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...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma’s Native Americans have a long history of proud and distinguished service in the Oklahoma Army National Guard. On Sunday, Sept. 9, the military career of one Native-American w...

OKMULGEE - On Wednesday, Sept. 12, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve H.R. 2606, the Stigler Act Amendments of 2018, advancing the legislation to the U.S. Senate for their consideratio...

Sharon Spencer, 67, of Eufaula died at the scene of a single-vehicle accident in Pittsburg County on Sept. 14, possibly from a medical condition. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, at about 3:3...

The McIntosh County Oklahoma Retired Educators Association, OREA, met Friday, Sept. 14, at the Jim Lucas Library. The association meets on the second Friday of every month during the school term excep...

Retired Checotah educator Dr. DeLois Ann McGee will be one of ten inductees to the Oklahoma African American Educators Hall of Fame on Friday, Sept. 28. The ceremony will start at 7 p.m. at the Oklaho...

OKLAHOMA CITY - Freedom of Information Oklahoma is offering cash prizes to high school students who enter and win the annual Zach Taylor First Amendment Essay Contest. Students in grades 9 to 12 must ...

Constitution Day, Sept. 17, celebrates the 231st birthday of an astounding document that governed our nation as it grew from 13 to 50 states plus multiple territories populated by U.S. Citizens. The b...

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office (OKSHPO) is pleased to announce the newest National Register of Historic Places listing for Oklahoma. The National R...