Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company E, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Yongsan, Korea, 1 September 1950. Entered service at: Livingston, Ky...

Junior Rabbit Show Grand Champion: Weston Brown, Checotah FFA, Mini Rex buck Res. Breed Champion: Weston Brown, Checotah FFA. Polish buck Rabbit Showmanship: Weston Brown, Checotah FFA Junior Swine S...

EXPRESSIVE ARTS 303 Jr. Acrylic Painting 1st place: Kutter Ward, American eagle canvas banner 2nd place: Paisley Wood, horse silhouette canvas 3rd place: Maggie Taylor, gnome canvas banner 4th place: ...

SUE TAYLOR-LOUDERMILK TEXANNA LADY CRAFTERS We held our business meeting on August 19, 2022 with Becky Blackwell leading the meeting with our pledge to the flag. Claudia did our minutes and Lisa gave...

SCOTT WELCH NEIGHBORS BUILDING NEIGHBORHOODS The end of summer is upon us, and is traditionally marked by the Labor Day weekend. This holiday weekend is a time for America to reflect on the hard work ...

A shooting incident involving two men south of Longtown in Pittsburg County on Saturday, Aug. 27, is under investigation by the Pittsburg County Sheriff’s office. Details on the shooting, in which two...

The Checotah Lions Club meeting was called to order by new Lion President Tony Fields on Aug. 25. After the Pledge of Allegiance, song, and prayer, a moment of silence was taken for former Lion Bill ...

People’s National Bank and its facilities will be closed on Monday, September 5 in observance of Labor Day. All facilities will reopen at their regular scheduled times on September 6.

It is time to enroll Checotah students in the Before/After School Program. The Before/ After School Program will start Tuesday, Sept 6, for students at the Middle School and High School. The 21st Cent...

JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR Josh Hampton and Jeremy Jones, local business owners, grew up in Eufaula and remember the fun times everyone had in the cove. The two decided to recapture those times and to...

In last weekend’s 4H/FFA Livestock show, Weston Brown, Checotah FFA, won ribbons for Grand Champion (Mini Rex buck) and Breed Champion (Polish buck) and for Rabbit Showmanship. Results of the show are...

JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 114 Years Ago: Checotah Enquirer • September 4, 1908 COUNTY SEAT Supreme Court Decides in Favor of This Town According to Latest Returns The supreme court has finished count...

This year the City of Checotah, along with the Checotah Chamber of Commerce, will be hosting a fun-filled Fall Festival on Saturday, October 29 at the Checotah Sports Complex. The regular downtown tri...

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...

If it’s Labor Day Weekend, it must be time for the Rentiesville Dusk ‘til Dawn Blues Festival, a Blues extravaganza that any fan won’t want to miss. “We have 30 bands to present on three different sta...

JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR Rain, wind, power outages and leaks in water systems on Sunday, Aug. 30, resulted in water shortages in the city and some of the five water districts it serves. “It was just...

Junior Gierut, Lylie Lackey, and Rylie Lackey, along with their four-legged sidekick, Panda, check out the new signs that went up this past spring at the Lake Eufaula State Park.

JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR Loyal Dean Taylor, of Checotah, and Chip Collins, of Pierce, were the unofficial winners in the McIntosh County Commissioner District 1 and County Commissioner District 3 ra...

The new pet therapy program at Checotah Public Schools is underway and students are excited to have class time with both pups, Lila and Tucker, as they work hard every day in school. Lila, a Goldendo...

A new mural entitled Checotah USA now graces the inside entrance at Checotah Walmart. Walmart stores worldwide are doing such murals locally so Manager John Lamont invited the Checotah Art Guild to do...