Members of the Checotah Lions Club plan to have “Angel” cutouts on the Christmas trees at seven Checotah businesses in time for “Black Friday” shopping. The annual benevolent project will bring Christ...

Ake, Roger M. Allen, Edmond Monte Allen, Justin Lee Almeida, Louis Ernest III Anderson, Teddy Bruce Arnold, Charles Wayne Arnold, Larry Glen Bahe, Mandy Gail Baker, Jerry Beal Banks, Jr., Thomas Leo B...

held their last craft fair until spring on Nov. 3. One vendor John Marshall had some beautiful woodwork displays for sale. (Submitted photo)

First you find a turkey at a farm…wait…do turkeys really live at farms? I think them do? Yep, them do. You rip the feathers off, actually cut them off. Then you put it in the oven for about 12 minutes...

One year after a lawsuit filed by a woman shot multiple times following a bank robbery was dismissed, the lawsuit was refilled in McIntosh County District Court. Julie Huff, who was taken hostage duri...

On Nov. 11, Veterans Day, Lake Eufaula Playhouse held the raffle drawing for two Henry Golden Boy Rifles.    From just over 600 tickets, the lucky winners of the drawing were Gary Nichols and Rick Bak...

The Checotah Roughriders’ annual toy drive is now underway until Dec. 1. The proceeds benefit McIntosh County elementary school students, including those in Checotah and Eufaula. Drop off unwrapped to...

held their General Membership Meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 13 at the Methodist Fellowship Hall. The guest speaker was Tracy Parish with Compassus Hospice who spoke about the need for hospice volunteers in...

OKLAHOMA CITY—The Governor’s Interagency Council on Homelessness (GICH) is seeking input to guide development of a new five-year plan as federal, state and local partners work together to end homeless...

Junior Gieruit: I would put a couple peppers, seasoning and stuffing on it. I would cook it in the oven for like 30 for 3 hours. I would get it out with these glove things. I would eat it with my mom,...

Checotah’s First United Methodist Church has scheduled several events and services to celebrate Advent. Everyone is invited and welcome to attend. The church is located at 419 W. Gentry. Rev. Jim Jone...

STILLWATER - The holiday season is officially here and Thanksgiving Day is quickly approaching. While many Oklahomans will be preparing holiday meals for their families and friends, the risk of food p...

got a little hard to swallow as students from Checotah Intermediate School and Marshall Elementary had to gobble up mysterious treats like pickled beets. (Staff photo by LaDonna Rhodes)

GOD’S HELPING HANDS TO HOLD ANNUAL CHRISTMAS BOX GIVEAWAY God’s Helping Hands will hold its annual Christmas Box Giveaway from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 22 at the First Free Will Baptist Chur...

Ake, Roger M. Allen, Edmond Monte Allen, Justin Lee Almeida, Louis Ernest III Anderson, Teddy Bruce Arnold, Charles Wayne Arnold, Larry Glen Bahe, Mandy Gail Baker, Jerry Beal Banks, Jr., Thomas Leo B...

Nov. 5, 2018 – Nov. 12, 2018 Luis Sibila-Flores: operate MV without valid DL Michael Wayne Tyler: petit larceny Case Lee Ellison: Keith Mattison Jeremy Chad Buckmaster: no seatbelt Elerdashvili Sulkha...

OKMULGEE - Some may remember or have heard stories of when electric cooperatives brought electricity to rural homes and farms. What a difference it made in the lives of those who had been overlooked o...

OKLAHOMA CITY - Five individuals and one organization recently received the Kirkpatrick Honor for Animal Well-being. Becky Switzer of Ground Zero K9 Emergency Training Center; Dr. John Otto and Lee Fa...

FELONY CASES L aura Rae Buchanan: distribution of CDS; possession with intent to distribute; unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia (misd) T oni Cook: two counts of assault and battery upon a polic...

OKMULGEE – As the single most preventable cause of disease and premature death in the U.S., commercial tobacco use prevention remains at the forefront throughout the country. Each year, on the third T...