Checotah Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Beaver Family Dental on Oct. 25. Beaver Family Dental is located at 103 W. Industrial Rd. in Checotah and is open Monday through Friday from 8 a....

Milton Allen, 70, pastor of Piney Creek Fellowship Church, was bad. He hurt people. He was a cocaine addict. He spent time in prison. How the once evil turned his life around and found his way from Ne...

Checotah Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Watson Farms Meat Processing and Market located at 311 N. Broadway. They also offer daily lunch specials. COURTESY PHOTO

The Oklahoma City venue for the evening will be The Skirvin Hilton Hotel in downtown Oklahoma City. The Tulsa venue will be in the Greenwood area as this year’s Heroes Ball will pay tribute to those l...

The multi-year Oklahoma Alfalfa Weevil Insecticide Resistance Study conducted by Oklahoma State University experts is showing how the dissemination of research-based information is key to maximizing t...

To improve its board oversight, the state’s largest online school has turned to a businessman who founded the state’s first rural charter school. Paul Campbell was named chairman of Community Strategi...

Checotah High School graduate Samantha Baughman made the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith Dean’s List for the spring 2021 Semester. Baughman had a straight-A average.

Looking to prevent widespread COVID-19 outbreaks behind bars, corrections officials in several states moved quickly in 2020 to release medically vulnerable and nonviolent prisoners. Wisconsin freed 1,...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Sebron Dejuan Brown, 35, of Muskogee, has entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to commit odometer tampering; two ...

Every year during the interim between legislative sessions, each chamber of the state Legislature holds interim studies. These give lawmakers an opportunity for an indepth look at ideas that may becom...

Just when you thought our political leaders could not divide us any further, they have now turned on themselves. Right now, both parties are dealing with internal conflicts. The Democrats are struggli...

The following story appeared in the June 2, 1921 issues of the Eufaula Indian Journal and McIntosh County Democrat. TULSA RIOT Six Companies of Militia Keep Order as Toll of Terrible Riot is Taken Tul...

May’s weather was rather tame by Oklahoma standards, with severe weather greatly diminished by an abundance of cool, cloudy weather. Plenty of moisture was to be had, with heavy rains falling right th...

Greetings my friends. Memorial Day has come and gone. We remember those who have now departed. We say they have gone west. Several people around here fell victim to the virus. News: Our ECTT Princess ...

As descendants of the Tulsa Race Massacre filled the seats behind a podium prepared for President Joe Biden inside Tulsa’s Greenwood Cultural Center on Tuesday, June 1, the air was filled with excite...

The governor has signed into law a bill that changes the counties’ allocation of revenue from the Oklahoma Vehicle License and Registration Act. Under House Bill 2892, 25% of the monthly allocation th...

If you would like to list your meeting or event in the Community Area Calendar, please email all the information to ladonna@cookson.news . You may also call 918-473-2313 or mail the information to McI...

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University of Oklahoma Scholarships Oklahoma Academic Scholar Awards Muscogee Creek Nation JOM Academic Incentive Coffeyville Community College Scholarship and Indian Capital Tech. Center Scholarship...

The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the benefits of social distancing when trying to stem the spread of disease. But it has also led to an increase in feelings of social isolation, especially among o...