OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep Tim Turner, R-Kinta, today refuted claims that the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC) is at fault in the death of Marquel Ross, who was an inmate at the Oklahoma State Penite...

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Farm Bureau announces that Launch Rural OK and Builders + Backers are beginning a program designed to help rural Oklahomans transform their business ideas into reality. On...

OKLAHOMA CITY - Keep Oklahoma Beautiful (KOB) announced the opening of the 2025 Great American Cleanup in Oklahoma, the state’s largest community litter remediation initiative. As part of the nationwi...

Oklahoma City Public Schools Superintendent Jamie Polk and Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Ebony Johnson have responded to the proposal, which could deter students who are undocumented or from mix...

Oklahoma nonprofits serving the state’s most vulnerable residents were among the first to feel the freeze as the Trump administration announced a sweeping, abrupt pause on funding for federal grants, ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Tom Gann, RInola, is expressing his deep concern over recent revelations that he believes highlight a widespread and ongoing violation of Oklahomans’ rights. Gann led an interim s...

The Oklahoma Farm Bureau and the OKFB Foundation for Agriculture have launched a new large-animal veterinarian scholarship in an effort to help create a pipeline of veterinarians who can provide essen...

Nathan Brewer, small business owner and dedicated father from Henryetta, has filed to run for Oklahoma Senate District 8. The seat became vacant after the resignation last year of Sen. Roger Thompson....

Here is a list of winners at the recent McIntosh County Spring Livestock show. With the names are a few more random photographs taken at the event. Heifers Julie Emerson: winner of Grand Champion, Res...

Oklahoma students’ scores in reading and math stagnated in 2024 and remained well below the U.S. average, according to national test results released this week. The data is from the National Assessmen...

This year’s Oklahoma Sooners incoming recruiting class was spearheaded by offensive tackles Michael Fasusi and Ryan Fodje,. Joining them is the standout wide receiver Elijah Thomas from Checotah High ...

Mama Tig’s Pizza in Eufaula has been voted Best Pizza in the State by readers of Oklahoma Living, a publication of the Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives (OAEC). OAEC has widespread readers...

For one local beauty, this year truly marked not just a New Year but definitely a new beginning for Jordyn Madewell Combs, a Class of 2021 graduate from Checotah. Jordyn enlisted on June 27, 2024 in O...

Emma Lee Ellison, 24, of Checotah, has been ordered to undergo a mental examination and then to appear in court at 9 a.m., Feb. 18 for a competency hearing. Special District Judge Brian McLaughlin ord...

The 17th Annual Chili Cook-Off is set for Saturday, Feb. 22 at the Checotah Community Center. Doors will open at 5 p.m. to the public and you don’t want to miss it. Cost is $8 for all the chili you ca...

Arnold Willard Carey Jr., 27, has been bound over for a preliminary hearing on several charges related to a second-degree rape allegation. On Jan. 22, Associate District Judge Brendon Bridges set the ...

Petition to control turbines awaiting decision by ADA District 3 County Commissioner Bobby Ziegler shared a message sent to him by Chad Macy, a representative of the TransAlta Canadian River Project. ...

City general elections in Checotah and Eufaula April 1 For the Feb. 11 Special Election of the City of Eufaula, early voting will be held on Thursday, February 6 and Friday, Feb. 7 from 8 a.m. to 6 p....

The Checotah City Council convened on Monday, Jan. 13 in the Council Chambers at City Hall. Donna Bitsche from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) presented a check for $881,650 to the Checotah ...

An Oklahoma Department of Transportation employee and a truck driver died in a crash Monday in LeFlore County. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Jaden Jackson, 26, was struck and killed on foo...