Checotah High School’s football homecoming festivities will commence at 1:45 p.m. this Friday, September 28. The homecoming parade will leave the Middle School parking lot going north toward the stopl...

On September 27, 1779 – John Adams was named to negotiate the Revolutionary War’s peace terms with Britain. 1787 – The US Constitution was submitted to states for ratification. 1940 – The Axis powers ...

The award winning Whodunit Dinner Theater has been ‘killin it’ since 1991. The production will come to Eufaula’s Legacy on Main Street, 224 N. Main, on Saturday, Oct. 6. This is a dinner theater event...

As the deadline approaches to register for the November 6 General Election, a national effort is underway to encourage voters to get signed up. The deadline to register to vote for the General Electio...

Traffic came to a stop on Thursday, Sept. 20, due to an accident involving a Checotah Public School bus and another vehicle on Broadway. There were no injuries reported. (Staff photo by LaDonna Rhodes...

Guests dropped in and out at the Chamber Come and Go at the Chamber office on Tuesday, Sept. 11. (Staff photo by Shauna Belyeu)

Mayor Daniel Tarkington was more than a little surprised when his name was read as Mayor of the Year at the Oklahoma Municipal League’s (OML) Annual Conference, held last week in Oklahoma City. Co-wo...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma’s Native Americans have a long history of proud and distinguished service in the Oklahoma Army National Guard. On Sunday, Sept. 9, the military career of one Native-American w...

OKMULGEE - On Wednesday, Sept. 12, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve H.R. 2606, the Stigler Act Amendments of 2018, advancing the legislation to the U.S. Senate for their consideratio...

Sharon Spencer, 67, of Eufaula died at the scene of a single-vehicle accident in Pittsburg County on Sept. 14, possibly from a medical condition. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, at about 3:3...

The McIntosh County Oklahoma Retired Educators Association, OREA, met Friday, Sept. 14, at the Jim Lucas Library. The association meets on the second Friday of every month during the school term excep...

Retired Checotah educator Dr. DeLois Ann McGee will be one of ten inductees to the Oklahoma African American Educators Hall of Fame on Friday, Sept. 28. The ceremony will start at 7 p.m. at the Oklaho...

OKLAHOMA CITY - Freedom of Information Oklahoma is offering cash prizes to high school students who enter and win the annual Zach Taylor First Amendment Essay Contest. Students in grades 9 to 12 must ...

ENID — On Friday, Sept. 28, the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center will host its annual Lantern Tours. Costumed interpreters will host entertaining and educational vignettes in each of the four b...

STILLWATER – It is a sure bet that a quick look through just about any barn, storage building or garage in Oklahoma will turn up some old, unused pesticides. Instead of letting these chemicals take up...

Gold Star Luminary Initiative Ceremony Join us on Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. at Veterans Park for Gold Star Family Day to light luminaries at dusk to honor our fallen heroes. Hosted by Jean Gawf. School Walka...

On Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, Pafford EMS Special Response Teams went to Spartanburg, North Carolina, to assist hurricane victims. They are currently staging in Spartan-burg for assignments related to H...

 Mark your calendar and make plans to visit the 5th Annual Business Expo from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 27 at the Checotah Community Center, 611 N. Broadway. The Checotah Chamber of Comm...

The Plumb Theatre in Longtown will host its annual Gospel Mega Fest Sept. 28-29. Among the performers will be Gerald Crabb, The Bilderbacks, The Alversons, Crystal River and The Plumb Theatre’s Uprigh...

Ake, Roger M. Allen, Edmond Monte Allen, Justin Lee Almeida, Louis Ernest III Anderson, Teddy Bruce Arnold, Charles Wayne Bahe, Mandy Gail Baker, Jerry Beal Baumann, Staci Raye Bear, Larissa Leann Ben...