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 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...

Thomas Gary Baldwin, 68, Checotah, has been charged with lewd molestation involving a minor child over a period of years. The charge was filed on Jan. 24 and Baldwin was arrested on Jan. 25. Associate...

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...

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...