The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced an extension of eviction and foreclosure moratoriums on USDA Single Family Housing Direct and Guaranteed loans through June 30, 2021. The actions announced...

The Livestock indemnity Program (LIP) provided by the USDA Farm Service Agency provides assistance to you for livestock deaths in excess of normal mortality caused by adverse weather, disease and atta...

Congressman Markwayne Mullin invites students to enter the 2021 Congressional Art Competition. The Artistic Discovery competition is an opportunity to recognize and encourage the artistic talent in th...

“I can look you in the eye and just about tell sincerity in somebody,” said Dorothy WhiteHorse DeLaune, who built an enduring friendship with a then-10-year-old German actress on a New Mexico movie s...

March 15-22, 2021 • John C. Lawrence: Petit Larceny • Kenneth Lee Deines: Failure to Comply with Compulsory Insurance • Barry Forest Hill: Failure to Pay Taxes Due to State / Expired Tag • Shaw Alan S...

Oklahoma tribes are both hopeful and anxious as they wait for the funds and spending rules from the American Rescue Plan that President Biden signed last week. Native American tribes nationwide Native...

The Senate made history Monday, March 15, with its confirmation of New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as the next Interior secretary, making her the first Native American to head a Cabinet agency. The confir...

A woman’s body was found in a burning mobile home in Piney Creek Estates 10 miles east of Eufaula on Saturday, March 13. Assistant State Fire Marshal James Fullingim said the fire started in the west ...

The Checotah Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a Member Appreciation Luncheon on May 11 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. located at Veterans Park. The Chamber would like to show their appreciation to each mem...

The Oklahoma Water Resources Board adopted proposed changes to water quality monitoring standards for the Illinois River watershed in its Tuesday meeting, but one key proposed change failed to clear t...

115 Years Ago: Checotah Times • November 23, 1906 Public School Report for the Second Month To Patrons of Checotah Public School: We have repeatedly insisted that the students attend school regularly,...

FLEAS (Friendly Lake Eufaula Area Supporters) is taking applications for its annual Irene Van Sandt Scholarship of $1,000. The scholarship will be awarded to the most deserving student from one of thr...

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol announces applications for the 47th Cadet Lawman Academy are open until April 1. The free, weeklong summer program is open to students between their junior and senior years...

CHECOTAH - Marvin Keith Robertson, age 59, U.S. Army veteran and former resident of Checotah/Pierce community, passed away Saturday, March 13, 2021 in his home in Kansas City, MO. Service of Memory wi...

During the past nine months or so at least 100 defendants in a variety of criminal cases filed in McIntosh County District Court have filed motions for their cases to be dismissed based up the July 9,...

CHS sophomore Chloe Smith and CHS senior Jacob Schiebert recently competed and achieved spots in the 2021 Virtual Allstate Choirs. Smith sang in the Treble Choir and Schiebert sang in the Mixed Choir....

Volunteer artists got creative and painted scenes and sayings on rocks for a Rock Hunt to coincide with the Community Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 27 from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Checotah Sport...

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

Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame manager Harley Joe Hamm, Jr., 50, passed away from an undisclosed cause on Friday, March 12 in Muskogee and was laid to rest on Thursday, March 18 at the First Assembly of ...

Enforcing the law has never been easy. Today, it is a nightmare. The bad dream began on July 9, 2020 when the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision overturning the conviction of Jimcy M...