Connors State College is now offering a course that will help those individuals involved in the sale of alcohol to meet requirements established by a new state law. The law taking effect Oct. 1, 2018,...

MUSKOGEE – They Muskogee Art Guild (MAG) schedules exciting workshops and classes year round. Two new workshops are coming up that will be offered to the public as well as guild members. Whether you ...

Traffic came to a stop on Thursday, Sept. 20, due to an accident involving a Checotah Public School bus and another vehicle on Broadway. There were no injuries reported. (Staff photo by LaDonna Rhodes...

Guests dropped in and out at the Chamber Come and Go at the Chamber office on Tuesday, Sept. 11. (Staff photo by Shauna Belyeu)

ENID — On Friday, Sept. 28, the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center will host its annual Lantern Tours. Costumed interpreters will host entertaining and educational vignettes in each of the four b...

STILLWATER – It is a sure bet that a quick look through just about any barn, storage building or garage in Oklahoma will turn up some old, unused pesticides. Instead of letting these chemicals take up...

Gold Star Luminary Initiative Ceremony Join us on Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. at Veterans Park for Gold Star Family Day to light luminaries at dusk to honor our fallen heroes. Hosted by Jean Gawf. School Walka...

On Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, Pafford EMS Special Response Teams went to Spartanburg, North Carolina, to assist hurricane victims. They are currently staging in Spartan-burg for assignments related to H...

 Mark your calendar and make plans to visit the 5th Annual Business Expo from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 27 at the Checotah Community Center, 611 N. Broadway. The Checotah Chamber of Comm...

The Plumb Theatre in Longtown will host its annual Gospel Mega Fest Sept. 28-29. Among the performers will be Gerald Crabb, The Bilderbacks, The Alversons, Crystal River and The Plumb Theatre’s Uprigh...

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...

Readers gathered at the Jim Lucas Library on Wednesday, Sept. 12 for lunch and literary discussion at Books Sandwiched In. Among the guests were Pat Adams and June Blankenship. The two friends have be...

FELONY CASES Christopher Gatwood: unauthorized use of a vehicle; assault and battery with a dangerous weapon; leaving scene of accident involving damage; possession of CDS; unlawful possession of para...

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) has released an updated report from the Teacher Shortage Task Force that State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister ori...

STILLWATER - Oklahoma State University’s Robert M. Kerr Food & Agricultural Products Center launched a Food Safety Professional program to recognize food industry leaders who complete a significant nu...

OKLAHOMA CITY - More than 50 writers, including national bestselling authors, will attend the inaugural Oklahoma Book Festival Oct. 20 at the city’s Boathouse District. Authors, poets, illustrators an...

Oh, the joy of a new baby and to finally have a baby girl!   The Baker family is still celebrating the birth of its first baby girl born in over 66 years, after four generations of males.   The Baker...

NORMAN – Muscogee (Creek) Nation Principal Chief James Floyd joined other Oklahoma tribal dignitaries at the University of Oklahoma’s Inaugural Native Nations Reception for Tribal Leaders event Sept. ...

INDIANOL A - On Thursday Oct. 11, the Bynum Historical Foundation and the Indian Territory and Oklahoma Statehood Settlement located in Indianola will host an exhibit of the art of Danny Kaler and Pe...

Mayor Daniel Tarkington was more than a little surprised when his name was read as Mayor of the Year at the Oklahoma Municipal League’s (OML) Annual Conference, held last week in Oklahoma City. Co-wo...