McIntosh County Democratic Party will hold its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, July 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the Jim Lucas Public Library in Checotah. Entrance will be through the east door.

During the Jefferson Highway Association (JHA) 2023 Conference Awards Banquet, local Checotah resident, Delaina Durrett-Stevens, was presented the 2023 Mike Conlin Initiative Award for outstanding vol...

Will take Okmulgee County position McIntosh County Emergency Management Director Jeffrey Moore has resigned. His final day will be Friday, July 7, and then on July 10 he will begin his new job as Okmu...

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 al...

CHS art teacher Elisa Ortiz, along with her daughter Elisabeth and teacher Sheila Goad, are still painting the town through the Carolyn Watson Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation. In 2021 the Checotah...

Former Eufaula city councilman Dan Kirby, 65, may have been found guilty last week of involuntary manslaughter by a federal jury in Muskogee, but his legal woes do not end there. He still faces a civi...

A sentencing hearing for Kirby was not immediately set. In federal court, involuntary manslaughter carries a maximum sentence of up to eight years in prison. MUSKOGEE — A_er nearly e hours of delibera...

How much is a life worth? If you are a law enforcement o_cer, apparently not much in terms of pay. Income is relatively low, danger very high, at least for o_cers in McIntosh County. Nationally, worki...

_e Checotah Lions Club recently had Laura Sikes speak to them about Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library and about the program coming to McIntosh County children from birth to age e. _ere are an estimat...

Navy sailors who served on the USS CARR (FFG52) gathered in Checotah for their _rst crew reunion to honor Paul Henry Carr, whom their ship was named for and whose picture hung in their mess hall as a ...

In a small office tucked in the southwest corner of the state Capitol, five state employees are watchdogs over thousands of elected officials, lobbyists and political campaigns. The mission of the Okl...

MUSKOGEE – Last week the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion reversing the November 2020 federal jury conviction of Jimcy McGirt on two counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse in Indian Country...

We held our business meeting on June 16, 2023 with minutes and treasurer reports presented and approved. Our President Karen Franz and Vice President Marie Zellner were both out this month, but left u...

Gift to fund scholarships, research initiatives and programs STILLWATER — Oklahoma State University will receive a $120 million gift from the T. Boone Pickens Foundation, OSU President Kayse Shrum ann...

Summer is typically a wonderful season for outdoor activities and spending additional time with family and friends. This summer take measures to protect your own health and that of your loved ones. Sw...

Midway High School Senior, Nathan William Duvall of Hitchita, is recipient of the 2023 Leah Collins Memorial Scholarship. The $1,000 scholarship is named in honor of Leah (Neumeyer) Collins, a beloved...

WILBURTON – Eastern Oklahoma State College has announced honor rolls for the spring 2023 semester. Among those on the President’s Honor Roll are Jakob Blackwell, Checotah and Eufaula residents Connor ...