Stories from the past 114 YEARS AGO The Checotah Times Friday, May 13, 1910 Election June 7 City Clerk J.O. Price yesterday morning received the proclamation of Governor Haskell calling an election on...

Legacy on Main Street presents Sisters Golden Hair (The Band), an all-female fronted cover band, in a dinner theater performance on Saturday, May 18. 224 N. Main St. Dinner & show: $75. Show alone: $3...

Fast Lanes Bowl recently had four youth who went to the “Bowler of the Year Tournament ‘’ in Stillwater. Hannah Duke won 3rd place in U8 Girls and $150 in scholarship earnings and Cash Davis won 2nd p...

CHS Golf Team was the special guest at the Checotah Lions Club last week.

Checotah Bands Spring Concert was on fire this year! The Spring Band Concert along with a Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser was held on Thursday, May 9, at the Checotah Performing Arts Center. Band Level 1,...

Checotah Shriners were selling Vidalia onions outside the Checotah Masonic Lodge and several other places in McIntosh County this past week as part of a “sweet” tradition and annual fundraiser for the...

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Multi-County Grand Jury today indicted Garfield County Associate District Judge Brian Lovell on charges related to a February 2023 drive-by shooting near the town of Bison. The ind...

LEXINGTON– Friday, Lexington Assessment and Reception Center Deputy Warden Tasha Parker was arrested for the introduction of contraband into a penal institution. She was terminated from her position y...

A construction job fair will be held at the Eufaula Indian Community Center, 800 Birkes Rd. on Friday, May 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information contact Sonny Bevenue at 918-549-2962 or Bayle...

OSU-OKC Fire announces that it will offer a concurrent enrollment high school fire training program beginning with the fall 2024 semester. Fall 2024 for Firefighter 1, Spring 2025 for Firefighter 2, S...

A teenaged driver involved in a single-vehicle accident west of Checotah on May 4 has died, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. The 17-year-old Stigler male passed away on May 9 at St. John Medi...

The Checotah Art Guild will be featuring an opportunity for children ages 3 -13 to experience art, crafts, board games, Lego building and story time every Monday in June from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. for fr...

Recently Herbert and Elizabeth Gamblin celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary with their family. On May 5, 1954, Herbert Gamblin and Elizabeth Mitchell were united in marriage by Reverand Bill Jenn...

Checotah locals love to be the first at everything so hosting the First Pickleball Tournament in McIntosh County was kind of a big “dill” last Thursday evening. The inaugural Pickleball Tournament had...

Thursday, May 16 - Talent Show at 5:30 p.m. at PAC Friday, May 17 – 9th-12th Grade Awards Assembly at 9:30 a.m. at PAC Friday, May 17 - CHS/CMS Talent Show at 1:30 p.m. at PAC Friday, May 17 – Summer ...

FFA Chapters and members from all over Oklahoma wrapped up their year at the State FFA Convention in Tulsa. Several Checotah FFA members attended the State FFA Convention. “This year Checotah FFA Memb...

Checotah High School (CHS) announced their Class of 2024 Valedictorians, Graduate of Distinction and Graduate of Honor this past month. Now the Class of 2024 looks forward to their next chapter in lif...

Oklahoma Christian School pole volter Stella Sage springs over the bar for a successful volt and finished in second place at the Class 4A Regional Pole Volt finals at OBU on Monday.

Felony Cases Dianna 'Lynn Fairchilds: feloniously pointing firearm; child endangerment by driving under the influence; assault with a dangerous weapon; driving a motor vehicle under the influence of a...