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Catch up on schools, sports and breaking news. POSTING POLICY: The TDP set policies over a decade ago to streamline the comment process, and to ensure fair and lively, but honest discussions with a focus on accuracy and civility among participants. TDP, as an official media enterprise, is obliged to follow laws governing the media, and we attempt to follow those regarding social media as well. The

refore, certain comments – such as those accusing someone of a crime when no charges have been filed, or that reveal personal information in conflict with HIPAA laws – will be deleted. We do not allow "hate speech," which attacks a group or person on the basis of race, religion, nationality, vocation, gender, sexual orientation or organization affiliation (including political party), and w**d these out when we find them. We also will delete comments of a vicious or potentially libelous nature that personally attack our mission or other participants in our forum or elsewhere on our page. Repeat offenders will be banned. Recently, we have begun turning off comments on certain posts when they become too problematic, either legally or in terms of hostility among participants. However, we always allow several hours for discussion before we disable comments. We will remove comments that have been repeatedly copied and pasted on several posts. We encourage lively discussion, not "troll" behavior, and we want readers to speak in their own voices; therefore, we are working to curb the use of gifs and memes. Since we cannot monitor the page 24/7 with our small staff, and have an unusually high number of followers for a newspaper our size, we ask readers to notify us privately about violators. Because TDP's is a family oriented forum, we use the strongest Facebook filter available, and Facebook itself has begun to hide or remove comments that peddle disinformation or foul language. Due to our high traffic, we cannot respond to questions asked on unrelated posts; those will be removed. Anyone who has questions for us, or brief news items (of a nonprofit nature) they would like posted, must send them to us as private messages or via email, at [email protected]. Generally, we will respond to PMs within just a few hours, so please take possible delays into consideration when submitting items with a short fuse. We are not a law enforcement agency, so we do not investigate what might be construed as personal or private matters (divorce or child support issues, problems with neighbors, fraud victimization, personal property disputes, etc.) unless in a general way. For briefs, please include pertinent details (who, what, when, where, how). These should be written in narrative text form, not submitted as lists. Do not send flyers or memes; often we cannot read them, and most PDFs will not work for posting, so must be offered as text by the person submitting. Photos of local interest may be submitted, but we do not guarantee their use. Videos and photos produced outside our staff will only be posted if they would be of interest to the community at-large. We do not repost memes or flyers that promote certain issues or causes, political candidates or personal crusades, though we will promote local public events related to those issues, in narrative form. Along those lines, we do not require or pressure our readers to participate in campaigns, whether they require "clicks" to sites or contributions. We may, however, post notices for special events sponsored by our newspaper or its advertisers, or certified nonprofit organizations with legitimate campaigns. Furthermore, due to liability issues, we do not post GoFundMe campaigns or accounts, regardless of the apparent validity of their causes. Except under special circumstances (some of which occur due to COVID), we do not post (or allow comments about) items of a commercial nature or promoting for-profit businesses and other entities; items promoting political candidates in the run-up to an election; submissions about lost pets or "ads" giving away pets; items of a lost-and-found nature, or reward offers for lost or stolen property; requests to help locate relatives, friends or other individuals; obituaries, or wedding, birth, birthday, anniversary or engagement announcements; cards of personal thanks or congratulations; letters to the editor; or notices of garage and/or yard sales, or any other private event, unless proceeds will be donated to charity. Due to potential legal issues, we do not post missing persons reports or photos unless a report has been filed with law enforcement authorities, and they have deemed it to be a legitimate case and have asked us for help. Thanks for respecting our parameters.

Fireworks are already being set off in parts of Tahlequah, even though the city ordinance states only two days a year ar...
07/03/2025

Fireworks are already being set off in parts of Tahlequah, even though the city ordinance states only two days a year are allowed for residents to ignite the miniature explosives.

07/03/2025

ATTENTION!! We are currently working our way through ALL the winners of the Best of the Best Readers' Choice contest, there are ALOT of catagories and this can take a couple of days and this is a holiday week. Please be patient as we work through notifying all the winners.

Thanks,
TDP STAFF!

07/03/2025

Because of the July 4 holiday, we worked on our weekend edition Thursday – and there's plenty of stuff for you to read. We have our usual Tribal and Business & Farm pages, plus these stories from our staff:
• Jake Sermersheim has, among other sports stuff, a feature on NSU's new softball coach.
• Lee Guthrie chills our with National Ice Cream Month.
• Mary Hanafee's weekly Entertainment Spotlight is on The Vox Squadron.
Have a great holiday weekend, and don't forget to join us here at 9 a.m. July 5 for Saturday Forum, for a discussion on the "Big Beautiful Bill." ~Kim

When Kyle Williams was announced as the new Northeastern State University baseball head coach, he was a little behind th...
07/03/2025

When Kyle Williams was announced as the new Northeastern State University baseball head coach, he was a little behind the eight ball.

A zoo owner from Atoka brought a menagerie to share with children at the Tahlequah Public Library, sharing education on ...
07/03/2025

A zoo owner from Atoka brought a menagerie to share with children at the Tahlequah Public Library, sharing education on animals, conservation and pet ownership.

