On October 15, 1789 – George Washington went to New England on the 1st presidential tour. 1813 – During the land defeat of the British on the Thames River in Canada, the Indian chief Tecumseh, now a b...

From Sept. 28 through Oct. 9, the Pre-K classes at Marshall Elementary had a variety of community helpers and leaders come by and visit with the students about the importance of their roles in societ...

Honey Springs Battlefield will host a workshop teaching the basics of dyeing cloth with indigo on Saturday, October 24, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Kathy Dickson, director of Museums and Historic Sites ...

The Methodist Mission Thrift Store will open on Tuesday, Oct. 20, with different days and hours. The store will be open Tuesday and Wednesday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. In order to keep everyone safe, stor...

114 Years Ago: Checotah Times • June 15, 1906 Statehood at Last! State of Oklahoma Now The House passed the statehood bill by unanimous vote at 5:25 p.m. Bill now goes to President for his signature. ...

During its annual Fall Forum meeting, the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) announces winners of three awards recognizing excellence in child advocacy and philanthropy. Nominations from mem...

Two-year old Avielle Drum, along with her mother Makayla Townsend, won the drawing for the car donated by Kyle Edwards to the Checotah cheerleaders to raffle off.  Orville and Nicholas Stephens won t...

DEQ is excited to announce the release of the Online Operator Training Platform. This new platform provides additional training opportunities to Oklahoma’s water and wastewater operators, and it is a ...

The Oklahoma Agriculture Enhancement and Diversification Board recently awarded Eastern Oklahoma State College a $600,000 grant to fund renovations and purchase new equipment for the college’s meat pr...

At anytime - past, present or future, one thing remains the same: family. Here at Plumb Theatre, we have a large, extended family we love and appreciate. This year’s Gospel Fest is going to celebrate ...

Dan Kirby, manager of Xtreme RV Resorts in Eufaula, said heavy rains last week did some damage to the retaining wall at the resort’s swimming pool. A crew poured more concrete Thursday to strengthen t...

Oklahoma State University will receive a federal TRIO-Student Support Services (SSS) grant of $1.3 million. The grant, which is awarded every five years by the U.S. Department of Education, is aimed a...

Closing out her competitive season for 2020, Stella Tracy, 11, of Eufaula, captured the top spot in the world for Girls Wakesurf at the Nautique Masters Championship held in Pine Mountain, Georgia on ...

On August 20,1494 – Columbus returned to Hispaniola. He had confirmed that Jamaica was an island and failed to find a mainland. 1619 – The 1st African slaves arrived to North America aboard a Dutch pr...

They called it the “Indian problem.” The white settlers wanted more land, and the tribes held rich acreages. Removing tribes from the Southeast was more than just an idea by the time Andrew Jackson w...

Once upon a time there lived a prince named Prince Sammy. This prince was very sad, for his mom the queen has fallen ill. This queen had a disease that was not curable with the tail of the Purple Geck...

After months of delay, primarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic, world-renowned 3D illusion artist Tracy Lee Stum is scheduled to begin work Sept. 12 on a massive mural at 115 Selmon Road. Work on the ...

Oklahoma Blood Institute will be coming to Checotah and setting up a community blood drive at the Checotah Walmart on Friday, Aug. 21 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Every donor will receive a free COVID-19 an...

114 Years Ago: Checotah Times • April 20, 1906 San Francisco in Ruins An Earthquake, Followed by Fire, Has Devastated the City - Thousands Are Reported Dead San Francisco, April 19, 2 p.m. - Thirty ho...

The prestigious P.E.O. STAR Scholarship, for the 2019-2020 academic year was presented to Caton Skaggs, a senior at Eufaula High School. The scholarship was presented at the Eufaula Inspiration Garden...