Checotah Farmers Market is up and running every Saturday. It is located in the parking lot on the northwest corner of Main and Gentry (in Martin’s Meat Market parking lot) 8 a.m. until noon. Vendor sp...

NORFOLK, Va.-A 2017 Okay High School native returned home June 16, marking the end of a seven-month deployment aboard USS Harry S. Truman. Since departing its homeport of Norfolk, Virginia in carrier ...

On July 9, 1776 – The Declaration of Independence was read aloud to Gen. George Washington’s troops in New York. 1795 – James Swan paid off the $2,024,899 US national debt. 1846 – An American naval ca...

Arvest Bank has been recognized by Forbes magazine as one of the “World’s Best Banks” for 2020. This marks the second consecutive year it has received the honor, which is based on customer feedback. F...

The horrific aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 was the catalyst for OSU’s Unmanned Systems Research Institute’s work to help first responders today. At that time, no technology could help...

Pauline Morton 101 Tulsa Bernice Walker 102 Muskogee Viola McMahon 101 Washington Lorene Richison 102 Osage Hazel Briant 101 Creek Imo McLean 103 Custer Doug Zook, Sr. 101 Tulsa Flora McKee 103 Pittsb...

Some Oklahoma horse owners are fighting an incursion of blister beetles that have moved into their facilities from the alfalfa fields, Oklahoma State University Extension experts said. “Consistent per...

114 Years Ago: Checotah Times • Friday, March 3, 1906 BIG K. OF P. MEETING Large Attendance at District Meeting Held at Fort Gibson Fort Gibson, I.T. - The K. of P. district meeting for the Third dist...

The Checotah Landmark Preservation Society hosted the annual Alumni Coffee this past Saturday, June 27. The gathering was a little different this year as the event was held at the Checotah Intermedia...

Call it fate or destiny, but it’s still amazing how one Marine’s enlistment became the very thing that set his mother’s military mission on course for a whole community, from military banners to Gold...

Checotah’s very own Jade McPeak was recently awarded the title of National Junior Miss United States Agriculture and crowned during a ceremony in Florida. On June 19 - 20, contestants traveled from al...

The City of Checotah will have the City Trash Off from July 10 - 12. Due to COVID -19 this year, residents will be responsible for the hauling and disposing of their own trash at the city maintenance ...

City of Checotah postpones 4th of July celebration The City of Checotah had to make a decision for the greater good of the community to postpone the upcoming 4th of July celebration planned due to the...

Mayor Daniel Tarkington along with the Chamber of Commerce had to make the grueling decision to cancel the City of Checotah’s 4th of July Celebration due to the steady rising of COVID-19 cases in the ...

A woman who blamed God for telling her to ram a vehicle in front of her last year has pled no contest to a charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. District Judge Mike Hogan sentenced Sh...

A long drawn-out battle over the fate of the 28- room Budget Inn Motel, located on old Highway 69 south of Interstate 40, may be drawing closer to a conclusion. The City of Checotah condemned the buil...

Getting the annual flu shot is always important. But this year, it might be essential. The SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus is surging throughout the state and much of the country, and many health experts are p...

Felony Cases Austin Earl Brown: assault and battery upon a police officer Michael Ray Craft: feloniously pointing firearm; possession of firearm after former felony conviction; domestic abuse – assaul...

2020 senior Alex Hamm is presented the Checotah Landmark Preservation Society’s award by Betty Barrett.

A tombstone that depicts two hands shaking in compromise reads, “In remembrance of Black Beaver. Died May 8, 1880. Aged 74 years.” Black Beaver’s life is a story of triumph, exile and service to count...