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 ...

Blue and flathead catfish good on goldfish, live bait, live shad and shad below the dam, along rocks, shallows and dam. Spotted bass good on bill baits, crickets and small lures around docks, main la...

Five people from Checotah and one from Porum graduated from Oklahoma State University in the Spring semester, 2020. They were among 3,840 students who graduated, 2,432 of them from Oklahoma, according...

On July 16, 1808 – Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, two of the few white men who had actually seen the mysterious territory of the Far West, help form a new company to exploit the region’s abundant...

The 3-year-old child from Byars who was featured in a story in the June 9 issue of the newspaper has died. Amelia “Millie” Joy Mount was diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma, a rare and aggressive ...

Due to the current pandemic situation, the Checotah Indian Community (CIC) officer election filing dates are as follows: July 21, 22 and 23 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. The following board s...