Checotah Lions Club enjoyed speaker Marie Burns of the Oklahoma Lions Club telling them about the Lions Eye Testing Unit and other community services provided by the club. STAFF PHOTO | LADONNA RHODES

The “prize patrol” granted wishes earlier this month through the Checotah Foundation for Academic Excellence, Inc. CFAE members surprised 19 amazing Checotah Public School educators with the news tha...

Senior Baccalaureate COURTESY PHOTOS CHS Awards Assembly Kindergarten Graduation CIS Track & Field Day CMS Awards Assembly Kindergarten sign song Senior Baccalaureate Prayer CMS Awards Assembly

Congratulations to Cheyanne Spindle-Barlow for being chosen as the 2022-2023 Drum Major of the Class of Checotah. COURTESY PHOTO

If you would like to list your meeting or event in the Community Area Calendar, please email all the information to ladonna@cookson.news or call 918-473-2313 (office) or 479-422-4210 (cell). You may a...

The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from March business. The monies they reported this period represent sales f...

May 23-27 • Monday, May 23: Meat loaf; mashed potatoes w/gravy; broccoli; dinner roll; summer fruit salad; milk • Tuesday, May 24: Pork loin; green beans; sweet potatoes; Texas toast; apple crisp; mil...

Friendly Lake Eufaula Area Supporters (FLEAS) held its April 26 meeting at the VFW. Hostesses were Dorothy Kasiner, Gwyn Sylvester and Cheryl Tanner. We stood for the Pledge of Allegiance and a short...

114 Years Ago: Checotah Enquirer • May 15, 1908 County Seat Election, Saturday May 23 Every Business in Checotah Will be Closed Eufaula has at last shown her hand and as has been expected all along ha...

The Heartland Heritage Museum and Gallery has chosen Holly Lackey as their Artist of the Month. Lackey is a 33-year-old self-taught artist and photographer whose passion is capturing wildlife in all f...

William “Bud” McCombs, left, and Charlotte Turner, right, were named 2022 Mr. and Ms. Heritage Days. Bud has traced his paternal family coming from the Trail of Tears. His maternal family came by cove...

The Class of Checotah, along with some parents and school staff, enjoyed their last spring trip of the season. Because the band worked so hard and won so many trophies and contests during the 2021-202...

The Board of Trustees Jerry Baker, Randy Leeper and Jack Mouser once again extend a big welcome of your attendance at Hanna Cemetery on Memorial Weekend, Saturday, May 21 and Sunday, May 22. It’s a sp...

Checotah 21st CCLC gave back to their community last week. The Gardening Club, taught by Mrs. Dunn, repotted some beautiful flowers to give to some very special people: The McIntosh County Democrat, T...

Sliding Into Summer Bash will be this Thursday, May 19 at the Checotah Sports Complex from 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. There will be food trucks, free hotdogs, corn hole, kickball, music, the Inspyral Circu...

EODD Outreach program will be hosting a resource fair for senior citizens 60 and older. This event will help connect people with local resources that are available in the area. There will be free onsi...

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The McIntosh County Health Department staff wore blue on April 1 to commemorate the occasion, and to bring attention to the programs that the Health Dep...

If you would like to list your meeting or event in the Community Area Calendar, please email all the information to ladonna@cookson.news or call 918-473-2313 (office) or 479-422-4210 (cell). You may a...

8th grader Weston Brown and seventh-grader Eli Forsblom competed in the Eufaula Junior High 9-Hole Tournament last week. Brown finished 6th place with a score of 50 and Forsblom had a score of 58. Bot...

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