The Muscogee (Creek) Nation Eufaula Health Center is now offering the COVID-19 vaccine to all Muscogee citizens and Native Americans age 16 and older. “We are committed to ensuring our Native communit...

Checotah Public Schools is pleased to announce it has received a $9,500 grant from the Carolyn Watson Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation through its Community Grant program. The grant will be used to...

Wendy Peckham Logan has lived in Checotah her entire life and knew from a very young age that becoming a teacher was what she wanted to do. Now at 52 years young, she says being named Marshall Elemen...

Coronavirus watch – Monday, March 8 The State Health Department on  Mon day, March  8 ,  released the following numbers concerning the COVID-19 virus in Oklahoma. According to the  Department  a total...

The Checotah Lady Wildcats defeated Skiatook 48-32 on Thursday to move on in regional action on Saturday. It was a huge victory over Skiatook that gave Checotah momentum. After trailing 10-5 at the e...

On March 4, 1493 – Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon, Portugal, aboard his ship Niña from his voyage to what is now The Bahamas and other islands in the Caribbean. 1789 – The first ...

Back-to-back winter storms brought snow and below freezing temperatures to Oklahoma this month, earning a literal upturned nose from the state’s alligators. Though the toothy reptiles are much less co...

As we begin to thaw across the state, you may notice small dead fish floating at some Oklahoma reservoirs. Threadfin shad (Dorosoma petenense), a popular baitfish species in Oklahoma, are a subtropica...

Felony Cases Rhonda Lynne Radley: cruelty to animals Ryan Wid Staples: endangering others while eluding/attempting to elude police; driving with license canceled/suspended/revoked Misdemeanor Cases Ri...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Some of the biggest names in popular film, literature, television and music will be recognized during the 60th anniversary Western Heritage Awards, scheduled for September 17 – 18,...

My how one year changes. Just a year ago the world changed for high sports in Oklahoma. The Eufaula Lady Ironheads were on their way to the Big House in OKC to square off against Jones. With less than...

The Professional Oklahoma Educators Foundation has launched a fundraising campaign, titled “Heart Times,” that allows teachers and businesses to help replace educators’ personal teaching supplies if d...

(Staff photos by LaDonna Rhodes)

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt spent the past two days begging for more federal money to help the state recover from a historic winter storm. “This has been an important trip because I wanted to let our fe...

Jerry McPeak, Warner, has completed his term on the 2021 American Farmers & Ranchers/Oklahoma Farmers Union (AFR/OFU) Policy Committee, a subset of the AFR/OFU Cooperative membership that sets yearly ...

Wesley Robert “Bob” Mote, M.D., was soft-spoken and private. A U.S. Air Force physician for 39 years, Mote still lived in the 1,200-square-foot Moore home he purchased in the ‘60s when he died at age ...

The House has passed education bills that would allow Oklahoma students to transfer between public school districts at any time and that change the school funding formula to make money follow the stud...

The Oklahoma House of Representatives Insurance Committee today passed legislation to cap the cost of insulin for many Oklahomans with Type 1 diabetes. House Bill 1019’s author, Rep. Rande Worthen, R-...

House Minority Leader Emily Virgin, D-Norman, released the following statement after two major school transfer and funding bills passed off the House floor last week. “While the stated rationale for H...

Oklahoma is on the verge of overhauling its Medicaid program and changing how about a quarter of the state’s population receives health care. Gov. Kevin Stitt and the Oklahoma Health Care Authority an...