When I went to the doctor recently expecting to be told my allergies were acting up, I really should not have been surprised about what the test told me. After a year of avoiding COVID-19, I was diagn...

Dear Editor, March is National Women’s History Month. It was inspired by poor working conditions that women faced in the mid-1800s which led to protests. Women have historically stared down the barrel...

It’s been exactly a year since the COVID-19 pandemic caused a worldwide panic attack that shut down not just our country, but pretty much the world. Though a year has transpired and countless doctors,...

As the U.S. House of Representatives voted recently to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of all her committee assignments, I was reminded of two sections of the Constitution. The first is Article 1, Sectio...

House members are studying a measure that would pay increased retirement benefits to emergency medical service personnel as a way to help compensate for the physically strenuous and hazardous work the...

Data released by the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) shows that new COVID-19 infections in longterm care (LTC) facilities have fallen to less than 10 percent of rates reported in late 2020....

The first major deadline for the Oklahoma legislature arrived recently with the conclusion of committee meetings for the “house of origin” of bills. This means, the bills filed in the Oklahoma House o...

The world has changed as we know it and the COVID-19 pandemic has affected our lives and our communities in more ways than one. People have experienced more worry about their jobs, tension in their ho...

When legislation is introduced in Congress, low bill numbers are reserved to reflect the majority’s biggest priorities. For Speaker Pelosi, the most important bill, H.R. 1, is the “For the People Act....

The Legislature has wrapped up our first month of session, and the House ended this busy week with a deadline to have all bills out of committee. A bill must pass a House committee before it can be he...

On June 23rd, 1972, President Nixon signed Title IX into law. This landmark legislation had one goal in mind: to protect women from sex discrimination in all federally funded school programs, includin...

Dear Editor and Community, It has been brought to our attention and the attention of many other Checotah citizens that one of the upcoming elected City Officials/Council Members does not meet the qual...

The state Board of Equalization met Feb. 16 to certify revenue for the Legislature to appropriate for Fiscal Year 2022. The board approved a constitutional limit on appropriations of $7.9 billion. A t...

It’s been a full year since the world experienced such a game changer in our everyday lives - a COVID-19 pandemic that would shake us to our very core. COVID would redefine the way we worked, he way w...

“Numb.” That was the one-word answer I submitted to a group call on an online meeting platform last week. The question, “How are each of you feeling?” was likely asked in a kind gesture with the expec...

115 Years Ago: Checotah Times • October 26, 1906 A Cordial Reception Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks arrived in Checotah Tuesday afternoon about two hours behind schedule time and notwithstanding ...

Winter weather shut down most of the state this week, but the House continued to meet as often as possible to prepare for next week’s deadline. Thursday, Feb. 25 is the final day to pass any House bil...

This cold snap is raising awareness of homelessness in Oklahoma - especially in northeast Oklahoma where a man froze to death overnight last week. Officials and volunteers have been working around the...

As I write this column, Oklahoma is enduring one of the coldest weather spells on record, and many areas are seeing large amounts of snow. We’ve had serious, even fatal, wrecks on Interstates and stat...

I truly believe it is the hard times that mold us and make us into who we are supposed to be and these hardships only make us stronger physically, emotionally and spiritually, but only if we let them....