Dr. Daniel Joyce has been giving out a different type of news to patients at Lawton’s Hearts That Care Clinic. Joyce, who runs the non-profit free clinic, has been talking to them to see if they’ll be...

July 19-23 • Monday, July 19: Green pepper steak; mashed potatoes; mixed vegetables; roll; chilled peaches; milk • Tuesday, July 20: Chicken rice casserole; green beans; roll; tropical fruit; milk • W...

Huddled around a copper vault in the basement of the First Lutheran Church of Oklahoma City, family, friends, church members and historians waited anxiously to find out what had been tucked inside 10...

The Board of Trustees for the Teachers’ Retirement System of Oklahoma (TRS) has selected Sarah Green as the agency’s next executive director. Green has served as general counsel for TRS since 2018. Sh...

Connors State College has announced there will be no tuition and fee increase for the 2021-2022 academic year. The Oklahoma A&M Board of Regents approved the request at their regularly scheduled meeti...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced federal grand juries sitting in Muskogee recently completed two separate June sessions and returned 35 felony indictm...

Deep Fork Community Action Foundation, Inc. presented Hitchita resident Cindy Farley with a certificate of appreciation at the July Board of Directors meeting. Farley devoted nine years serving on the...

The 37th Annual Whole Hawg Days is set for Friday, July 30, and Saturday, July 31, with the twoday even being kicked off by the Eufaula Round Up Club Rodeo. The rodeo will begin at 8 p.m. Thursday at ...

CHS gathered 56 blood donors for Oklahoma Blood Institute. Pictured are donor Deanna Burnett and Rylen Ball. STAFF PHOTO | LADONNA RHODES

Honey Springs Battlefield will host a special presentation about the contributions of the First Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. The program will be held at the Honey Springs B...

Ake, Roger M. Albright, Austin Michael Allen, Edmond Monte Allen, Justin Lee Almeida, Louis Ernest III Anderson, Gary Don Anderson, Teddy Bruce Arnold, Charles Wayne Bahe, Mandy Gail Bahe, Mandy Gail ...

The University of Oklahoma announced students named to its spring 2021 honor rolls, a distinction given to those who achieve the highest academic standards. A total of 8,930 students were named to the...

Well, we start another month for 2021. We held our business meeting on June 18 with Becky leading the meeting with our pledge to the flag and Ms. Becki Roe doing our prayer. Prayers were sent out to L...

If you would like to list your meeting or event in the Community Area Calendar, please email all the information to ladonna@cookson.news . You may also call 918-473-2313 or mail the information to McI...

115 Years Ago: Checotah Times • March 15, 1907 LOCAL • Dr. Cain was a Eufaula visitor Wednesday. • Garden Seed of all kinds at Chenault’s. • Geo. Farris was down from Muskogee yesterday. • Mrs. Will F...

A thick cloud of dust engulfed two Caterpillar excavators as the heavy equipment pulled down the 121-yearold building at Main Street and Foley Avenue last week. The spectacular display took place Tues...

A semi-trailer hauling frozen chicken caught fire this past week approximately one mile south of Checotah on Highway 69. On July 8, the cab of the big rig began burning after the trucker’s rear inner ...

Annual Memorial Service Honey Springs Battlefield will host its annual memorial service honoring the 158th anniversary of the Battle of Honey Springs near Checotah on Saturday, July 17, at 10:30 a.m. ...

For 24 years Davie Spindle was the “Voice of the Wildcats” in the press box at Ogle Field in Checotah. Now time has moved on and the press box is in poor condition and Spindle has passed away. However...

Railroad buffs will appreciate a special appearance in McAlester next month of Big Boy No. 4014, the world’s largest locomotive. Union Pacific owns the humongous engine that travels the country as par...