Checotah Public Schools prepare to reopen for the 2020-2021 school year though many parents, students and even staff still have COVID-19 concerns as positive cases continue to increase in the county. ...

Porum Public Works Authority will receive a $3.5 million loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to improve its aging water system. The system, constructed in the 1970’s, has made improvements ov...

Zachary Horton, 21, of Bartlesville drowned on Lake Eufaula six mies southwest of Eufaula July 30. According to the OHP Lake Patrol, Horton, at about 7:20 p.m., was swimming approximately 150 yards of...

Voters in McIntosh County who want to have absentee ballots mailed to them for the Aug. 25, 2020 Runoff Primary Election should apply now, County Election Board Secretary Janelle McKnight said. Althou...

Fast Lanes’ 3rd annual Car Show and Cruise Night is set for this Saturday and will wrap up the summer bowling leagues at Fast Lanes, Inc. Owners, Mike and Lori Barnard will host the event in conjunct...

Pig farmers faced many obstacles due to COVID-19. But that did not keep them from supporting their state when so many other Oklahomans faced great needs. When pork processing plants across the country...

Johnson O’ Malley (JOM) supplies will be given out on Monday, Aug.10 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Tuesday, August 11 from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. Parents can pick supplies up at the Checotah Middle School cafe...

Oklahomans are being asked to go against their natural curiosity and green-thumb tendencies, setting aside mail deliveries of mystery seeds from China instead of planting them. The packages have turne...

In response to the flood of inmates challenging their state convictions on historic tribal lands, including those lands not associated with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Attorney General Mike Hunter on...

A lawsuit was filed in Okmulgee County last week, which alleges the State of Oklahoma, counties, cities and towns may have collected monies without lawful authority or jurisdiction. The filing came fo...

State Rep. Avery Frix, R-Muskogee, on Monday commented on the awarding of a contract to resurface a portion of U.S. Highway 69 in Muskogee. The project will run from 0.1 miles north of the U.S. Highwa...

Oklahoma State University agricultural economics researchers teamed with their peers at Purdue University to conduct a national survey of U.S. residents to determine beliefs and knowledge regarding th...

The American International Junior Charolais Association (AIJCA) stated that the 2020 AIJC Junior National Show and Leadership Conference had record-breaking entries this year with 372 junior exhibito...

Brian Taylor Gaines, 50, of Checotah, has been bound over for trial on three charges of second degree rape involving a minor. Following a preliminary hearing on July 23, Special District Judge Brian M...

The shelves at local stores are loaded with boxes of bright crayons, notebooks, pink erasers and shiny new lunchboxes. While parents know what supplies their children will need for the upcoming school...

It was a typical hot July day in Oklahoma but that made it perfect for a day on and around Eufaula Lake at the 36th Annual Whole Hawg Festival. Several locals were amongst the winners in the weekend a...

The first day of school for Checotah Public Schools is Aug. 13 with enrollment and schedule pickup being Aug. 10 and 11. It’s been five months since the pandemic and pandemonium began but Superintende...

The Jim Lucas Public Library has worked diligently throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that the children’s summer reading program still had lots of fun activities along with ample reading time....

Friday, July 31, is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the Aug. 25 Primary Runoff Election. Persons who are United States citizens, residents of Oklahoma a...

The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) announces the expansion of its contact tracing outreach efforts to include text messaging. This will help streamline the process for contact tracers as t...