For the Children: Birthdays are sometimes odd. When you are younger, you look forward to each of them as a step closer to the freedoms that come with adulthood. Later on, they can become a less appeal...

Plumb Theatre in Longtown is celebrating 15 years of music this year. They are having their 5th Annual Mega Outdoor Gospel Fest, September 28 and 29.   One of the number one singers and songwriters of...

Checotah Public Schools will be working in conjunction with McIntosh County District Attorney to improve student attendance. When a student has excessive attendance issues, parents will be notified ei...

Together Oklahoma and Oklahoma Watch are collaborating to host legislative candidate forums in Muskogee. The organizations are teaming up for a comprehensive discussion of public policy issues to help...

Checotah High School’s football homecoming festivities will commence at 1:45 p.m. this Friday, September 28. The homecoming parade will leave the Middle School parking lot going north toward the stopl...

On September 27, 1779 – John Adams was named to negotiate the Revolutionary War’s peace terms with Britain. 1787 – The US Constitution was submitted to states for ratification. 1940 – The Axis powers ...

The award winning Whodunit Dinner Theater has been ‘killin it’ since 1991. The production will come to Eufaula’s Legacy on Main Street, 224 N. Main, on Saturday, Oct. 6. This is a dinner theater event...

As the deadline approaches to register for the November 6 General Election, a national effort is underway to encourage voters to get signed up. The deadline to register to vote for the General Electio...

The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from July business. Companies that remit more than $2,500 monthly in sales ...

The public is invited to the University of Central Oklahoma’s Mass Communication Department’s annual media ethics conference to hear national and international speakers address modern tribalism and po...

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 ...

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. Community businesses and service organizations will ...

TAI CHI CLASSES OFFERED Tai Chi classes held at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays at the First Baptist Church, 210 S.W. 2nd Street in Checotah. Everyone is welcome. CHECOTAH LITERACY PROGRAM REACHING OUT TO ADULT L...

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)

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...