The state fair is more than an opportunity to eat a deep-fried candy bar, take a ride on a roller coaster or just sit back and watch people. The Oklahoma State Fair and county fairs statewide historic...

114 Years Ago: Checotah Times • March 16, 1906 TO ENLARGE THE HOME Grand Lodge I.O.O.F. will be asked to make extensive improvements The Indian Territory I.O.O.F. Grand Lodge, which meets at Tulsa thi...

On Saturday, July 11, the Checotah Sports Complex welcomed 85 disc golfers to the largest tournament Checotah has ever hosted. There has been a tournament here nearly every year since the course was b...

Gavin Scott, the son of William and Sharon Scott, has been awarded the 2020 Hamilton Scholars Award for outstanding academic accomplishments and community service. According to his biography, “Scott i...

The Kialegee Tribal Town is based in Wetumka, but traces its roots to Alabama and Georgia. Beginning in 1835, the tribe was forcibly relocated to present-day Oklahoma during the Trail of Tears. The t...

One question that will be foremost on the minds of law enforcement in the days to come will be “are you a member of a federally-recognized tribe?” If a suspect, or victim, in a crime responds with a “...

Checotah Public Schools announced the hiring of David Leek as a lay coach. The veteran coach brings decades of coaching experience to the Wildcats’ programs. Leek recently coached in Colorado at Everg...

A bench warrant has been issued for a McAlester man charged earlier this year with causing thousands of dollars in damages to Checotah businesses during a vandalism spree. Morgan Eller, 20, failed to ...

The following is a partial reprinting of the opinion of Justice Neil Gorsuch in the recent Supreme Court ruling in the case of McGirt v. Oklahoma. Gorscuch wrote for the majority of the court. SUPREME...

Local farmer and owner of 3F’s Poultry and Rabbit Processing, LLC, Shelley McBride Lynch of Checotah truly believes in agriculture and is working hard alongside her family to get fresh farm products (...

Pre-K & New Enrollment: 2020-2021 Pre-K and New Enrollment packets for Marshall Elementary students are now available. Packets are located in marked boxes outside of the middle office doors. Pre-K and...

The ground shifted in Oklahoma shortly after 9 a.m. on Thursday when the Supreme Court ruled the eastern half of the state is still comprised of Native American reservations. Suddenly, jurisdictional ...

114 Years Ago: Checotah Times • March 9, 1906 GAVE CITY GOOD SERVICE Present City Administration Has Accomplished Good Work Whether or not any or all of the present city administration be re-elected a...

Convicted child rapist Jimcy McGirt will get a new trial following a momentous decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on July 9. McGirt, serving 500 years each for rape and molestation and life without pa...

The Eufaula Indian Journal and the McIntosh County Democrat newspapers won several awards during the recent annual Oklahoma Press Association Awards ceremony, held virtually this year because of the C...

The United States Supreme Court on Thursday, July 9, ruled by a 5-4 margin that nearly half of Oklahoma is an Indian reservation in the eyes of the criminal-justice system, preventing state authoritie...

Ake, Roger M. Albright, Austin Michael Allen, Edmond Monte Allen, Justin Lee Almeida, Louis Ernest III Anderson, Gary Don Anderson, Teddy Bruce Arnold, Charles Wayne Bahe, Mandy Gail Baker, Jerry Beal...

Speaking on behalf of the minority, Chief Justice John Roberts issued the following dissenting opinion. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES No. 18–9526 JIMCY MCGIRT, PETITIONER v. OKLAHOMA ON WRIT OF C...

The McIntosh County Health Department offices in Eufaula and Checotah will test for COVID-19 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday. No appointment is necessary.

June 29 – July 10 Felony Cases Kristen Carol Faye Beshear: uttering a forged instrument Damon Ray Castillo-Farrell: 3rd degree burglary Kathleen Rose Deere: bail jumping Buddy Hulse: unauthorized use ...