DEQ is excited to announce the release of the Online Operator Training Platform. This new platform provides additional training opportunities to Oklahoma’s water and wastewater operators, and it is a ...

Day 1: Artist Tracy Lee Stum prepares paint for her 3D art. Day 2: Tracy Lee Strum hard at work. Day 1: Tracy Lee Stum and husband Sayak Mitra discuss the artistic journey they are about to embark up...

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 wa...

From above, the Lake Eufaula Trump Boat Parade assembling on Oklahoma’s largest lake Saturday looked like the 1944 D-Day invasion of Normandy when 6,939 vessels prepared to invade France to drive out ...

As is already known, our family experienced an unimaginable tragedy Friday, September 5. In a single moment, we lost four members of our families that will never be able to be replaced. Kevin and Holl...

Four members of a Checotah family were killed Friday night when a Cirrus SR-22 single-engine airplane crashed near Chester, Ark., a community about 35 miles south of Fayetteville. The four-seat aircr...

Shonda Marie Clark, 38, of Porum has been arrested and charged with making a telephone bomb threat to the McIntosh County Courthouse on Aug. 28. It is alleged in court documents that Clark made the th...

Pablo Elizondo, 27, of Park Hill, was given three five-year suspended sentences after pleading guilty to two counts of unauthorized use of a vehicle and one count of breaking and entering a dwelling w...

On September 13 at 10:30 a.m., The Church of Christ will celebrate 100 years of service in Checotah. During the congregation’s regular worship service they will be remembering those who sacrificed to...

A 56-year-old Porum woman was killed in a single vehicle accident Wednesday, Sept. 2. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Sheila Dover was southbound on 4306 Road two miles south of Texanna road...

The Checotah Youth Soccer League is now signing up players for the Fall 2020 soccer season. Register in person at Checotah Hall or online at the following links: U10 and older: https://sysem.gotsport....

The Fall Festival this past Saturday was fun for all ages and finished with a bang. It was a day packed full of festivities as Checotah celebrated their postponed 54th Old Settlers Day, their 2020 Ca...

Felony Cases Shonda Marie Clark-making a telephone bomb threat Noel Allan Dedmon-falsely personate another to create liablility Michael Duane Lee-assault with a dangerous weapon Randi Nicole Nixon-lea...

114 Years Ago: Checotah Times • May 11, 1906 THINKS 1,500 WERE KILLED San Francisco Coroner Declared Ruins Hold Many Corpses Coroner Walsh is still of the opinion that the remains of hundreds of earth...

State Rep. Avery Frix, R-Muskogee, recently was appointed to the Oklahoma State Pension Commission by House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka. The purpose of the commission is to establish uniform repor...

Time is running out to complete the 2020 Census with the deadline of 30 September approaching fast. According to a press release from the U.S. Census Bureau, there are three ways local businesses can ...

Historically noted as one of the largest and most prominent Plains tribes, the Pawnee Nation now consists of about 3,200 enrolled members. Tribal leaders said the Pawnee date back 700 years and once h...

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 wa...

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In an announcement on Monday, CPS informed the community that a staff member has tested positive for COVID-19. The school has followed and will continue to follow the health department’s recommendatio...