In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and Oklahoma public school students not returning to school this year, the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety is waiving certain driver license requirements for tho...

Commissioner of Health Gary Cox has issued a letter notifying county health departments that all COVID-19 testing centers and providers are to loosen requirements for Oklahomans to be tested. “The Sta...

The Choctaw removal history is a long one, with removals dating as far back as the 1790s and as recently as the 1950s. The Choctaw Nation uses the term “removals” instead of “Trail of Tears” to refer...

With a surge in COVID-19 deaths since last week, Oklahoma now ranks 18th highest in the nation in the rate of coronavirus deaths. Taking population into account, deaths were highest in New York, with ...

The American family structure has shifted dramatically in the past 50-plus years. Less than half of U.S. children are raised in a traditional setting – nearly a 30% drop since the early 1960s. What th...

As the COVID-19 outbreak worsens in the United States, some Oklahoma drive-in theatres were trying to keep their doors open to cure cabin fever. Drive-ins across Oklahoma were open until Gov. Kevin St...

Associate District Judge Brendon Bridges announced the following changes at the McIntosh County Courthouse. In light of Supreme Court Administration Directive No. 2020-29 we are going to adopt the fol...

Former U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn died of prostate cancer Saturday, almost 45 years after surviving another form of the disease - malignant melanoma, a form of skin cancer. In January, 1995 I was Senior Sta...

As of March 26, 2020, Jim Lucas Library will be closed until April 17, or until further notice. This is from the Metropolitan Library System. Beginning Friday, March 26, City Hall hours will be 7 a.m....

Grammy Award-winning country music legend Joe Diffie performed in Eufaula on July 6, 2019, along with another famed musical artist, Gretchen Wilson. They were part of the July 4 holiday activities. A ...

Since locals in McIntosh County are having to practice social distancing to stay away from the new coronavirus pandemic, Checotah resident and former teacher Laverne Mahan decided it was time for "Go...

With the recent scare of COVID-19 one local resident decided he wanted to do his part to help watch out for his fellow neighbor. That's why Michael Pendley, along with the help of his wife, Nicole, st...

A motorcyclist was critically injured in a single vehicle accident north of Eufaula Sunday evening. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, at about 7 p.m. William Barton, 27, of Checotah, was ridin...

The following Amended Administrative Order was issued on Friday, March 27, canceling jury terms until May 15. The Order states: “On March 12, 2020, the World Health Organization designated the COVID-1...

Checotah Middle School Principal Jason Donathan has announced a Distance Learning plan that will comply with recent mandates by the State Board of Education. “We will use multi avenues to deliver inst...

Two separate traffic accidents on Interstate 40 near Tiger Mountain Road occurred within 30 minutes of each other on a rainy Thursday afternoon. The first one took place 17 miles west of Checotah at a...

Associate District Judge Brendon Bridges sometimes thinks outside the box. When the Oklahoma Supreme Court restricted the courthouse to employees, subject to some narrowly tailored exceptions, he move...

With recent rainfall and warmer weather, fishing for crappie and white bass is heating up statewide. These species are beginning their annual spawning routines by moving into shallower water, making t...

Health officials are warning rural communities to be just as cautious as more densely populated areas in their response to the spread of COVID-19. A lower rate of person-to-person transmission of the ...

McIntosh County Treasurer Betty Whisenhunt has announced that all penalties and interest on the second-half payment of the 2019 ad valorem tax payments will be waived if remitted to the County Treasur...