114 Years Ago: Checotah Times • April 13, 1906 THE DENVER EXPRESS Will appear in Checotah next Monday night A show that will doubtless draw a big crowd will appear at the Tuckabatchee hall next Monday...

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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...

“Myaamionki” means all the places the Miami people have ever lived, whether past or present. Saakiiweeyonki was the original Miami village established in the Great Lakes region, near where the St. Jo...

They look rather prehistoric, and they can make a pretty good smudge mark on a vehicle’s windshield. And oh boy, can they jump and eat. Fortunately, of the more than 130 resident species of grasshoppe...

Checotah resident Alethea Nicole Lively, 46, pled guilty last week to three charges of second-degree rape involving minors and three charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, thereby avoi...

The Eufaula Public School District is allowing McIntosh County District Court to use the Eufaula Middle School gym as the site for jury orientation in the upcoming jury term. The upcoming jury term is...

Budget Inn is demolished by the owner after failing to bring it back to safety codes in Checotah. The City of Checotah had condemned the motel last year but had been in legal matters since then.STAFF ...

Checotah Public Schools prepare to reopen for the 2020-2021 school year though many parents, students and even staff still have COVID-19 concerns as positive cases continue to increase in the county. ...

Porum Public Works Authority will receive a $3.5 million loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to improve its aging water system. The system, constructed in the 1970’s, has made improvements ov...

Zachary Horton, 21, of Bartlesville drowned on Lake Eufaula six mies southwest of Eufaula July 30. According to the OHP Lake Patrol, Horton, at about 7:20 p.m., was swimming approximately 150 yards of...

Voters in McIntosh County who want to have absentee ballots mailed to them for the Aug. 25, 2020 Runoff Primary Election should apply now, County Election Board Secretary Janelle McKnight said. Althou...

Fast Lanes’ 3rd annual Car Show and Cruise Night is set for this Saturday and will wrap up the summer bowling leagues at Fast Lanes, Inc. Owners, Mike and Lori Barnard will host the event in conjunct...

Pig farmers faced many obstacles due to COVID-19. But that did not keep them from supporting their state when so many other Oklahomans faced great needs. When pork processing plants across the country...

Johnson O’ Malley (JOM) supplies will be given out on Monday, Aug.10 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Tuesday, August 11 from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. Parents can pick supplies up at the Checotah Middle School cafe...

Oklahomans are being asked to go against their natural curiosity and green-thumb tendencies, setting aside mail deliveries of mystery seeds from China instead of planting them. The packages have turne...

In response to the flood of inmates challenging their state convictions on historic tribal lands, including those lands not associated with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Attorney General Mike Hunter on...

A lawsuit was filed in Okmulgee County last week, which alleges the State of Oklahoma, counties, cities and towns may have collected monies without lawful authority or jurisdiction. The filing came fo...

State Rep. Avery Frix, R-Muskogee, on Monday commented on the awarding of a contract to resurface a portion of U.S. Highway 69 in Muskogee. The project will run from 0.1 miles north of the U.S. Highwa...

Oklahoma State University agricultural economics researchers teamed with their peers at Purdue University to conduct a national survey of U.S. residents to determine beliefs and knowledge regarding th...