On February 25, 1811 – Congress authorizes first naval hospital. 1836 – Samuel Colt patented the first revolving barrel multishot firearm. 1861 – The Confederate Marine Corps was organized in Richmond...

The Warner School District will hold a Special Election on March 2. McIntosh County voters must be registered at and reside at an address within the geographical boundaries of the Warner School Distri...

Oklahoma is pushing ahead with its COVID-19 vaccination drive despite severe winter storms that left thousands of people stranded in their homes and some without electricity and running water. And the...

Oklahoma’s Kiowa Tribe is moving to expand emergency assistance efforts for tribal members as severe weather conditions are now only beginning to abate. The tribe is offering free firewood, and househ...

The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) reports a continued decline in continued and initial unemployment claims, with the continued claims four-week moving average declining for the 33rd c...

Two of the nation’s premiere journalism schools are partnering to expand coverage of indigenous communities. The University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Wa...

Indian Territory Checotah Cemetery under a blanket of snow was beautiful. COURTESY PHOTO | KARL RAY Nothing was coming down these frozen tracks during this snow storm. COURTESY PHOTO | HOLLY LACKEY F...

Oklahoma farmers expressed optimism about the Senate’s 51-49 vote to uphold the Trump administration’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule, which replaced an Obama-era regulation farmers feared would lea...

Senate Appropriations Chair Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, issued the following statement after the Oklahoma State Board of Equalization (BOE) met on Tuesday to certify revenues available for appropriation...

The McIntosh County Rural Water, Sewer, Gas and Solid Waste Management District No. 8 (District) received approval for $100,000 in funding Tuesday from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) to imp...

115 Years Ago: Checotah Times • October 19, 1906 Most Destructive Fire in History of Checotah Saturday Morning One Life Lost and About a Dozen Buildings Burned; Citizens Did Valiant Work in Fighting t...

If you are a registered voter in McIntosh County and live in the Warner School District, you may wish to request an absentee ballot by mail to vote in the March 2 Warner School District Special Electi...

A seminar on Black History Month will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 27, at Mt. Olive Star B. Church, Rev. Samuel Cunningham, Pastor. The church is 10 miles west of Checotah. The seminar is sponso...

Relentless wintry weather continued to hammer down across the Plains and the Midwest over the past week resulting in multiple accidents, stranding motorists for hours in the cold and causing a deadly ...

COURTESY PHOTO Isabella Pitts shows off some of the inspirational people she has learned about during Black History Month at Marshall Elementary.

Southwest Gold Tour is a youth group on a mission not to only improve their competitive skills in bowling but to improve the lives of the communities around them by giving back. On Sunday, Feb. 7, Th...

In a week that has been filled with sub-freezing temperatures and sub zero wind chill factors, the Checotah youth successfully completed their 4-H and FFA Local Livestock Show on Saturday in the Checo...

Retired Checotah educator Dr. DeLois Ann McGee has taught so many individuals at school and in the community of Checotah to say she is an inspiration at almost 80 years old is simply an understatemen...

Artistic works by African Americans have added much to American culture. In 19th century America, there were no special schools for African Americans where they could freely exhibit their talents for ...

McIntosh County seems to have survived the record-breaking low temperatures that has kept residents in a deep freeze for past several days. There haven’t been any reports of major accidents, although...