.

$24 million school bond proposal passes
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$24 million school bond proposal passes
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
April 9, 2025
Thanks to Eufaula voters, big changes are coming to Eufaula school campuses, changes that will allow the district to continue to grow and provide quality education. By a vote of 564 to 327, a proposit...
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Commissioners to take a closer look at road maintenance
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
April 9, 2025
Some county landowners may be in for a rude awakening when they ask county commissioners to maintain a road on their property. Assistant District Attorney Greg Stidham told commissioners at their week...
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Chamber of Commerce takes over rodeo
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
April 9, 2025
The city signed a lease agreement with the Eufaula Area Chamber of Commerce Monday night that will allow the chamber to take over the rodeo. The lease is for the rodeo grounds and parking. The rodeo h...
Man charged with sexual abuse of a one-year-old
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Man charged with sexual abuse of a one-year-old
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
April 9, 2025
A 27-year old Checotah man has been charged with numerous heinous crimes involving young children. Brandon Lakota Morlin was charged Monday with child sexual abuse; aggravated possession of child sexu...
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Man charged with sexual abuse
April 9, 2025
A 43-year-old Checotah man will stand trial on a charge of sexual abuse of a child under 12. Kenneth Ray Putman pled not guilty to the charge at a hearing on March 26. Associated District Judge Brendo...
Uncle Jimmy’s Country Cookin’ now servin’
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Uncle Jimmy’s Country Cookin’ now servin’
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
April 9, 2025
Jimmy Doolittle, a businessman and entrepreneur, had never owned a restaurant. But the owner of Little Turtle storage knows what he likes, and he likes what he spent two years creating. Uncle Jimmy’s ...
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Shooter in standoff with lawmen
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
April 9, 2025
At press time Tuesday, a shooter was in a standoff with lawmen from numerous law enforcement agencies in eastern McIntosh County. The unidentified suspect was barricaded in a residence on New Texanna ...
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Muskogee Police investigate death of Eufaulan
April 9, 2025
MUSKOGEE - A 21-yearold man identified as Ashton Wright of Eufaula has died from severe injuries suffered Monday evening, March 31, according to police. As of Friday, April 4, investigators had not di...
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Unofficial elections results are in
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
April 9, 2025
About 1,300 McIntosh County voters cast their ballots in the April 1 special election. In Eufaula, 63 percent of the local voters approved a proposal that will allow major construction projects in the...
Tiger art wins Trail of Tears Award
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Tiger art wins Trail of Tears Award
April 9, 2025
TAHLEQUAH - Jon Tiger’s watercolor “No Time for Burial” won the Trail of Tears Award at the 54th annual Trail of Tears Art show, which began April 5 and continues through May 10. The show, the longest...
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