A burn ban has been put into effect by the McIntosh County Commissioners until further notice. The ban was enacted at the Monday, Oct. 28 meeting, and will remain active immediately for a period of ab...

Former Paradise Fire Chief Justin Lee Wells, 42, Porum, pled guilty on Wednesday, Oct. 23 to embezzlement of public funds. Associate District Judge Brendon Bridges handed Wells a oneyear deferred sent...

A former Checotah Intermediate School Teacher of the Year has been arrested and charged with misdemeanor domestic abuse following an altercation Sunday. Stacy LaFavor, 54, formerly Coleman, entered a ...

Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes wrote the first modern novel published in 1605 called Don Quixote, which became todays timeless musical Man of La Mancha. Don Quixote was fighting imaginary foes. Th...

On Friday Checotah celebrated Band Homecoming at their pep assembly and then before their game. The Band Royalty included: Freshman Peyton Howell and Walter Beaird, Juniors Chloe Andrews and William C...

Jefferson Highway-Oklahoma Chapter President Delaina Stevens was elated when she got the news that a convoy of historic military vehicles traveling the Jefferson Highway would make a quick stop in Che...

The 15th annual Curtis Eugene Woodfork Turkey Shoot will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Warrior School Grounds 10 miles west of Checotah across from the Mt. Olive Baptist Chu...

Early voting begins Wednesday, Oct. 30, for voters in McIntosh County and other counties across the State. Voters who will not be able to make it to the polls on Election Day have the option of voting...

David Deval Martin, 39, was convicted of murder in McIntosh County in October 2016 and sentenced to life in prison without parole. However, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2020 in its McGirt dec...

The Checotah Landmark Preservation Society held their Annual All-You-Can-Eat Hobo Dinner at the Katy Depot on Saturday night, October 19. The doors opened at 5 p.m. for locals to come get a bowl of st...

Developers of a proposed 121-turbine wind farm in Western McIntosh County may find themselves facing gale-force opposition to their project. Half a dozen opponents to the wind farm attended a county c...

Eufaula firefighters arrived at a horrific scene Saturday night on SH 9 East near Longtown. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, three Harley-Davidson motorcycles and a Nissan Sentra collided on ...

The Checotah Fire Department was dispatched to an explosion at the city barn on Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 8:51 a.m. that sent one city worker to the hospital and two to emergency care to be checked out. ...

The winning streak continues for the Class of Checotah. Twelve bands competed in the Eufaula Marching Invitational at Paul Bell Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 28. They included: Pocola, Stigler, Panama, B...

Checotah High School will be destroying past graduate records. If you graduated between 2017 and 2018, you can pick up your high school records at the Checotah High School office. The records must be ...

Checotah has lost another icon; Myrtle Mae Frost, 94, passed away on Thursday, September 26, 2024. Besides being a CHS 4-time All-State Star in basketball, she also played for the professional women’s...

On Sept. 25, 2024, Lake Eufaula observed the 60th anniversary of its official opening. President Lyndon Johnson was flown by helicopter from Muskogee to a site southwest of the dam where he spoke to a...

Lake Eufaula first Out of the Darkness Walk The first Lake Eufaula Out of the Darkness Walk had a great turnout on Saturday, Sept. 21, despite the grueling heat that kept some from participating. For ...

The McIntosh County Disabled American Veterans held a POW/MIA National Recognition Day on Friday, Sept. 20 at Veterans Park in Checotah. These veterans have vowed to never forget the nation’s POWs and...

The first Elaina Donahue’s Rett Walk and 5K Run will take place this Saturday, Sept. 28 at the Checotah Sports Complex. The Rett Walk/Run will be hosted by the City of Checotah and 1-40 Race Services....