Homecoming Parade Sept. 24 The Checotah Homecoming Parade is set for this Thursday, Sept. 24, at 7 p.m. The parade will travel north from the middle school The parade will travel north from the middle...

The Senate Public Safety Committee heard from law enforcement offcials, Career Tech representatives and mental health experts Thursday about modernizing training for Oklahoma’s law enforcement offcers...

The Herron family is finally home, but unfortunately not the way their family, friends or community wished after a fatal plane crash on Sept. 4. On Thursday, Sept. 17 Checotah PD escorted David Ward w...

114 Years Ago: Checotah Times • May 25, 1906 OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS There is probably not a Checotah citizen who does not take pride in our excellent public schools. And justly they should. We believe we ...

The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (DPS) is further extending the expiration date of all Commercial Driver Licenses (CDLs), Commercial Learner Permits (CLPs), and Federal Department of Transport...

Armstrong Bank brought Spirit Shirts for all the Checotah Wildcat staff on Sept. 16. They wanted to encourage the staff because they know there is more stress during this school year with the extra CO...

Oklahoma broke a promise to the class of 2021 so it could save $1.9 million. The cost to those students - in academic opportunities and scholarship dollars - cannot be calculated. The state made a com...

Bryon Smith, the cemetery sexton, and Shane Arnold-Winkle were recently honored by the American Legion (Tony Fields) for all they do with placing the flags for the veteran’s graves at the cemetery. CO...

On September 24, 1780 – Benedict Arnold flees to British Army lines when the arrest of British Major John André exposes Arnold’s plot to surrender West Point. 1789 – The Judiciary Act of 1789 is passe...

The Checotah Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce Sharpe’s Department Store as its Business of the Month. Sharpes Department Store is now Sharpes Department Store is now located at 207 N. Broadw...

Local football teams are focusing on district play entering week four of the high school football season. Eufaula is in the same place its been the last two seasons at 1-2. The Ironheads have won nine...

They called it the “Indian problem.” The white settlers wanted more land, and the tribes held rich acreages. Removing tribes from the Southeast was more than just an idea by the time Andrew Jackson w...

Coronavirus watch - 9/17 The Oklahoma State Department of Health reported the following COVID -19 numbers for Thursday, September 17. State total positive cases, 73,318 confirmed (an increase of 1,034...

K-9 officer Eik, a 9-year-old Belgian Malinois, was officially retired after nine years of service to the Checotah Police Department on Sept. 14. Chief of Police Darren Glover stated K-9 officer Eik s...

From almost five years in federal prison to running her first 5K in February of this year, Margaret Casey has done a total 180-degree turnaround mentally, physically and spiritually. Casey’s quest for...

A 27-year-old Yukon man has been charged with rape by penetration of a female victim in the Tanglewood Bluff Addition of Porum Landing. Bryan Haskel Rhoads was arrested early Sunday, Aug. 30. Associat...

The McIntosh County Fair Livestock show will be held Thursday, Sept. 17, through Sunday, Sept. 20, at the fairgrounds in Eufaula. Due to the cancellation of exhibits at the Tulsa State Fair Educationa...

As a Checotah family is mourning the loss of four family members who perished in a recent plane crash, their local community is stepping up to help ease the financial pain that comes after the emotion...

Checotah Schools announced that they have been approved to provide five breakfasts, five lunches, and five dinner meals to distance and virtual students enrolled in the school district as well as the ...