Coronavirus watch – Monday, Feb. 8 Three more McIntosh County residents have died from COVID-19, two in Checotah and one in Eufaula, the State Health Department reported on Monday, Feb. 8. The deaths ...

Chamber of Commerce postpones banquet The Checotah Chamber of Commerce has postponed until further notice their annual banquet in an effort to keep the community safer as more COVID cases are on the r...

Native American tribes who have had their ancestral lands stolen, their reservations annulled, their culture trampled, say the COVID-19 pandemic was the breaking point. “It just came down to, if it w...

Mrs. Pitts’ kindergarten class celebrated 100 days of school this past Friday. COURTESY PHOTO

Checotah residents had sweet surprises for Serey Pich’s family following the birth of their new daughter. Amanda and Delaney Davis dropped off baby gifts to the owners of Paradise Donuts early Monday ...

Andy McKay grew up on Tiger Mountain, where his mother Trudy (Norman) McKay was born, along with three other brothers, Mike, Brad and Greg. One thing Tiger Mountain is known for is raising some prett...

Over half way through their 2,700-mile journey, Matt Grooms and Grace Nesseth are having the adventure of a lifetime as they “Walk Across America” through nine states, raising money for one great cau...

Marshall Elementary celebrated 100 days of school with the students thinking about what they might look like at 100 years old. This youngster was pretty sure he’d look old and big, have a cane and wou...

Four defendants in separate criminal cases have pled guilty to crimes in Indian Country, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. The four include: • Mich...

Oklahoma State University has announced plans to hold in-person classes this fall. More progress is expected in the coming months to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus through widespread vaccinatio...

After a wide swath of rural and urban voters rejected State Question 805 last November, supporters of the sentencing reform ballot initiative vowed to regroup and turn their attention to the next legi...

As of 5 p.m. Monday, the following candidates had filed for election in Checotah and Eufaula: Checotah: • Ronnie Brinsfield, Ward 4 • Tony Fields, Ward 2 • Earnest Gene Myers, Ward 1 • Delaina Ann Ste...

Deputy Health Commissioner Keith Reed said the unreliable federal database provides little insight into when and where vaccines are being administered. Information about who has received vaccines from...

As Oklahomans wait for the state’s limited COVID-19 vaccine supply, more than 62,000 doses allocated for long-term care residents and staff remain in freezers. The state Department of Health provided ...

Two area men have been charged with second degree rape and four others with lewd acts involving a minor. The teenager, a resident of the Checotah area, was 15 when the various allegations occurred but...

Travis Chisum and Rob Henley, in the background, finished putting railing up around the 3D mural created by Tracy Lee Stum and Sayak Mitra last year in Eufaula. Chisum and Henley are welders who are p...

115 Years Ago: Checotah Times • September 28, 1906 City Council Proceedings City council met in regular sesson Mondya night with ll members prsent. Minutes of last meeting read and approved. Report of...

Eufaula’s economic future looked a lot brighter following a special meeting of the City Council on Jan. 26. The Council approved a request by Xtreme Resorts owners Ron Henry and his wife Mary to assum...

OKLAHOMA CITY — In celebration of the life and legacy of late civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., WGU announced that it will award $75,000 in scholarships to those who have dreamed of fur...

Residents of McIntosh County who live in the Warner School District should be aware that Friday, Feb. 5, is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the March 2,...