Two Oklahoma Army National Guardsmen were injured during a two-vehicle collision on Will Rogers Turnpike in northeastern Oklahoma, Monday, Feb. 15. Following the incident, both Soldiers were transport...

Through With Chew Week, Feb. 21- 27, focuses on offering those Oklahomans who use smokeless tobacco the opportunity to quit, with free help from the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline, a program of TSET. “Smok...

A 2021 Special Enrollment Period (SEP) for individual health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) began Monday, Feb.15. Oklahomans who do not have health insurance may be eligible to pu...

At the request of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, the Oklahoma National Guard is activating nearly 90 National Guard members and pre-positioning them at locations across Oklahoma in advance ...

As of Feb. 18, the Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System has given the COVID-19 vaccine to 5,119 Veterans. A total of 3,995 Veterans have received their first shot and 1,124 Veterans have received bo...

The Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) is pleased to announce that the Friends of the Oklahoma History Center has received a grant from Inasmuch Foundation in the amount of $35,000 to fund a project to...

COURTESY PHOTOS | MICHAEL PENDLEY, VANTAGE POINT PHOTOGRAPHY

On February 25, 1811 – Congress authorizes first naval hospital. 1836 – Samuel Colt patented the first revolving barrel multishot firearm. 1861 – The Confederate Marine Corps was organized in Richmond...

The Warner School District will hold a Special Election on March 2. McIntosh County voters must be registered at and reside at an address within the geographical boundaries of the Warner School Distri...

Oklahoma is pushing ahead with its COVID-19 vaccination drive despite severe winter storms that left thousands of people stranded in their homes and some without electricity and running water. And the...

Oklahoma’s Kiowa Tribe is moving to expand emergency assistance efforts for tribal members as severe weather conditions are now only beginning to abate. The tribe is offering free firewood, and househ...

The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) reports a continued decline in continued and initial unemployment claims, with the continued claims four-week moving average declining for the 33rd c...

Two of the nation’s premiere journalism schools are partnering to expand coverage of indigenous communities. The University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Wa...

Indian Territory Checotah Cemetery under a blanket of snow was beautiful. COURTESY PHOTO | KARL RAY Nothing was coming down these frozen tracks during this snow storm. COURTESY PHOTO | HOLLY LACKEY F...

Oklahoma farmers expressed optimism about the Senate’s 51-49 vote to uphold the Trump administration’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule, which replaced an Obama-era regulation farmers feared would lea...

Senate Appropriations Chair Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, issued the following statement after the Oklahoma State Board of Equalization (BOE) met on Tuesday to certify revenues available for appropriation...

The McIntosh County Rural Water, Sewer, Gas and Solid Waste Management District No. 8 (District) received approval for $100,000 in funding Tuesday from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) to imp...

115 Years Ago: Checotah Times • October 19, 1906 Most Destructive Fire in History of Checotah Saturday Morning One Life Lost and About a Dozen Buildings Burned; Citizens Did Valiant Work in Fighting t...

If you are a registered voter in McIntosh County and live in the Warner School District, you may wish to request an absentee ballot by mail to vote in the March 2 Warner School District Special Electi...

A seminar on Black History Month will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 27, at Mt. Olive Star B. Church, Rev. Samuel Cunningham, Pastor. The church is 10 miles west of Checotah. The seminar is sponso...