Gov. Kevin Stitt announced a “safer-at-home” policy on March 24, but six months later Oklahomans are still feeling the side effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in more ways than one. Rural areas, like M...

An 88-year-old Henryetta woman died in a single-vehicle accident at about 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18. Pronounced dead at the scene was Annie Brown. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Brown was ...

The following are the results of the 2020 McIntosh County Fair held last week in Eufaula. Jr. Chicken Show Results Grand Champion Bantam - Briley Gragg, 4-H - Brown Leghorn Rooster Res. Grand Champion...

United States Attorney Brian J. Kuester today announced the results of the August and September 2020 Federal Grand Juries. The combined grand juries returned 32 unsealed and 4 sealed indictments on cr...

The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from July business. The monies they reported this period represent sales fr...

With the state Capitol restoration project just two years away from completion, Senate Appropriations Chair Roger Thompson called the Wednesday, Sept. 16, grand opening of the new ground floor visitor...

Darrin Cooper, 58, of Checotah is listed in stable condition after the 2003 Harley Davidson motorcycle he was riding missed a curve on New Texanna Road and came to a rest on its side, according to the...

Homecoming Parade Sept. 24 The Checotah Homecoming Parade is set for this Thursday, Sept. 24, at 7 p.m. The parade will travel north from the middle school The parade will travel north from the middle...

The Senate Public Safety Committee heard from law enforcement offcials, Career Tech representatives and mental health experts Thursday about modernizing training for Oklahoma’s law enforcement offcers...

The Herron family is finally home, but unfortunately not the way their family, friends or community wished after a fatal plane crash on Sept. 4. On Thursday, Sept. 17 Checotah PD escorted David Ward w...

114 Years Ago: Checotah Times • May 25, 1906 OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS There is probably not a Checotah citizen who does not take pride in our excellent public schools. And justly they should. We believe we ...

The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (DPS) is further extending the expiration date of all Commercial Driver Licenses (CDLs), Commercial Learner Permits (CLPs), and Federal Department of Transport...

Armstrong Bank brought Spirit Shirts for all the Checotah Wildcat staff on Sept. 16. They wanted to encourage the staff because they know there is more stress during this school year with the extra CO...

Oklahoma broke a promise to the class of 2021 so it could save $1.9 million. The cost to those students - in academic opportunities and scholarship dollars - cannot be calculated. The state made a com...

Bryon Smith, the cemetery sexton, and Shane Arnold-Winkle were recently honored by the American Legion (Tony Fields) for all they do with placing the flags for the veteran’s graves at the cemetery. CO...

On September 24, 1780 – Benedict Arnold flees to British Army lines when the arrest of British Major John André exposes Arnold’s plot to surrender West Point. 1789 – The Judiciary Act of 1789 is passe...

The Checotah Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce Sharpe’s Department Store as its Business of the Month. Sharpes Department Store is now Sharpes Department Store is now located at 207 N. Broadw...

Local football teams are focusing on district play entering week four of the high school football season. Eufaula is in the same place its been the last two seasons at 1-2. The Ironheads have won nine...

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...