115 Years Ago: Checotah Times • November 30, 1906 Porum Is Sporty Porum is assuming an air of metropolitan enjoyment that does one good to look upon. The liberality of her citizens has furnished a rac...

The Checotah Chamber of Commerce recently held a ribbon cutting for Checotah Gun and Pawn owned by Joey and Aimee Marion. The shop is located at 126 N. Broadway and is now open for business Monday thr...

The Checotah Chamber of Commerce announced Boomerang Diner as the Business of the Month. Boomerang is owned by Penelope Boomerang is owned by Penelope Payne and established in 2008. It is located at 3...

The 4th and 5th grade CIS Academic Teams went to Glenpool on Friday, March 26th to compete in the Alpha and Beta Tournaments. They competed against 4th and 5th graders from Kiefer and Hominy. The 4th...

March 29 - April 5, 2021 • Candice Newport: Petit Larceny • Courtney Sue Brown: Petit Larceny • Lavina Elizabeth Best: Possession of CDS; Possession of Paraphernalia • Eli Berryhill: Disturbing the Pe...

Justin Neely, director of language for the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, grew up among elders who told him that if the Potawatomi language is lost, so are the Potawatomi people. Now, the tribal elders w...

Lions Club begins meetings The Checotah Lions Club will start its new year of meetings this month on Thursday, April 22 at noon at Jazmin’s Mexican Restaurant. The club will meet monthly on the second...

Some more P.A.W. (Positively Awesome Wildcats) students at Marshall: Mason Morrison, Stryker Franks and Levi Love. STAFF PHOTO | LADONNA RHODES

A cast and crew of 102 performed “The Messiah” to a packed auditorium on Thursday and Friday night at Lighthouse Christian Center, which has put on Easter productions for over 20 years. STAFF PHOTO | ...

Thomas Eugene Corley, 61, of Eufaula, has been charged with rape by instrumentation, child sexual abuse and lewd exhibition in connection with a case involving an eight-year-old girl. The alleged vict...

Frito Pie Fundraiser April 9 The Masonic Lodge #86 will be having a drive thru or delivery Frito Chili Pie Fundraiser on Friday, April 9 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 625 W. Gentry, Checotah. Dinner will ...

Mark your calendar for June 25 and 26 for the Checotah High School Alumni Reunion. Friday, June 25, come to the Multipurpose Building at the Checotah Intermediate School for socializing with old frien...

The Second Annual Spring Sling Disc Golf Tournament is in the books. If you were near the Checotah Sports Complex this last Saturday, you saw our disc golf course covered with men and women from aroun...

The sun was shining on Checotah’s Community Egg Hunt this year on March 27 at the Checotah Sports Complex. Though the fields were still a little damp, over 225 participants flooded the fields to play ...

The Class of Checotah band competed on Wednesday, March 31 at the OSSAA State Band Contest in Elk City, earning the OSSAA State Sweepstakes Award, which is the highest honor a high school band can ach...

The staff of Marshall Elementary, particularly the students, parents and friends of Ms. Kittie Dishman’s class and Mrs. Jamie Burleson’s class, gathered together to release blue balloons in recognitio...

Jase Wilks, 6, and Kaylee Wilks, 4, raised money for their bunny business, specifically bunny hutches by offering pictures with the bunnies at Slice of Country this past Saturday. COURTESY PHOTO

Checotah senior forward Vanessa Henson earned All Regional basketball honors. Henson suffered a devastating foot injury but overcame the injury and ended her high school basketball career with 980 tot...

February 1st place Overall AR Point Earner for 1st place Overall AR Point Earner for 1st grade - Kinlee Frame 2nd place Overall AR Point Earner for 1st grade - Remi Walker Accelerated Reading Highest...

Felony Cases Elzie Eugene Haney: battery/assault and battery on police officer; obstructing officer; resisting an officer; intimidation of witness; protective order violation Gage Steven McLeod: actua...