Early voting for the April 4 elections will be held at the McIntosh County Courthouse, 110 N 1st, Eufaula on _ursday, March 30, and Friday, March 31, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Early voting is not availabl...

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 ...

Cheryl Ann Smith has been chosen as Heartland Heritage Museum & Gallery’s “Artist of the Month” for March. Cheryl is originally from Durant, but moved with her husband to Checotah, making their home o...

April 15, 2023 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Contact the Chamber of Commerce for more information at 918-473-2070.

Sonia Sotomayor is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was born in the Bronx, New York to Puerto Rican parents. A_er graduating from high school in 1972 and receiving a...

Free to trade Free to visit No city fees for food trucks March 25 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Checotah Sports Complex Contact Heaven Rogers to sign up, 918-490-2374

Legacy on Main Street will present the tribute show The Golden Sounds of the Platters at a dinner-theater performance Saturday, March 25. Doors Open at 6 p.m.; dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. and t...

A few tidbits Plumb Theatre has accomplished in 20 Years. Really, history started a little sooner. We put our first mural up, which went down the whole West wall of the theatre. We’ve had to replace h...

Do you want to re-establish the voice of “We the People?” Please participate in your precinct meetings. Please bring your voter registration card to the Checotah Library on March 26 at 6 p.m. if you v...

There are all kinds of scams floating around out there, waiting to pounce on the unwary and vulnerable. The latest targets are registered sex offenders. There are about 100 registered sex offenders in...

Elenor Roosevelt, wife of President Franklin Roosevelt, worked for the American Red Cross during World War 1. When her husband became president she held press conferences and spoke out for human right...

Mae C. Jemison, the _rst African American female astronaut, _ew into space aboard Space Shuttle Endeavor in 1992, becoming the _rst African American woman in space. In 1985 she applied to NASA’s astro...

Born into an Oklahoma pipeline family while my parents were on a job in the great Pacific Northwest in 1956, I held my first job at the age of 14 – washing windows and pumping gas for .75 cents an hou...

The next generations of young cowboys are living large and chasing their rodeo dreams in Checotah. The Mahan brothers have high hopes and dreams of seeing their names in lights one day and aren’t afr...

My name is Janice Rogers and I’m running for City Council Ward 1. I have lived in Checotah most of my life, moving here with family at the age of 9 and graduating from Checotah High School in 1981. I ...

Everyone who participated in Saturday’s annual Green Run 5K around the Eufaula Cove deserves a medal. It was a windy day with the temperature a bitter 35 degrees and a wind chill of 23 degrees. Not f...

Marie Curie was a Polish and French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She is remembered for the discovery of radium and polonium and also for her contributions ...

I am running for reelection to City Council Ward 3. My parents were Gerald and Leona Mitchell, my husband was Michael Reaves and my children are Cheryl and Michael Reaves. I graduated from Checotah Hi...