WILBURTON –The Latimer County General Hospital Ladies Auxiliary recently made a $2,000 donation to the Eastern Oklahoma State College Development Foundation to benefit students in Eastern’s nursing pr...

F.A.I.C. Volunteer Fire Department Breakfast Breakfast every third Saturday of the month serving scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, biscuits and gravy, pancakes, French toast, milk, juice an...

Weston Brown, 11, brushes his 227 pound pig, Oreo, during the Checotah Livestock Show on Sat., Feb. 9. Brown won Reserve Championship Spot. More FFA show and sale results in next week’s newspaper. (St...

WILBURTON – Twenty–six area middle school math and science teachers recently participated in a one-day workshop sponsored by Eastern Oklahoma State College GEAR UP. The workshop was designed to help t...

Michael Hamilton, 5, won Grand Champion Suffolk Breed, Grand Champion Cross Breed and Grand Champion Overall Market Lamb at the Checotah Livestock Show on Sat., Feb. 9. (Staff photo by LaDonna Rhodes)

Age: 88 Status: Widowed Number of children: 2 Grandchildren: 6 Great grandchildren:6 Great Great grandchildren: 2 Careers: Hobbies: crocheting Accomplishments: my family FAVORITES Food: fish or chicke...

STILLWATER — A statue depicting Nancy Randolph Davis, the first African-American student to attend Oklahoma A&M College, was dedicated in a ceremony Thursday when her life-size sculpture was unveiled...

ALVA - Northwestern Oklahoma State University will play host to the Spring Showcase event Saturday, Feb. 16, at 10 a.m. in the Student Center in Alva. High school juniors, seniors and any student inte...

F.A.I.C. Volunteer Fire Department Breakfast Breakfast every third Saturday of the month serving scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, hashbrowns, biscuits and gravy, pancakes, French toast, milk, juice and...

STILLWATER – Pecan pie. Pecan roll. Pecan-crusted chicken. Candied pecans. There are many delicious foods made from pecans. But before you can start cooking with them in the kitchen, someone needs to ...

On Friday, January 18, the fourth and fifth grade academic teams from Checotah traveled to Stigler’s Kiamichi Technology Center to compete with many other schools in Oklahoma in written test format. ...

Age : 64 Status : Single Number of Children : 4 Grandchildren: 4 Careers : heavy machine operator Hobbies : making fishing lures and fishing, four-wheeling Accomplishments : lures being showcased at F...

As the federal government’s partial shutdown continues, Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers have stepped up to help one group of federal employees. On Tuesday, Jan. 22, volunteers with Oklahom...

Students from Checotah Middle and High Schools made the All-State Honor Choir in competition held in Tulsa Jan. 16-19. Only the top 25 from singers across the state are chosen for the Oklahoma Music ...

Our monthly meeting began on January 22 at the Highway 9 Community Center on a cold typical windy winter day. However, it warmed up inside the Hall and we had a fun meeting honoring our past president...

F.A.I.C. Volunteer Fire Department Breakfast Breakfast every third Saturday of the month serving scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, biscuits and gravy, pancakes, French toast, milk, juice an...

The following students made the first semester Checotah Superintendent’s Honor Roll: Alazander Ball Lexie Beene Jon Bone Maddox Chapman Trysta Cloud Bryan Correa Madyx Covington William Crawford Coope...

The following students made the Principal’s Honor Roll for the 1st semester: Xavier Abrego Dusti Alfred Katherine Anderson Samantha Anderson Chloe Andrews Jazlyn Atkins Morgan Baldwin Samantha Barnes ...

The Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2019 is taking shape. The 15 modern-era finalists were announced on NFL Network on Thursday, and there was plenty of star power on the list, including first-year...

OKLAHOMA CITY — On January 1 the Oklahoma Centennial Farm and Ranch Program increased its fees. Officials say the increase is necessary because of increased costs in postage, printing and sign materia...