In November, sites in the Checotah area will be among 5,000 U.S. drop-off locations collecting shoebox gifts for children overseas during Operation Christmas Child’s National Collection Week, Nov. 12-...

STILLWATER – As another deer hunting season ramps up in Oklahoma, wildlife experts are raising awareness about an always fatal neurological disease that affects deer and elk. Chronic Wasting Disease a...

Heritage tourism, whether it is in Virginia, California or Oklahoma, has to feature one of two attractions. It can be a place where something happened or it can be a place associated with a person. In...

MUSKOGEE - Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-2) announced that his veterans caseworker will hold five mobile office stops in southeast Oklahoma specifically for veterans in need of assistance. “In the ...

TULSA – Tulsa Ballet presents the return of the gothic ballet Dracula at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center October 25-28. Dracula was first created by choreographer Ben Stevenson in 1997 as a productio...

Shannon Madewell captured this beautiful double rainbow over her home on Texanna Road last Tuesday after the heavy rains. (Submitted photo)

MUSKOGEE - Muskogee Art Guild (MAG) schedules exciting workshops and classes year round. The next event will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 20, 10 AM to 4 PM. At the Guild’s office, 211 Bro...

Community members, law enforcement, friends and family gathered at Okmulgee’s First Baptist Church Thursday to remember District Attorney Oliver Robert Barris, III. Barris, passed away Saturday, Oct. ...

I was at a recent seminar in which the presenter asked the question, “why do we exist?”   This was a church related workshop but I think it is a valid question for every human.   Others have posed the...

Trends and Treasures held another craft fair on Oct. 6. Shown from left to right are Tabitha Brock Taylor and her son, Owen Taylor, who make Starfire Soaps. (Submitted photo)

The McIntosh County Oklahoma Retired Educators Association, OREA, met Friday, Oct. 12, at the Jim Lucas Library, Checotah, Oklahoma. The association meets on the second Friday of every month during th...

Opportunities to hunt on federally managed lands in Oklahoma have been expanded after recent meetings between the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, p...

Sen. Roger Thompson has been named Rural Legislator of the Year by an organization that advocates for rural schools.   The Organization of Rural Oklahoma Schools (OROS) was formed in 1984 and represen...

Fast Lanes Bowl is a family owned and operated business that has been bringing entertainment to Checotah for over 18 years. The business was built in July of 2000 but didn’t open its doors until Janua...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoman’s have until Friday to register to vote or update their registration in time for the Nov. 6 General Election, State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax said today. “It’s cri...

James Turpin, 6 yrs. old, on his first time bow hunting and he shot this 6 pt. deer at Porum, Oklahoma. (Submitted photo)v

TULSA – Muscogee (Creek) citizen Clint Summers is in his third and final year of law school at the University of Tulsa and was recently selected as TU College of Law’s 2018 Oklahoma Bar Association St...

On October 18,1944 – The American escort carriers of TG77.4 concentrate air strikes on Leyte while the now 12 fleet carriers, in three groups from TF38, strike Luzon. 1945 – The first German War Crime...

FELONY CASES Kelly Marie Crosswhiteassault and battery upon a police officer MISDEMEANOR CASES Shelbee Tyanne M. Bohuslavicky-obstructing officer M arcene Burns-malicious injury to property M elissa C...