It has been 18 months since the COVID-19 virus emerged from Wuhan, China, and the mainstream media is only just now beginning to acknowledge the fact that President Trump was right to place blame on t...

114 Years Ago: Checotah Times • February 15, 1907 $600 a Month for Good Roads Six hundred dollars a month is what the Checotah Ten Thousand Club proposes to spend in improving the roads that lead to C...

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...

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 Baker, Jerry Beal...

The Lake Eufaula Association’s Annual Golden Eagle Poker Run is now history, one that won’t be forgotten anytime soon - especially by the contestants who split more than $25,000 in winnings. All of th...

SH-150, two miles south of Interstate 40 in McIntosh County, has reopened after a temporary closure last week, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation announced Thursday. Temporary repairs were made...

One never knows when they will be put in a spot to make a difference in the world. Far too many people make decisions out of convenience or by choice with the conclusion of not wanting to be involved....

The heat and humidity didn’t stop the local folk or visitors from celebrating the 55th Old Settlers Day festival and parade. In fact, one might say it went off without a hitch. It was a day packed ful...

State Rep. Avery Frix, R-Muskogee, commented on the announcement that a Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) Healthy Incentive Grant had been awarded to Oktaha Public Schools. The $20,000 grant w...

Roxy Theater will host a screening of Tulsa Race Massacre: 100 Years Later, from OETA. The event will be held at 220 West Okmulgee, Muskogee, Oklahoma 74401 on June 19 at 12 p.m., 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Ho...

On Saturday, June 19, the talented and award-winning Checotah Color Guard Team will be hosting a Daddy Daughter / Mommy & Me Dance from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Checotah Senior Citizens building. This ...

Last year’s annual 10-Mile Yard Sale was a bit of a bust, hampered by a steady drizzle and the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic that kept many people at home. “It was one of the few events that were actually...

All-terrain vehicles can be as dangerous as they are fun to ride. Six Eufaula school Beacon students learned that last week as they took advantage of an ATV safety class offered by the OSU Cooperative...

Mark your calendars for June 26, July 3 and July 17 for an education about the Civil War, which saw one battle fought at Honey Springs, near Rentiesville. Students from the University of Science & Art...

Kaleel Lang-Shumate and Cheyla Ward, seniors at Midway High School, have been awarded the 2021 Leah Collins Memorial Scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each. Recipients were announced during Midway’...

The Checotah Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for the new Edwards Jones office located at 309 N. Broadway St. , Suite A . Amber Downum and Ashley Lirette welcomed everyone as they toured the ...

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 Baker, Jerry Beal...

114 Years Ago: Checotah Times • February 8, 1907 NEW RAILROAD Harriman Buys Old Springs Right-of-Way Through Checotah That E. H. Harriman is rapidly assuming the absolute dictation of the railroads of...

Fifteen area students were among 7,623 named to the 2021 spring semester honor rolls at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, including 3,452 students named to the President’s Honor Roll for earnin...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that Miranda Lynne Ree, age 24, of Broken Arrow, was found guilty by a federal jury of second degree murder in India...