A total of 212 elementary school students in Tahlequah Public Schools have been awarded Gold Cards for their excellence ...
07/03/2025

A total of 212 elementary school students in Tahlequah Public Schools have been awarded Gold Cards for their excellence in the classroom. The following students are recipients for the fourth quarter of the 2024-2025 School year.

A total of 212 elementary school students in Tahlequah Public Schools have been awarded Gold Cards for their excellence in the classroom. The following students are recipients for the fourth

A total of 216 students from Tahlequah Middle School have been awarded Gold Cards for excellence in the classroom. The f...
07/03/2025

A total of 216 students from Tahlequah Middle School have been awarded Gold Cards for excellence in the classroom. The following students are recipients for the fourth quarter of the 2024-2025 year.

A total of 216 students from Tahlequah Middle School have been awarded Gold Cards for excellence in the classroom. The following students are recipients for the fourth quarter of the

A total of 472 students from Tahlequah High School have been awarded Gold Cards for their excellence in the classroom.
07/02/2025

A total of 472 students from Tahlequah High School have been awarded Gold Cards for their excellence in the classroom.

The Straight Edge Barbershop is bringing the community together for the second annual Back-to-School Haircut Bash — a da...
07/02/2025

The Straight Edge Barbershop is bringing the community together for the second annual Back-to-School Haircut Bash — a day of fresh cuts, fun, and giving back.

07/02/2025

So our Thursday TDP features our Faith and A&E pages (which includes the weekly A&E calendar, and we invite everyone to submit events for that!), as well as these stories from our writers:
• Jake Sermersheim will have a feature on Keys softball, among other things.
• Lee Guthrie starts a two-part series on beating the heat.
• Mary Hanafee's Everyday Heroes feature is on Niala Meadows.
~ Kim

The Cherokee County Democratic Party is meeting at its new location, the Tahlequah Public Library, at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday,...
07/02/2025

The Cherokee County Democratic Party is meeting at its new location, the Tahlequah Public Library, at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 1.

D.D. Etchieson Indian United Methodist Church will host an Indian taco sale Thursday, July 3.
07/02/2025

D.D. Etchieson Indian United Methodist Church will host an Indian taco sale Thursday, July 3.

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The Daily Press, as an official media enterprise, is obliged to follow laws governing the media, even with regard to social media. Therefore, certain comments - such as those accusing someone of a crime when no charges have been filed, or that reveal personal information in conflict with HIPAA laws - will be deleted. We do not allow “hate speech,” which attacks a group or a person on the basis of race, religion, nationality, vocation, gender, sexual orientation, or organizational affiliation (including political). We also will delete comments of a vicious or potentially libelous nature that personally attack our mission or other participants in our forum or elsewhere on our page. Repeat offenders will be banned. We will remove comments that have been repeatedly copied and pasted on several posts. We encourage lively discussion, not “troll” behavior, and we want readers to speak in their own voices; therefore, we are working to cut down on the use of GIFs. Since we cannot monitor the page 24/7 and have over 30,000 followers, we ask readers to notify us privately about violators. Because TDP's is a family-oriented forum, we use the strongest Facebook filter available. Due to our high traffic, we cannot usually respond to questions asked as comments on unrelated posts. If you have questions for us, or brief news items (of a nonprofit nature) you would like us to post, they must be sent to us as private messages or via email. Generally, we will respond to messages within just a few hours, so take the possible delay into consideration when messaging us. We are not a law enforcement agency, so we do not investigate what might be construed as private matters (divorce or child support issues, problems with neighbors, personal property disputes, etc.) unless in a general way. For briefs, please include pertinent details (who, what, when, where, how). These should be written in narrative, text form, not submitted as lists. Do not send flyers or memes; often we cannot read them, and most PDFs will not work for posting. You may submit photos of local interest, but we do not guarantee their use. Videos and photos produced outside our staff will only be posted if they would be of general interest to the community at-large. We do not repost memes or flyers that promote certain issues or causes, or personal crusades, though we will promote local public events related to those issues, in narrative form. Along that line, we do not require or pressure our readers to participate in campaigns, whether requiring "clicks" to sites or contributions. We may, however, post notices for special events sponsored by the Daily Press itself or its advertisers, or certified nonprofit organizations with legitimate campaigns. Furthermore, due to liability issues, we do not promote GoFundMe accounts, regardless of the apparent validity of their causes. At this time, we do not post (or allow comments about) items of a commercial nature or promoting for-profit businesses and other entities, except under special circumstances; items promoting or attacking political candidates in the run-up to an election; submissions about lost pets or "ads" giving away pets; items of a lost-and-found nature, or reward offers for lost or stolen property; requests to help locate relatives, friends or other individuals; obituaries, or wedding, birth, birthday, anniversary or engagement announcements; cards of personal thanks or congratulations; letters to the editor; or notices of garage and/or yard sales, or any other private event, unless proceeds will be donated to charity. Due to potential legal issues, we do not post missing persons reports or photos unless a report has been filed with law enforcement authorities, and they have deemed it to be a legitimate case and have asked us to post. Thanks for respecting our parameters.