Saturday, March 11 from 2-5 p.m. Checotah Senior Activity Center 611 N. Broadway St. All candidates have been invited to attend. No speaker fee. No Admission fee. No pies or baked goods to bid on. Not...

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Senate Aeronautics and Transportation unanimously approved Senate Bill 953 by Sen. Chris Kidd, R-Waurika, to honor the life and extraordinary career of Oklahoma son and Navy vetera...

Jail medical staff assumed Amy Lynn Cross was faking as she seized, foamed at the mouth and her fingers turned blue in a Colorado jail, a December lawsuit alleges. The 41-year-old woman, who was faci...

This month the City of Checotah was given a $1.34 million loan through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) along with a $1 million principal forgiveness to replace Checotah’s eight-inch wa...

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is now accepting nominations for the 2023 Oklahoma Child Abuse Prevention Awards, honoring exceptional Oklahoma individuals and organizat...

Attention all baseball, T-ball and softball players, Mayor Daniel Tarkington and the Checotah Recreation Board have recently decided to implement a no cost registration for the 2023 baseball/softball ...

Theme: Black Resistance Negro Spirituals were the religious music of African Americans during slavery. The term “Negro spirituals” refers to the body of folk songs created by the enslaved African Amer...

Legacy On Main Street will hold a St. Patrick’s Cookie Decorating Class on Friday, March 3 beginning at 6 p.m. Cost of the class is $35. Learn how to decorate festive sugar cookies from the owner of G...

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 918473-2313 (office) or 479-422-4210 (cell). You may als...

WASHINGTON – An enrolled member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and member of the Indian Brotherhood (IBH), a prison-based gang active in Oklahoma, was sentenced today to 210 months imprisonment fo...

Tiffany Hurt and Jennifer Crooch were the special speakers at the Checotah Chamber of Commerce General Meeting this month, speaking about the 21st Century Grant Program in Checotah Public Schools. The...

A Checotah couple charged in November, 2022 with multiple counts of embezzlement pleaded guilty last week. Julie Dowling and Victor Dowling Sr. were charged with 13 counts of embezzling between $2,500...

The 15th Annual Checotah Chili Cook-Off is this Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Checotah Community Center, and you don’t want to miss it. A panel of judges will be looking for the best chili in McIntosh Cou...

We have several shows booked this coming year, and here is just a taste of what to expect. Gospel Music Saved by Grace Friday, March 10, 7 p.m. These ladies were at our outdoor Gospel Fest and literal...

Earlier in the month McIntosh County Game Warden Jake Rowland got a call near Checotah that there was an injured bald eagle in a pasture. Callie Cox had snapped some pictures of the eagle on her way ...

NACOGDOCHES, Texas- Erin Kirby of Council Hill was recognized for outstanding academic achievements by being named to Stephen F. Austin State University’s Dean’s List for fall 2022. Kirby was one of 1...

Wild Turkey Population Dynamics and Brood Survival Project Report for January 2023 Wild turkey genetics, nesting success, and brood survival are among the focus areas in a planned 4.5-year study launc...

Checotah High School would like to announce and congratulate all students who made the Principal’s honor roll for the 2022 Fall semester. To be on the Principal’s honor roll students have no grade bel...

District court arraignment set for April 27 Shannie Renea Stokesberry, 47, and Jasper Eli Wade Reynolds, 33, both of Eufaula, on Wednesday, Feb. 15, waived their preliminary hearings on several charge...