The State Health Department released the following numbers Jan. 11-19 Monday, Jan. 11 The State Health Department released the following COVID-19 numbers on Monday, January 11. The last figures report...

Coronavirus watch – Wednesday, Jan. 20   Two  Checotah residents were among the 48  most recent  victims across the state who died from COVID-19, according to figures released Wednesday, Jan. 20, by t...

Coronavirus watch – Wednesday, Jan. 20   Two  Checotah residents were among the 48  most recent  victims across the state who died from COVID-19, according to figures released Wednesday, Jan. 20, by t...

Coronavirus watch – Monday, Jan. 18 The State Health Department released the following COVID-19 numbers on  Monday , January 1 8 . According to the Department’s figures the total number of positive ca...

Coronavirus watch – Thursday, Jan. 14 Another female in the 65 or older age group has died from COVID-19 in McIntosh County, according to a report by the State Health Department on Thursday, Jan. 14. ...

Brad Venable, a prominent video game and anime voice actor who chased his small town Checotah dreams to Los Angeles, California, passed away last week at age 43. Family stated that Venable had a heart...

On Wednesday, January 6, part of Checotah’s history went up in flames as the historical home built by the first pharmacist in Checotah, Herman D. Kniseley, caught fire around 3 p.m. Local firefighters...

Checotah Middle School announced their top Accelerated Reader point earners. Checotah Schools have been focusing on reading more throughout the day and the staff is beginning to see improvements in s...

A 21-year-old Checotah resident died in a single-vehicle accident near Eufaula in the early morning hours of Sunday, Jan. 10. Ramone Jackson, 21, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 2 a.m. crash. ...

A 29-year-old Checotah woman was killed in a two-car collision early Friday. Shelby R. Deluce was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Corey N. Murphy, 29, of Coweta. Murphy was not injured. Deluce was ...

The Walmart Supercenter in Checotah had to temporarily close their doors on Monday, Jan. 10 for additional cleaning, sanitizing and stocking. On Tuesday, Jan. 11 the store reopened at 6 a.m. for at ri...

Marguerite Schmitt, 91, passed away on Jan. 6, but her spirit will live on in the brick and mortar of the Eufaula Memorial Library which owes much to her for its existence. She was librarian for 13 ye...

Eastern Oklahoma State College’s scholarship applications for the 2021-22 academic year are due by midnight on Sunday, Feb. 21. Current and prospective students who plan to attend Eastern in the fall ...

The Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Foundation (OCF) is eager to distribute more than $25,000 in scholarships to students in 2021. The scholarships are available for current college students at an Oklahoma colle...

115 Years Ago: Checotah Times • September 14, 1906 GAME OF FREEZEOUT What the Standard Is Doing to Crush Life Out of Independent Producers Bartlesville, I.T. - Oil operators in Indian Territory and Ok...

Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, issued the following statement on Thursday after demonstrations supporting President Trump at the U.S. Capitol turned violent on Wednesday. “While I support the right of...

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced last week that the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) re-opened this week for new borrowers and certain existing PPP borrowers. To promote access ...

Cynthia (Cindy) Ledford, 51, former Pittsburg County Court Clerk, was arrested last week by agents with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and charged with one count of nepotism and one count ...

Bank to be closed on MLK Day Peoples National Bank will be closed Monday, Jan. 18 in observance of Martin Luther King’s birthday. All its facil ities will reopen during regular businesses hours on Tue...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jobe Anthony Terronez, age 19, of Muskogee County, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Attempted Robbery In Indian...