State has highest rate of missing persons According to NamUs, the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, Oklahoma has the highest percentage of missing people in the U.S. with 16 missing pe...

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Stories from the past 114 YEARS AGO The Checotah Times Friday, April 1, 1910 THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET The prolonged drought has exhausted the supply of water in the water works reservoir and as a result S...

Checotah Art Guild will host “Art in the Park” on Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will take place at Veterans Park at 112 N. Broadway and will feature many local artists and craft...

The Eufaula-Canadian Tribal Town will host at a Health Fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on April 5 at the Eufaula Indian Community Center, 800 Birkes Rd., Eufaula. There will be door prizes, information bo...

The month of March is dedicated to celebrating women visionaries and trailblazers who have fought for equality and played a vital role in our history. Women’s History Month isn’t just a celebration of...

Grateful of her heritage in Checotah Cleda (Latta) Todd, a 1959 Checotah High School graduate and four-year Lady Wildcat basketball starter, was recently inducted into the 2024 Checotah Athletic Hall ...

Street to be named Emmy’s Way A special ceremony to honor the late Emmy Stidham will take place Friday, April 5 at 10 a.m. at the Katy Depot, located at 100 Paul Carr Drive in Checotah. Ms. Emmy, a lo...

A Eufaula man charged with assault and threatening to perform an act of violence at the Family Dol- Vargas lar store in January on South Main Street pleaded guilty to the allegations at a hearing on M...

Don’t forget, Tuesday, April 2 is election day for school boards. Early voting will be available Thursday, March 28, and Friday, March 29, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the McIntosh County Courthouse, 110 ...

Lots of Easter events will be taking place this year in McIntosh County Sensory-Friendly Easter Bunny, March 28 Total Rehab of Eufaula, 617 S. Main St., will hold a serene and inclusive Easter Bunny v...

Mandi Pitts, a teacher from Checotah, was recently chosen as Teacher of the Year award from the Ki Bios Foster Grandparent Program on March 22 in Tahlequah. Pitts, who earned a Bachelor’s in Early Chi...

An arrest warrant on pornography charges has been issued for a 21-year-old Camdenton, Mo., man who allegedly had illicit contact with a Eufaula High School teen. This makes the third person charged wi...

Still has suit against lawman who allegedly shot her Julie Huff was shot multiple times as she was held hostage by a man who robbed the Bank of Eufaula in 2016 and killed bank President Randy Peterson...

Approximately 7.6 million companion animals enter animal shelters nationwide every year. Oklahoma ranks 8th in the rate of euthanizing dogs and cats in shelters, according to the Best Friends Animal S...

On March 13, Truman and Colleen Dixon celebrated 76 years of marriage. Colleen Archer first met Truman Dixon when she was a senior in high school at Checotah. Colleen’s family had moved back to Checot...

McIntosh County District Court Report FelonyCases Christopher Anthony Kropp: driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of drug; operating a m/v without a valid license Joshua Cody Medlock: pos...

Checotah FFA member, Chloe Reeves, recently spoke to the Checotah Lions Club about the importance of agriculture and how it affects Checotah. “I proudly represent the Checotah FFA chapter and would li...

Wife a 2001 graduate of Eufaula High School Reuben “Batt” DeRoin, 37, has been dancing in Native American ceremonies since the age of five. Who would have thought that 32 years later he would be among...