Eufaula VFW Post 8798 is joining three other posts across the state to serve as a collection point for disaster relief supplies for veterans affected by Hurricane Laura in Louisiana. The VFW will bega...

The Checotah Landmark Preservation Society will hold its annual Fall Fundraiser Ghost Dinner this October. “No food to prepare, no costume to wear, no place to go, just mail in your dough.” C.L.P.S. P...

The Checotah Lions Club meets the second and fourth Thursday beginning in Sept. and ending in June. Upcoming meetings are Oct. 8 and Oct. 22 at noon at the Methodist Fellowship Hall. Contact Darren Ar...

The CHS Community Blood Drive will be held Thursday, Oct. 1, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Appointments are preferred and masks are required. Call 877-340-8777 to schedule. There will be two separate entra...

Bring your 3rd-12th grade kids to learn about 4-H Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 6 p.m. at the McIntosh County Fairgrounds in Eufaula. RSVP by Oct. 8 before 4 p.m. to 918-689-7772. The event will feature walkin...

114 Years Ago: Checotah Times • June 1, 1906 $15,000 Fire Ira Marsh’s Drug Store Was Completely Destroyed This Morning The fine drug store and building of Ira Marsh located on Gentry Ave. burned to th...

The American Indian Culture and Preservation offce (AICP), a department within the Oklahoma Historical Society, has opened a new educational exhibit to be on display through Dec. 1. The exhibit, entit...

Time is running out for young artists under the age of 18 to submit work for consideration to be published in the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy’s 2021 Desktop Calendar. Each year, OICA publish...

After a long battle in an intensive care unit, Kiowa tribe’s Speaker of Legislation Angela Chaddleson-McCarthy life was celebrated in services held Tuesday in Indian Country U.S.A. in Anadarko. McCart...

A flu shot clinic will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1 at Mays Home Health Care, 303 S. Main St., Eufaula. Medicare Part B will completely cover the immunization, so bring your Medi...

Oklahoma Equestrian Trail Riders Association, Inc., the state’s trail riding association dedicated to trail advocacy, is encouraging individuals and families to join for 2020. Those who join now, the ...

At approximately 10:15 a.m. on Sept. 23, a fire occurred in the production area at McAlester Army Ammunition Plant. Three employees were transported to the MCAAP’s Occupational Health Clinic for medic...

The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) applauded a federal court decision that ordered the extension of the Census deadline to the original October 31 date. “This is great news for those of ...

The Fallen Journalists Memorial (FJM) Foundation, News Media Alliance, National Newspaper Association and National Association of Broadcasters today commended the U.S. House of Representatives on pass...

The Eufaula-Canadian Tribal Town will host two activities on Saturday, Oct. 3. An Arts & Crafts show and sale will take place beginning at 9 a.m. in Alexander Posey Park on Selmon Road. This park is n...

Homecoming 2020

COURTESY PHOTO Jade McPeak won Reserve Overall Doe and Champion Junior Goat Showman at the Arklahoma Sheep and Goat Show on Sept. 27.

The 5th Annual Eastern Oklahoma State College Mountaineer 5K will be held virtually this year from Nov. 9 – Nov. 15. The entry fee will be $30. “As champions of the Mountaineer community and beyond, w...

As the elite PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Unleash The Beast returned to Des Moines, Iowa, for the first time in four years with the PBR Lucas Oil Invitational, the sociallydistanced crowds inside We...

They called it the “Indian problem.” The white settlers wanted more land, and the tribes held rich acreages. Removing tribes from the Southeast was more than just an idea by the time Andrew Jackson w...