There’s still time to trim Broadway’s Christmas trees The City of Checotah still needs businesses to step up to decorate the Broadway trees for Christmas. The city is looking forward to the holidays a...

Ronnie Gene Casey Jr., 26, Hanna, was arrested last week following a high speed chase involving sheriff’s deputies and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, according to a report by the McIntosh County Sheriff...

It’s that time of year for Checotah’s angels to once more light up the Angel Trees to help Santa bring gifts to young school children awaiting Christmas presents in McIntosh County. Local will be able...

Wallace C. McNac (Hotulgee Fixico), a Muscogee-Creek, my great-great-grandfather, was born in 1836 in what is Elmore County, Alabama. He was a member of the Upper Creek Town, Tuckabatchee/Tokvpvcce (T...

Ava Rose Johnson, a 13-year-old Christian recording artist, made music history at the age of 12 when she became the youngest to ever win Best Independent Recording by a New Artist at the 19th Annual ...

Honey Springs Battlefield will host a traveling exhibit from the Tulsa Historical Society entitled “Tulsa 1921” about the Tulsa Race Massacre. The traveling exhibit will be on display inside the Visit...

A 16-year-old Checotah teenager, already facing multiple charges related to an alleged rape and threatening phone calls, is facing more charges. The youth was charged on Nov. 24 with intimidation of a...

Here are the latest results from the Oklahoma State Department of Health as of Tuesday, Dec. 1. McIntosh County Active Cases: 849 Increase of 3 Total Recovered: 720 Increase of 12 Total Deaths: 13 Che...

A 24-year-old Checotah man is listed in stable condition at St. Francis Muskogee hospital after being involved in a single vehicle accident. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Seth McKibben appa...

December 7-11 Monday, Dec. 7: Hamburger stew; oven fried okra; cornbread; brownie; milk Tuesday, Dec. 8: Ham & eggs; biscuit & gravy; fruit cup; coffee; cake; vegetable juice; milk Wednesday, Dec. 9: ...

FOI Oklahoma’s annual First Amendment Congress for high school students has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 9. The virtual event was originally set for late October but was postponed because of s...

From now through Dec., 7, individuals and families are encouraged to sign up for a free box of food to be given away from Dec. 17-19, by God’s Helping Hands. Register from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday, W...

Prosecutors have initiated a pilot project to investigate missing and murdered Indigenous persons, it was announced last week U.S. Attorneys Trent Shores of the Northern District of Oklahoma and Brian...

114 Years Ago: Checotah Times • August 3, 1906 Two Men Are Dead As Result of a Fight at Bennefield Tuesday Jim Bennefield and Jim Skinner are dead and Joe Pelkey badly injured as the result of a free-...

For the last four years, the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) has coordinated with the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) to collect gift donations for the state’s children in f...

McIntosh County Fairgrounds #1 Judge - Jason McPeak LAMBS: Grand Champion Overall Lamb Mikinna Carnes with her Cross Reserve Champion Overall Lamb Baylen Brinlee with her Speck Third Overall Wyn Yance...

Ake, Roger M. Austin Michael Allen, Edmond Monte Allen, Justin Lee Almeida, Louis Ernest III Anderson, Gary Don Anderson, Teddy Bruce Arnold, Charles Wayne Bahe, Mandy Gail Baker, Jerry Beal Bash, Jes...

The candidate filing period for the Board of Education in McIntosh County school districts is December 7, 8 and 9. Candidates will file at the McIntosh County Election Board office from 8 a.m. to 5 p....

Felony Cases Dakota possession of a sawed-off shotgun; possession of CDS Juvenile: intimidation of witness; pornographyprocure/produce/distribute/possess juvenile pornography Misdemeanor Cases Joey Bl...

COURTESY Keith Bogle landed this huge 10-point whitetail buck while hunting in the Eufaula area.