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...

Veterans Day, once known as Armistice Day, was first celebrated on November 11, 1919, the anniversary of the end of World War I. In 1928, the United States Congress passed a resolution for Armistice D...

It’s that time again. Time for making sweet treats for the holidays like peanut brittle and other delicious candies. So who has this candy making down to an art - Pam Essex does. She’s been making bat...

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...

The Checotah Chamber of Commerce will have a welcome station set up on Saturday, Nov. 24, from 9:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. know which local merchants are participating in Shop Small. Get your passport stam...

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...

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...

Oklahoma Blood Institute invites military supporters to recognize the brave individuals who serve our country this Veterans Day by making a life-saving blood donation. On Monday, November 12, the day ...

By Trisha Gedon OSU communications STILLWATER – Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension is partnering with other entities to host an educational field day geared toward those who are looking t...

LOWELL, Ark. – Arvest Bank announced today its mortgage division has originated more than $1 billion in purchase-money mortgage loans in 2018, the third time it has done so in its history. Arvest hit ...

The Oklahoma Environmental Quality Education Committee invites qualified individuals to apply for a grant to promote enthusiasm in young people for learning about the environment and natural resources...

WILBURTON – Thirty-six Porum GEAR UP students recently traveled to Tulsa to tour Oral Roberts University (ORU). Students began the morning by participating in a guided tour at ORU led by Student Ambas...

age 4, with best friend, Delaney Davis, age 3, were a league of their own for Downtown Halloween on Tuesday, Oct. 30. (Submitted photo)