Rank and organization: Lance Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, Company I, 3d Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. Place and date: Republic of Vietnam, 6 May 1970. Entered service at: Fort Jackson, ...

With warm weather arriving, and school almost out, it’s beginning to look like Summer Reading Program time! Eastern Oklahoma Library System announces our 2021 Summer Reading Program (SRP) lineup of ch...

Gardeners know that as the weather improves and temperatures rise, they’re getting closer to fresh produce such as squash, melons and cucumbers. Unfortunately, that excitement can be “squashed” when t...

Native Arts in Posey Park: May 1

Neighbors across the country will soon have an opportunity to help change their communities for the better through State Farm Neighborhood Assist®. The program will award $25,000 grants to 40 nonprofi...

The FLEAS group met at Los Arcos in Longtown on April 21. President Joy Hamilton presided over the meeting and discussed several items of interest. We talked about the upcoming scholarship. Since we w...

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...

2nd Grade April P.A.W. Award winners: Cody Keeton, Leo Garrett, Adrienne Hartgrove, Macyn Pointer, Gabriel Watson and Caiden Culbreth. STAFF PHOTOS | LADONA RHODES 1st Grade April P.A.W. Award winner...

May 10-14, 2021 • Monday, May 10: Sloppy Joe on a bun; potato wedges; 3-bean salad; Rice Krispy treat; milk • Tuesday, May 11: Navy beans & ham; spinach; stewed tomatoes; cornbread; baked apples; milk...

All smiles in the center, Emily Hudson, is 77 years old and made her first-ever blood donation last week at the CHS Blood Drive. Hudson recently moved to Checotah to live with her daughter, Brenda Hud...

115 Years Ago: Checotah Times • January 4, 1907 Ready for Business Again After being out of business for more than half a year on account of being burned out, Ira Marsh, the druggist, is again prepare...

Back-to-back extreme weather events that hit much of Oklahoma - excessive rainfall that led to flooding on April 27 and severe thunderstorms with up to baseball-size hail and high winds on April 28 - ...

The University of Oklahoma announced today the appointment of André-Denis Wright as senior vice president and provost for the Norman campus, pending OU Board of Regents’ approval. An internationally r...

Finding Hope Finding Hope is a support group for loved ones of addiction. It is a meeting where you will find education, inspiration and a community of other loved ones who have been impacted by addic...

In tough times, communities find strength in people, and people find strength in their communities. In the past year, we’ve seen this time and again across eastern Oklahoma as friends, neighbors and b...

The staff at Hunter’s Home announces the reopening of the mansion for guided tours. Beginning on May 1, they will offer tours Tuesday through Saturday at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Even more ...

Cool weather helped keep severe weather at bay in Oklahoma throughout much of April. A late spring freeze - damaging in its own right - punctuated the scarcity of severe weather during the month’s fir...

The Checotah Lions Club met for their first meeting of 2021 at Jazmin’s Mexican Restaurant on Thursday, April 22 and started making plans to move forward after a time of being shut down because of COV...

Dennis Short, a local artist, joined new director Iris Park at the Heartland Heritage Museum and Gallery this past Saturday for the newest “Meet and Greet.” These Saturday events will continue every w...

Kevin Branscum lost a close friend and a partner in crime fighting last week with the passing of Gino, a German shepherd K-9. The two partnered up in 2012, when Branscum was still a deputy sheriff wit...