Coronavirus watch – Tuesday, Jan. 26 The State Health Department released the following COVID-19 numbers on Tuesday, January 26. Statewide, the Department reported 376,424 people have contracted the v...

Expect road construction on U.S. Highway 69 just north of Eufaula, between State Highways 9 and 150, to last through December, according to a spokesperson for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation...

Coronavirus watch – Friday, Jan. 22 The State Health Department reported the third death in less than a week in McIntosh County from COVID-19. The latest fatality, released on Friday, Jan. 22, is a Eu...

Checotah High School Principal Jennifer Campbell congratulated the Class of 2021 Academic Letterman Jacket Recipients for a job well done on Friday, Jan. 15. The following seniors were recognized as ...

On Wednesday, January 6, 2021 part of Checotah’s history went up in flames. The Kniseley historical home, remembered by so many and loved by all, caught fire around 3 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon and ...

Floyd Joseph Ball Jr. 35, of Checotah was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury last week on charges of kidnapping in Indian Country and aggravated sexual abuse in Indian Country. The indictment states tha...

Tressie Dan, 94, prayed for the nation and its newly elected leaders on Monday, Jan. 18, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. She was among worshippers who attended a prayer breakfast at the Mt. Olive Star B...

Porum residents Ashley Alyssa Johnson, 47, and Douglas Lee Sail Jr., 42, have been indicted on multiple charges by a Federal Grand Jury. Charges include conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbe...

Voters who receive absentee ballots by mail should be aware that a temporary absentee ballot verification option which was put in place by state legislators last year has expired. The temporary verifi...

The Beaver brothers, Aaron and Allen, broke ground on Monday, January 18, on the future site of their soon-to-be dental office building, located south of Richy’s Pawn on Business 69. 

Family, friends, your Demo staff and newspapers across the state are mourning the passing of Becky Mayo who passed away Thursday morning in Sallisaw. She had worked many years at the Sequoyah County T...

Patrick Dwayne Murphy, 51, will have his day in court - again. This time it will be in federal court. Murphy, a former resident of Vernon, was convicted in state district court in May, 2020, for the A...

Oklahoma Highway Patrol Troopers are still investigating a deadly crash involving a pedestrian in Muskogee County. According to OHP the crash happened just after 7:30 p.m. on Saturday approximately tw...

Using extra caution, courthouses across the state have been put on alert about possible demonstrations that have been discussed on social media outlets. The alert was issued Thursday, Jan. 14, and is ...

The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from November business. The monies they reported this period represent sale...

“It takes a village” to feed a village that’s why volunteers from Freedom House and the community are always needed for the monthly grocery distribution of The Least of These Ministries. 

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Choice Lynn Needham, age 46, of Quinton, entered a guilty plea to Laundering Monetary Instruments, punishable by...

115 Years Ago: Checotah Times • September 21, 1906 Local News of the Week - A. Self of Burney was in town Tuesday. - City council met in regular session Monday night. - Gabel Self of Burnet left Tuesd...

The ring-necked pheasant is a beautifully colored game bird hunted here in Oklahoma. If you’ve ever thought these birds have an exotic look, well you are right. These exotic birds are native to China ...

The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame salutes all those who played a critical role in 2020 during the pandemic to ensure that the players, coaches and fans had the opportunity ...