1800 – USS Essex becomes first U.S. Navy vessel to cross the equator. 1832 – 250 Marines defeated Malay pirates in Sumatra, Indonesia. 1861 – The Choctaw Nation declares its allegiance to the Confeder...

Voters will go to the polls Tuesday, February 12, for the following 2019 Board of Education Primary Elections: Checotah Public Schools: Member-Board of Education Office No. 4 Warner Public Schools: Me...

While many Oklahoma schools are struggling to keep their fine arts programs alive due to state budget cuts, classes at Checotah Public Schools are still thriving thanks to inspiring teachers like Eli...

OKLAHOMA CITY  — The number of students in public schools in Oklahoma continues to rise steadily, as indicated by the newest enrollment numbers released by the Oklahoma State Department of Education ...

The Steve Kirby Bean Dinner and Auction was a huge success Saturday, raising over $30,000 for this former Checotah police sergeant who was critically injured in a car crash on Thanksgiving Day, 2018. ...

MUSKOGEE – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced the sentencing of seven defendants as a result of a multi-agency investigation referred to as “Operation K...

Black History Month is the annual celebration of achievements by Black Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in U.S. History. Black History Month is the successor ...

Black History Month seminar set A seminar about Black History Month will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 10 miles west of Checotah. Rev. Samuel Cunningham, past...

MUSKOGEE - The preliminary hearing for a former congressional candidate charged with three counts of sexual abuse of children will be held at 1:30 p.m., March 5 at Muskogee County District Court. Dani...

The Chamber of Commerce has announced that the theme of this year’s Chamber Banquet will be “Grillin’ & Chillin’.”  This year the banquet will be held on Tuesday, February 19 at the First Free Will Ba...

On January 31, 1865 – Gen. Robert E. Lee was named general-in-chief of the Confederate armies. 1917 – President Woodrow Wilson refused the compromise on Lusitania reparations. 1917 – Germany announces...

WARNER – On January 22, 2019, the State Chamber Research Foundation released “The Economic Role of Oklahoma’s Public Colleges and Universities.” This higher education study examines the economic outpu...

A Checotah man charged with multiple counts of rape involving girls ages 6 through 11 as well as child abuse pled no contest to the charges on Jan. 25. District Judge Mike Hogan sentenced James Dean F...

EDMOND - The University of Central Oklahoma recently announced the students named to the university’s honor rolls, a distinction given to those who achieve the highest academic standards. Eufaula grad...

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...

BROKEN ARROW  — Oklahoma’s 2018 Teacher of the Year is a step closer to claiming the profession’s highest honor. In a news conference held recently at Broken Arrow High School, Gov. Kevin Stitt and St...

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 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...