RENTIESVILLE - Longtime educator and local political figure Mildred Hemphill-Burkhalter will be inducted into the Oklahoma African American Educators Hall of Fame, Inc. (OAAE HOF) on Friday, Sept. 27....

Sip & Paint Friday, Sept. 27 at 6:30 p.m. 701 S. Main St. Eufaula Public Market Elaina Donahue’s Rett Walk & 5K Run with Car Show Saturday, Sept. 28 Race starts at 9 a.m. Follow 1-40 Race Services for...

The first Out of the Darkness Suicide Awareness Walk will be held Saturday, Sept. 21 at the Eufaula Cove Pavilion. Onsite registration starts at 3 p.m. The walk begins at 4 p.m. Everyone is invited to...

Friday, Sept. 20 from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. At Veterans Park - 114 N. Broadway, Checotah Special presentation and complimentary meal Provided by the McIntosh County DAY

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol on Monday, Sept. 16, reported that a 60-year-old Eufaula man died on Aug. 30, a week after being critically injured in a collision with a trash truck. The accident occurred...

At the recent Checotah Lions Club meeting, Lion Secretary Iris Park stepped down and Aidan Beebe will be sworn in to take her position. Iris and her husband Joe became Lions in 2015. Iris served as Pr...

Gold and Blue Star fami- required for this event, lies to be honored with an Contact Cheryl Campbell event on Saturday, Sept. 28 at at 918-617-8665 or crichard- 1 p.m. Family registration is sonl027@m...

The Checotah Lions Club hosted a successful 6th Annual Lions Golf Scramble at Arrowhead State Golf Course on Friday the 13th. It was a beautiful day to catch a “birdie” on the green to help raise fund...

The Checotah Wildcats celebrated Homecoming week by wearing sports jerseys on Tuesday and neon on Wednesday. Then Thursday they had a color war with 9th grade wearing yellow, 10th wearing green, 11th ...

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a 29-year-old Enid woman for abandoning a dog at a Checotah residence. Jazmine Shaneen Roberts reportedly left the dog at the home of Letha and Shawn Robert...

McIntosh County as a whole has seen its fair share of animals being abandoned. Eufaula pound has picked up four dogs just this past week and local shelters like Happy Paws in Checotah has also seen th...

A recount of the votes cast in the Aug. 27 run-off election for McIntosh County District 2 Commissioner didn’t change the outcome. Incumbent Monty Grider lost by 12 votes to challenger Clifford McElha...

A 33-year-old man arrested by Checotah police in August on suspicion of a hit and run incident is in the custody of the Muscogee Creek Nation on charges of felony theft and felony eluding. Cody Wayne ...

A 55-year-old Oktaha man was killed in a two-vehicle accident on Wednesday, Sept. 5 on U.S. 64 five miles south of Muskogee, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Dead at the scene was Brent Eller...

Dist. 2 County Commissioner Monty Grider spoke at the monthly Eufaula Chamber of Commerce luncheon, giving an update on the $6.2-million makeover of the courthouse. The project includes a new three-st...

Saturday, Sept. 28 Race starts at 9 a.m. Follow I:40 Facebook page for registration and details

Join locals for first Out of the Darkness Suicide Awareness Walk September 21 at the Eufaula Cove Pavilion Onsite registration starts at 3 p.m. Walk starts at 4 p.m.

Checotah local, Holly Lackey, is now the new face of the Checotah Chamber of Commerce. Lackey has taken a part-time position at the Chamber and will be available from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. each week day to ...

The mayor signed for the Checotah Public Works Authority a new lease agreement with the Endowment Fund Grand Lodge of Oklahoma of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) that will be in effect...

On Sept. 4 Texanna Road will be closed north of Ogden Corner to replace a 6-inch around, 40-foot long rusted out culvert, District 2 County Commissioner Monty Guthrie has announced. The road at that l...