As Thanksgiving Day approaches, many families are already thinking about Christmas. For those who are including Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts as part of their holiday, more than 4,000 drop-o...

Checotah 2020 Christmas Parade coming It will be a Cowboy Christmas this year in Checotah. The Best Float Competition will give prizes for 1st Place-$150, 2nd Place-$100 and 3rd Place-$50. All floats ...

Eighteen-year-old Timothy Summers has a reverence for veterans so making the decision for his Eagle Scout project was an easy choice. Summers’ project is to build a fire pit in the Checotah Veterans’...

Ake, Roger M. Albright, 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...

STAFF PHOTO | LADONNA RHODES U.S. Army Veteran William Harper, 97, was part of the 2nd wave that stormed the beaches of Normandy. Checotah Nursing and Rehabilitation celebrated Veterans Day with red, ...

State Rep. Avery Frix, R-Muskogee, recently joined representatives from the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry as they presented a $75,000 Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Secu...

The Board of Education of Midway Public School District hereby announces that statutorily qualified individuals interested in running as a candidate for the #5 seat on the Midway Board of Education ma...

STAFF PHOTO | LADONNA RHODES Checotah Lions Club honored local veterans and members with a free meal for their service, during their meeting on Nov. 12. Each veteran stood to tell about their branch a...

STAFF PHOTO | LADONNA RHODES Johnny Mack Brown, a former city employee for 26 years, saved this brick from a building torn down on Tough Street in Checotah. The brick was made in Tulsa VLT. Brick Comp...

State Rep. Avery Frix, R-Muskogee, recently invited Oklahoma Department of Human Services Director Justin Brown to Muskogee to tour Green Country Behavioral Health Services. “We discussed having more...

COVID-19 has impacted millions of Americans and put new financial burdens on their backs. A loss of income, health concerns, and shifts in family situations have left many concerned about their future...

It’s been a crazy COVID-19 year and Checotah Public Schools understands that too well. With the number of COVID-19 cases rising in the school district, Checotah Schools decided to go to Distance Learn...

Checotah Middle School (CMS) celebrated Red Ribbon Week last month with all their staff and students. Red Ribbon Week is held annually between Oct. 23-31 and millions of young people and adults celeb...

Nov. 23-27 Please call 918-689-3342 for reservation by 9 a.m. Monday, Nov. 23: Chicken & dumplings; breaded squash; roll; sliced peaches; brownie; milk Tuesday, Nov. 24: Hamburger on bun w/ fixings; p...

On November 19, 1493 – Christopher Columbus discovered Puerto Rico on his 2nd voyage. Populated for centuries by aboriginal peoples, the island was claimed by the Spanish Crown in 1493 following Colum...

114 Years Ago: Checotah Times • July 20, 1906 New School Buildings Porum, I.T., July 18 - A very enthusiastic meeting of the town council and citizens of Porum was held Tuesday night at which a vote w...

Marshall Elementary announced their PAW (Positively Awesome Wildcats) Awards and AR winners for October. The following students were picked by their teachers for PAW Awards: Pre-K: Makenna Jones, Emi...

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6AI Quarterfinals Westmoore (6-4) at Edmond Santa Fe (8-2) Broken Arrow (7-3) at Union (5-4) Mustang (5-6) at Owasso (10-0) Norman North (6-3) at Jenks (8-1) 6AII Quarterfinals Sand Springs (7-4) at S...

Citation: For extraordinary heroism in action during the 15-19 November 1944, toward Guebling, France. Though severely wounded in the leg, Sergeant Rivers refused medical treatment and evacuation, too...