The Fall Festival this past Saturday was fun for all ages and finished with a bang. It was a day packed full of festivities as Checotah celebrated their postponed 54th Old Settlers Day, their 2020 Ca...

Felony Cases Shonda Marie Clark-making a telephone bomb threat Noel Allan Dedmon-falsely personate another to create liablility Michael Duane Lee-assault with a dangerous weapon Randi Nicole Nixon-lea...

114 Years Ago: Checotah Times • May 11, 1906 THINKS 1,500 WERE KILLED San Francisco Coroner Declared Ruins Hold Many Corpses Coroner Walsh is still of the opinion that the remains of hundreds of earth...

State Rep. Avery Frix, R-Muskogee, recently was appointed to the Oklahoma State Pension Commission by House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka. The purpose of the commission is to establish uniform repor...

Time is running out to complete the 2020 Census with the deadline of 30 September approaching fast. According to a press release from the U.S. Census Bureau, there are three ways local businesses can ...

Historically noted as one of the largest and most prominent Plains tribes, the Pawnee Nation now consists of about 3,200 enrolled members. Tribal leaders said the Pawnee date back 700 years and once h...

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 wa...

Lucy Elmore, 101, Creek County Verda Mae Armes, 101, Cleveland Loretta Wilkins, 101 , Pottowatomie Dean Barrett, 101, Delaware Patricia Boatright, 101, Craig Walter Swart, 101, Washita Aleita Kirkman,...

In an announcement on Monday, CPS informed the community that a staff member has tested positive for COVID-19. The school has followed and will continue to follow the health department’s recommendatio...

Deena Farrow, 44, won the race for McIntosh County Clerk in the Aug. 25 run-off primary election, defeating opponent Jennifer Ballard, 36. According to the McIntosh County Election Board, unofficially...

Asking for help isn’t easy but helping can be. During Hunger Action Month, join the Oklahoma Food Banks, the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma and the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, in taking a...

Chief of Police Darren Glover stated that two Checotah residents were found dead in their home at 117 S.E. 4th St. on Saturday, Aug 29. The Checotah Police Department was alerted by a concerned family...

The Lake Eufaula Trump Boat Parade is scheduled for this Saturday, Sept. 5 and organizers are expecting an estimated 500 boats or more to hit the water running at 11 a.m. Caton Skaggs will sing the Pl...

The City of Checotah and the Checotah Chamber of Commerce have come together to put on one spectacular celebration this Saturday, Sept. 5 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Checotah Sports Complex. They wil...

The McIntosh County Horse Show will be held at 2 p.m. on Sept. 20 at the Eufaula Round-Up Club Arena. Free to all children in McIntosh County. Free to all children in McIntosh County. Call or text Ran...

Friendly Lake Eufaula Area Supporters (FLEAS) members generously donated toiletries and handbags to the Women’s Shelter operated by W.I.S.H. (Women in Safe Homes). These donations are one of several c...

Peoples Bank closed for holiday Peoples National Bank and its extended branches will be closed Monday, Sept. 7, in observance of Labor Day and will reopen the following day, Sept. 8, during regularly ...

Oklahoma Humanities (OH) has announced that the Smithsonian is coming to Oklahoma in 2021. In partnership with the Smithsonian Institution, OH will select six rural Oklahoma communities to host the tr...

David McCullough, an attorney for the Oklahoma Press Association and the OPA’s Legal Services Plan, died August 27, 2020, after a brief illness. A funeral service was held at 10 a.m. Monday, August 31...

Ruth Garnett Sharpe, who lived in Checotah for 74 years, will celebrate her 100th birthday on September 4. Ruth, who now lives in Claremore, was born in Altus in 1920 and met her husband, Lou Sharpe, ...