Increased rates of anxiety and depression among children and youth have led to increased demand for children’s behavioral health services. Additional factors such as insurance limitations and provider...

Felony Cases Markee Eugene Smith: bail jumping William Dewayne Bookout: dumping trash on public/private property without consent Korben Darrel Altan Brien: possession of CDS – cocaine Love Joann Brown...

The deadline to register to vote or update your registration before the Nov. 8 General Election is Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. Persons who are United States citizens, residents of Oklahoma, and at least 17...

Absentee ballots are available to any registered voter provided they are eligible to vote in the election requested. No excuse is needed to vote by absentee ballot. The deadline for requesting an abse...

Palmer Scott, 2017 graduate of Eufaula High School and a third-year law student at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, announced that OU Law will host the National Native American Law Students ...

October 17-21 • Monday, Oct. 17: Sloppy Joe; tater tots; vegetable blend; pineapple upside down cake; milk • Tuesday, Oct. 18: Ham & beans; spinach; stewed tomatoes; cornbread; chocolate chip cookies;...

A greenhouse full of marijuana plants is seen at Apothecary Extracts in Beggs. The owners also have an operation in Colorado. Both operations use tags with barcodes to track the plants from seed to co...

The 4th Annual “Evening in Indianola”, an evening dinner/reception, entertainment/ program benefitting the Indianola Community and Senior Citizens Center along with the Choate Prairie and Indianola Ce...

The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence is seeking submissions for its 2023 Academic Awards, which honor five exceptional educators and 100 outstanding high school seniors in Oklahoma’s public schools....

114 Years Ago: Checotah Enquirer • October 9, 1908 The Races The races held at the old fairgrounds Tuesday afternoon were enjoyed by all who attended; The Ten Thousand Club Band entertained the crowd ...

The 6th Annual Pie Auction for the Checotah FFA and 4-H is set for Monday, October 17 at 6 p.m. in the Checotah High School Cafeteria. Dinner will be lasagna and chicken spaghetti with salad and garli...

Branch Manager Kathe Smith with the Jim Lucas Checotah Public Library picked her last watermelon from the community garden outside their building. Since it’s October, the last of the gardeners are pic...

The 4th Annual Checotah Lions Club Golf Tournament was par for the course and a huge slice of success this past Friday, Oct. 7 at the Fountainhead Creek Golf Course. “It turned out to be a beautiful ...

WestSide Gas Company sponsored their first charity softball game this past Saturday with all proceeds going to Options Inc. The game brought in $1,519 for the guys at the group home to take a trip of ...

If you’re tired of the orange barrels and barricades encountered on roadways throughout McIntosh County, prepare to get even tireder. Twenty years after the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT...

The Muskogee Art Guild is inviting all artists to participate in the upcoming judged show and sale, Nov. 4-11, 106 S. Main, Muskogee. For details, call 918-683-4200. Deliver your art to the Guild on T...

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...

Chapter BX of PEO will meet Tuesday, October 18 at 5 p.m. in the home of Donna Sharpe with Gayla Johnson serving as co-hostess. Theresa Buckmaster will give the program.

Jade McPeak rocked the 2022 Tulsa State Fair this year with her steer Boomer. Here is the list of her accomplishments: • 2nd Highest Individual FFA Livestock Judging out of 334 contestants • 6th Highe...

Oklahoma Blood Institute recently presented Checotah High School with a banner for being the top Blood Donation School in Class 4A in the state. CHS has earned this title for three years under the dir...