Checotah PD surprised Sheila Ward with a City’s Citizen of the Year Award for her fast action that saved the life of a 14-year-old kidnapped from Texas. On July 11, in the early morning hours, Checota...

Santa and his elves definitely had a lot more angels hanging on Angel Trees this year, from 200 young angels (students from Checotah Schools) to 64 golden angels (Checotah Nursing Center residents and...

Feds abandon plan Hays/Turner meet with TransAlta The plan to create a 645mile long, 18-mile-wide swath of land across Oklahoma from the Panhandle to Arkansas came to a screeching halt on Friday, Dec....

A Blue Christmas Service Dec. 24 at noon at Checotah First United Methodist Church For anyone who is grieving, hurting or just tired this Christmas Join us for a service were all feelings, merry or bl...

The 16th Annual Feeding All Souls Christmas Dinner will be on Wednesday, Dec. 25 from 11 a.m. 2 p.m.(or until the food runs out). On Christmas Day any soul that needs to be fed can come to the Multi-P...

When the March of Dimes (OK) announced their 2024 Nurse of the Year Awards Finalists, it didn’t shock Mark and Lisa Watson that their daughter, Emily Watson, an RN and House Supervisor at Bethany Chil...