The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from June business. The monies they reported this period represent sales fr...

Checotah City Council took action to authorize the mayor to execute a cross deputation of the Checotah Police Department and the Muscogee Nation LightHorse Police Department during their last meeting ...

At the Checotah Public Works board meeting on Aug. 9 trustees voted unanimously to approve employee Todd Gardner to go to salary from hourly. Salary approved for salaried employees include: • Todd Gar...

Checotah Board of Education met for their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 9. The board passed a measure to approve a one-time retention stipend for all returning employees of $1,200 for full ...

Shannon Scales, 55, of Checotah was killed in a single vehicle accident that took place on Wednesday, Aug. 11 near Checotah. According to the OHP, Scales was driving a 1997 Chevrolet pickup on Harbor ...

The Checotah Landmark Society will host a Summer Celebration Ice Cream Social at the Katy Depot this Saturday, Aug. 21 from 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Bring your own lawn chair and come enjoy homemade cobble...

Almost two dozen defendants in McIntosh County District Court have had their cases put on hold after petitioning the court to dismiss their cases because they claim they fall under the U.S. Supreme Co...

The driver of a fleeing UTV led lawmen on an action-packed chase earlier this month, racing through the construction zone on U.S. 69, across lawns in a neighborhood and ending in a heavily wooded are...

A third historical building was demolished on Aug. 14, but this time it was located in Muskogee rather than Eufaula. Part of the Royal Casket building, originally built in 1900, collapsed sometime af...

Charges of sexual activity involving a minor have been dropped against a 39-year-old Webbers Falls man because the victim can’t be located, according to court documents. Leonard Boyd Gray III had been...

Railroad crossings and right-of-ways were all the buzz along the Union Pacific railways Thursday, August 12, as local residents and train lovers of all ages braved the 100 degree temperatures to catc...

The sun rose at 6:38 a.m. on August 12 on several Checotah High School seniors on the high school football field. The traditional Senior Sunrise began with donuts, juice and milk, but ended with tick...

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association, in partnership with Boehringer Ingelheim, invites young cowboys and cowgirls to participate in the LongRange kids dummy roping contest on Saturday...

Checotah anglers Diesel Byrd and Brian Young placed second in the OCAC Crappiemasters State Trail on Lake Oolagah. COURTESY

The City of Checotah has put up new signs around town to help promote the city, the school and local businesses. The signs are located on each road entrance to Checotah so travelers can see what Checo...

The governor this week ceremonially signed a bill that will allow for a victim-led restorative justice pilot program to be established in the state. House Bill 1880, by House Majority Whip Tammy West,...

More than 680 Eastern Oklahoma State College students recently received emergency federal funding provided by the American Rescue Plan (ARP) to assist them with unexpected costs incurred during the CO...

The following entries in the Whole Hawg Days Car Show, hosted by Community Culture Church Saturday, July 31, took home the top trophies: Original Class - 1960 & Older • 1st: Buck Wilson, 1957 Ford Fa...

The following entries in the Whole Hawg Days Car Show, hosted by Community Culture Church on Saturday, July 31, took home the top trophies. Original Class – 1960 and older 1st: Buck Wilson, 1957 Ford...

A partnership including Oklahoma Transportation and the Association of Oklahoma General Contractors announced Friday is a first-in-the-nation effort for Oklahoma’s teen drivers to become “Work Zone Sa...