Brad Venable, a prominent video game and anime voice actor who chased his small town Checotah dreams to Los Angeles, California, passed away last week at age 43. Family stated that Venable had a heart...

On Wednesday, January 6, part of Checotah’s history went up in flames as the historical home built by the first pharmacist in Checotah, Herman D. Kniseley, caught fire around 3 p.m. Local firefighters...

Checotah Middle School announced their top Accelerated Reader point earners. Checotah Schools have been focusing on reading more throughout the day and the staff is beginning to see improvements in s...

A 21-year-old Checotah resident died in a single-vehicle accident near Eufaula in the early morning hours of Sunday, Jan. 10. Ramone Jackson, 21, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 2 a.m. crash. ...

A 29-year-old Checotah woman was killed in a two-car collision early Friday. Shelby R. Deluce was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Corey N. Murphy, 29, of Coweta. Murphy was not injured. Deluce was ...

The Walmart Supercenter in Checotah had to temporarily close their doors on Monday, Jan. 10 for additional cleaning, sanitizing and stocking. On Tuesday, Jan. 11 the store reopened at 6 a.m. for at ri...

Marguerite Schmitt, 91, passed away on Jan. 6, but her spirit will live on in the brick and mortar of the Eufaula Memorial Library which owes much to her for its existence. She was librarian for 13 ye...

Eastern Oklahoma State College’s scholarship applications for the 2021-22 academic year are due by midnight on Sunday, Feb. 21. Current and prospective students who plan to attend Eastern in the fall ...

The Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Foundation (OCF) is eager to distribute more than $25,000 in scholarships to students in 2021. The scholarships are available for current college students at an Oklahoma colle...

115 Years Ago: Checotah Times • September 14, 1906 GAME OF FREEZEOUT What the Standard Is Doing to Crush Life Out of Independent Producers Bartlesville, I.T. - Oil operators in Indian Territory and Ok...

Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, issued the following statement on Thursday after demonstrations supporting President Trump at the U.S. Capitol turned violent on Wednesday. “While I support the right of...

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced last week that the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) re-opened this week for new borrowers and certain existing PPP borrowers. To promote access ...

Cynthia (Cindy) Ledford, 51, former Pittsburg County Court Clerk, was arrested last week by agents with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and charged with one count of nepotism and one count ...

Bank to be closed on MLK Day Peoples National Bank will be closed Monday, Jan. 18 in observance of Martin Luther King’s birthday. All its facil ities will reopen during regular businesses hours on Tue...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jobe Anthony Terronez, age 19, of Muskogee County, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Attempted Robbery In Indian...

Two Chectoah High School graduates were among more than 8,000 Oklahoma State University students named to the school’s 2020 fall semester honor rolls. Mattison D. Creekbaum is studying for a BS in ele...

Oklahoma’s oil and natural gas industry continues its long, slow march to better days, but the influx of federal dollars into the state in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic clouds the economic impact ...

Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Company C, 2d Battalion, (Mechanized), 22d Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. Place and date: Tay Ninh Province, Republic of Vietnam, 14 January 1969...

On January 14, 1891 – General Nelson Miles, commander of the U.S. Army troops in South Dakota, reports that the rebellious Sioux are finally returning to their reservation following the bloody massacr...

Jan. 18-22 Monday, Jan. 18: CLOSED FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY Tuesday, Jan. 19: Turkey pot pie; stewed tomatoes; fruit; milk Wednesday, Jan. 20: Country fried steak w/ gravy; mashed potatoes; mixe...