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...

Statistician with U.S. Census Bureau The “War to End All Wars” came to an end on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. A year later on Nov. 11, 1919, President Woodrow Wilson procla...

Amanda Davis was only 18 years old when she joined the Air Force on January 13, 1999, knowing this was the only way she could afford a college education.   “I came from a military family and lived in...

Arvest Bank continued to be a top U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) lender within its footprint in 2018, based on loan production. That’s based on data for the SBA fiscal year ending Sept. 30. ...

The Checotah Chamber of Commerce will once again give prize money to the winners with the best floats in this year’s Christmas parade.   Shelter Insurance - Dusty Duvall Agency, is sponsoring the 2018...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Farmers are harvesting the first crops of industrial hemp grown in Oklahoma since World War II. Botanac, an Oklahoma industrial hemp grower and producer, partnered with local farmers a...

Mike Broyles, Canadian Superintendent and current president of the Organization of Rural Oklahoma Schools (OROS), recently presented Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, with their Rural Legislator of the Y...

Breastfeeding support group to meet Friday The Mother to Mother Breastfeeding Support Group will meet from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 16, at the Checotah Health Department. The meeting is fre...

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...

  The 2018 Shop Checotah Christmas Give-Away program, sponsored by the Checotah Chamber of Commerce, is now underway.    For the past several years, Shop Checotah has been giving away thousands of dol...

If you are a veteran that is homeless, on the verge of being homeless or dealing with other critical issues, there is an organization you may not know about that can potentially help. Ki Bois Communit...

Jacob Parnosky, 29, of Eufaula, pled guilty last week to charges of releasing a dangerous dog on a law enforcement officer, obstructing an officer and resisting an officer. District Judge James Bland ...

Annual bazaar and bake sale Nov. 9 Texanna Lady Crafters will host their Annual Bazaar and Bake Sale Nov. 9-10. The location is on Texanna Road east of U.S. 69. Peoples National Bank to be closed Peop...

Shop Small is a movement all over the United States to help promote the support of local businesses. American Express proudly backs Shop Small and has since it started in 2010. Checotah Chamber member...

TULSA – Five Muscogee (Creek) citizens represented the Nation as 2018 recipients of the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development “Native American 40 Under 40” award during the Oct. 3...

1731 – Benjamin Franklin opened the 1st US library. The first circulating library in America, the Library Company of Philadelphia, was founded by Benjamin Franklin and others. 1944 – The US 3rd Army b...

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...