Members of the Beta Sigma Phi Chapter XP3902 met Feb. 12 at the home of Gretchen Payne. President Shirley Davis opened the meeting with the following members repeating the opening ritual: Wilma-tine G...

The Jim Lucas Library hosted their Books Sandwiched In on Wednesday, February 13, with guest speaker, Ronald Young, who wrote the book “The Only Boy Who Danced.” Young, with a 33-year career in theate...

Most Americans have several different choices for communicating with one another: mobile phones, email, landline phones, the postal service. Today, computers, cell towers and satellites are essential ...

F.A.I.C. Volunteer Fire Department Breakfast Breakfast every third Saturday of the month serving scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, biscuits and gravy, pancakes, French toast, milk, juice an...

Mini Fact: As people use more energy, power plants have to make improvements to keep up. When you walk along a sidewalk, fill a bucket with water or turn on the TV, do you ever wonder how those thing...

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Performing at the Circle the State with Song Choir Festival (Region E), Friday, Jan. 25. Directed by Cryse Bodine. Accompanied by Andrea Denison. (Submitted photo)

“Clean” energy sources use natural forces, such as sunlight, wind and flowing water. For example, a tidal station uses a large dam called a barrage built across a river estuary. The tidewater is trapp...

Students from Checotah Middle School recently participated in the OKMEA State Region CIRCLE THE STATE WITH SONG Festival.  Honor choir members participating were: Rebekah Wilson, Teagon Mitchell, KyLe...

STILLWATER - Beef jerky a staple in the salty snack realm across the country, and the United States Department of Agriculture requires specifics during production to ensure the dried beef is safe to ...

HANNA – The Muscogee (Creek) Nation held the Hanna Indian Community Center Groundbreaking Ceremony on Tuesday, Feb. 19, to celebrate the new construction that will also be the building prototype for a...

The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture Food & Forestry (ODAFF) has announced funding opportunities to enhance the specialty crop industry within the state. The funding is through the Specialty Crop Bl...

The Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting on Thursday, Feb. 21 for Dee Dee’s Salon located now at 214 S. Broadway in Checotah. Owners DeeDee Miller and Easton Rogers want to invite everyone to sto...

On the Web: • bit.ly/MPengineer At the library: • “Engineering” by Tom Jackson • “Peeking Under the City” by Esther Porter

Ake, Roger M. Allen, Edmond Monte Allen, Justin Lee Almeida, Louis Ernest III Anderson, Teddy Bruce Arnold, Charles Wayne Bahe, Mandy Gail Baker, Jerry Beal Baumann, Staci Raye Bear, Larissa Leann Ben...

Look in your newspaper for articles about new infrastructure being built in your city.

Rafael Torres, 35, who has been charged with kidnapping a wrecker driver near Checotah, was arraigned in district court on Feb. 19. Torres, of Oklahoma City, was arrested in Arkansas hours following t...

Betty Joan Hampton, who lived near Stidham, passed away on Feb. 10. A funeral service for the 72-year-old woman, known as “BJ,” was held at 1 p.m., Friday, Feb. 15 in Eufaula. At 6 a.m. on the day of ...