Charges were dismissed last week against Brian Keith Kaiser, 42, of Beggs, who was alleged to have kidnapped and beaten his estranged wife, a Porum resident, in July, 2018. The charges were dropped on...

Chapter BX of PEO meeting Chapter BX of PEO will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5 in the home of Donna Sharpe with Holly Coleman serving as co-hostess. The Initiation Team will give the program “Exempli...

The Checotah Chamber of Commerce has announced that Union Antiques is the Business of the Month for January 2019. Union Antiques has been owned and operated by Terry and Krista Bryant for the past thr...

The McIntosh County Oklahoma Retired Educators Association, OREA, is having their first monthly meeting for the second semester 2018-2019. It will be at 1 p.m., Friday, Feb. 8, at the Jim Lucas Librar...

On January 16, almost eight weeks after a horrific car accident that almost took his life, Steve Kirby was flown to a special rehabilitation facility in Houston, Texas. His wife, Kacy Kirby decided he...

Randall Lee Reeves Jr., 43, of Checotah, pled guilty last week to possession of a firearm after a former felony conviction and to unlawful use of a police radio. He also faced charges of second-degree...

OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma City Zoo recently welcomed six nine-month-old, female dwarf Nigerian pygmy goats to its barnyard habitat located in the Children’s Zoo and asked for the public’s help pick...

Donald James Stradley, 30, was charged Jan. 24 with failure to register as a sex offender, the second time he was charged with the offense within a year. Court documents state Stradley has a history o...

WOODWARD – Fruit and vegetable growers, and others interested in learning about produce safety and regulations, are invited to attend a Produce Safety Alliance Grower training course from 8:30 a.m. to...

The Checotah High School Student Council recently attended a student council convention where they had the privilege of hearing a group called Generation Why or GNWY for short. The CHS Student Counci...

The partial shutdown of the federal government over a border wall that lasted 36 days and created chaos among hundreds of thousands of Americans ended Friday when competing factions in Congress came t...

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...

The year ahead offers new opportunities and experiences. But as you make plans throughout 2019, be mindful of the things that can derail those plans – such as the natural disasters that affected so m...

Last year Checotah lost an icon in the barber business, Jim Jones, who had been cutting hair for generations.   Though change can be hard on everyone, another gentleman has stepped up to the chair and...

Jan. 14, 2019 – Jan. 21, 2019 Ronald Lee Couldron: disturbing the peace Olive Johnathan: possession of paraphernalia Natalie Clarkson: possession of paraphernalia; petit larceny M atthew Nicholas Love...

Chief to deliver state of MCN message Muscogee (Creek) Nation Principal Chief James Floyd will his annual State of the Nation address at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, at the MCN Mound Building, Okmulgee....

The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from November business. Companies that remit more than $2,500 monthly in sa...

One of the most important parts of the education process is preparing students to take on the “real world.” As technology evolves and changes, STEM learning is increasingly becoming a foundation for f...

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...

From time to time, law enforcement agencies benefit financially from enforcing law enforcement, usually from drug-related crimes. Property seized from those arrested is held until the agencies can con...