The Bass Pro Tour Lake Eufaula tournament, featuring some of the biggest names in bass fishing, is being held in Eufaula now through Sunday, May 5. It is being hosted by Vision Eufaula. At 1 p.m. Satu...

Checotah Wildcat Baseball 2024 may have come to a close, but these boys of baseball, three sets of brothers, will continue batting for each other long after the season is over. Yes, Dallas and Dalton ...

Billions expected to emerge in rare event There are certain things for which Oklahoma summers are known: oppressive heat, suffocating humidity, devastating drought, continually running air conditioner...

Checotah Masonic Lodge #86, located at 625 W. Gentry, will host a community breakfast on Sat., May 4 from 7 a.m. -10 a.m. Start your Saturday off with a homemade breakfast consisting of eggs, sausage,...

A child’s perspective after the storm: 4-year-old Teagan Sullivan of Checotah asked “MOM, how did Jesus know that me love rainbows?”

LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER Shriners carry on a “sweet” tradition of selling Vidalia onions each year as an annual fundraiser for their organization and local Shriners will be kicking off their sells ...

First Pickleball Tournament at the Jim Lucas Library set for Thurs., May 9 at 5:30 p.m. Cost is $25/2 person team which includes t-shirts. Proceeds will benefit the library’s summer reading program. M...

The Berry-Patch Homegrown Plants and Produce has been sowing seeds into their local community for the past three seasons. Last week, owners Greg and Darby Berry along with their daughter and grandson,...

May 2-5 *MLF Bass Pro Tour May 5 American Bass Trail May 11-12 Chickasha Bassmasters May 16-18 *MLF Toyota Series May 19 Nichols Marine Tournament June 1-2 Ok High School Fishing Tournament June 2 Ame...

After decades of being cast from the state, American black bears have slowly but steadily returned to Oklahoma’s landscape, including Cimarron County’s Black Mesa region. To answer questions about the...

Felony Cases Leonard Boyd Gray III: burglary in the 2nd degree Misdemeanor Cases Kelly Joe Cunningham: driving a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol Earl Ray Jackson: driving a motor vehicle ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Neil Hays, RChecotah, secured passage of a bill that would allow employees at establishments that sell wine, beer, and liquor to sample the products if they are over 21. Senate Bi...

The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from February business. The monies they reported this period represent sale...

STILLATER – Oklahoma State University Extension has launched a curriculum to educate high school and 4-H students about the Farm Bill. “There are bits and pieces of policy curriculum taught in high sc...

Stories from the past 114 YEARS AGO The Checotah Times Friday, April 22, 1910 Eastern Cherokee Commendable progress is being made in the furtherance of the Eastern Cherokee payment of over $4 million,...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Applications for the 2024-25 Agriculture Youth Council are now available for Oklahoma high school students entering their senior year in the fall of 2024. Members will meet once a mont...

Thank you I would like to express my utmost gratitude to all the voters in the ICTC school district for their unwavering support and trust in me. I am honored and humbled by the opportunity to serve a...

McIntosh County GOP now has our first debate behind us and are looking forward to endorsing a candidate in each of the local races, please be watching for that on our Facebook page! The debate on Tues...