The 2019 Checotah Roundup Club Playday season was a great success. This year there were 38 competitors that qualified in the horse riding events – Barrel Racing, Flag Race, Rings, Goats, and Pole Bend...

Thanksgiving was celebrated at Checotah Public Schools many different ways this year. Marshall Elementary PreK performed a “Thanksgiving Story” to the delight of many parents and school faculty. A pre...

A grant from EPSCoR funded a recent visit of the Science Matters Mobile Museum to Checotah Intermediate School (CIS) for a few days of interactive fun. The grant is a limited run program where four sp...

Turkey and stuffing may fill your bellies this weekend, but don’t forget to register your float for next weekend with the Checotah Chamber of Commerce. Yes, believe it or not, we are only one week awa...

PNB to close Thanksgiving Day Peoples National Bank will be closed Thursday, Nov. 28 in the national observance of Thanksgiving. All its facilities will reopen during regular business hours on Friday,...

The candidate filing period for the Board of Education in McIntosh County school districts is Dec. 2, 3 and 4. All candidate filings will occur at the McIntosh County Election Board office from 8 a.m....

Hosstyle Motors is the Chamber Business of the Month. Hosstyle Motors is owned by Hoss and Misty Durrett. The business is located at 2238 N. Broadway. Hours are Mon. - Fri. 9 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m...

Dec. 2 – Dec. 6 Monday, Dec. 2: Steak fingers; cream of potato soup; green beans; roll; Rice Krispies Treat; milk Tuesday, Dec. 3: Fettuccine Alfredo w/ chicken; peas; breadstick; mixed fruit; Jell-O ...

WASHINGTON –– Oklahoma Avenue, a diagonal, two-block-long residential street that sits two miles east of Capitol Hill, is one of the 50 state-named avenues in Washington, but it has an untraceable hi...

McIntosh County Court Report Felony Cases Georgina Hill: larceny of merchandise from retailer; trespassing after being forbidden Misdemeanor Cases Shandy Sharai Farrimond: public intoxication Savannah...

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...

STILLWATER – For many families celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday, the centerpiece on the table is the turkey. Oven roasted, deep fried or whatever the cooking method, making sure the turkey is hand...

Heartland Bazaar presents Santa Land Bazaar Eufaula Armory at 48 Memorial Drive Saturday, Dec. 7 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Over 40 vendor booths – crafts, jewelry, direct sales Santa visits in the afterno...

WASHINGTON––Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt told a Senate committee that some states are blocking energy projects due to personal environmental politics of state leaders. Sen. John Barrasso, (R-Wyo.), chair...

The Checotah FFA Chapter attended the Morris Regional FFA Leadership Conference on November 19 in Kiefer, Oklahoma. The conference was open to all FFA members in the Morris Region, which includes FFA ...

Nov. 18 – Nov. 25 Anthony Grizzard: curfew Melodie Ozell: operating MV without current tag Brittany Richmond: fail to comply with compulsory insurance Phillip Eugene Reynolds: fail to pay taxes due to...

WASHINGTON––A bust of the highest ranking Oklahoma politician in history made its way from a storage basement back into the halls of the U.S. Capitol last week, Nov. 18. A crowd gathered as the sculp...

OKLAHOMA CITY - The Carolyn Watson Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation is accepting grant applications for projects in McIntosh County communities with a population less than 6,000. Designed to improv...

Operations Specialist 2nd Class Rachelle Thomas, from Checotah, stands the starboard lookout watch during a sea and anchor evolution aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney ...