The McAlester News-Capital sadly reports the loss of their Managing Editor James Beaty. Beaty, a Hartshorne native, died unexpectedly May 12. He was 72. Beaty was inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism...

EUFAULA - Vicki Marie Butler, 69, passed away on April 23, 2024 at her home. A memorial service was held May 4 at Kelley Memorial Chapel. EUFAULA - Carol Hariett Appel, 93, passed away on Monday, Apri...

EUFAULA - Megen Marie Charon, 32, passed away Saturday, April 20, 2024. No services planned at this time. CHECOTAH - Robert “Bob” Joseph Wilson, 82, passed away at his home Monday, April 22, 2024. A f...

PORUM – Thomas Lee Brizendine, 81, passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2024 at his home. Funeral services were held March 28 at Porum Assembly of God Church. CHECOTAH – Leo Lee Hicks, Jr., 57, passed f...

Rowena Inez Martin, 85, of Canadian, Oklahoma, passed away Saturday, April 6, 2024, at her home surrounded by family. Rowena Inez Martin (Taber) was born on Sept. 2, 1938 in Oktaha, Oklahoma, to Orvil...

CHECOTAH - Barbara Anne Clark, 85, former Checotah teacher, passed away Friday, April 5, 2024. A Graveside Service was held on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 in the Fairview Cemetery of Shawnee. You may sh...

COLLINSVILLE - Donald Eldridge Landers, 86, formerly of Crowder, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2024, in Tulsa, OK. Services to be set for a future date to be determined. CHECOTAH - Dennis Charles Ro...

EUFAULA - Lou Ann Spencer, 77, passed away Feb. 23, 2024, surrounded by her family. A Celebration of Life will be held at her home on Lake Eufaula June 8, 2024. CHECOTAH - Mary Ann (Lay) Bruch, 74, pa...

Doris Jean Pruitt, 92, of Checotah, OK, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Monday, March 18, 2024, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born on Saturday, April 18, 1931 to Jesse Leonard ...

EUFAULA - SFC. Allen D. Mayhar, US Army (Ret), 63, passed away at his home in Eufaula, Oklahoma,on Saturday, March 16, 2024. A funeral service was held Saturday, March 23 at Eufaula First Baptist Chur...

Sylvia Frances Lucas, 100, of Eufaula, Oklahoma, passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2024. She was born on Sept. 26, 1923, in Checotah, Oklahoma, the daughter of Richard Lee Welch and Ada Mae (Guinn) W...

CHECOTAH – Theodore Paul Harker, 51, passed away Saturday, March 2, in Checotah, OK. TAHLEQUAH - Cynthia Renee Ferland, 56, passed from this life on Monday, March 11, 2024 in Muskogee, OK, after losin...

Larry L. Blood of Checotah, 78, entered into the arms of Jesus on Feb. 20, 2024 at his home surrounded by loved ones. Larry was born to Orval & Reba (Watson) Blood in Sapulpa, OK on July 10, 1945. He ...

EUFAULA - Brenda Jolene Clanin, 64, passed away on February 21, 2024 at her home in Eufaula, OK. HARRAH - Larry Dean Romine, 81, formerly of Checotah, passed away February 28, 2024 in Harrah, OK. CHEC...

Bernie (Bud) William Eidson Jr., 73, died on Feb. 5, 2024, in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Bernie was born on March 6, 1950, in El Dorado, Kansas, the son of Bernie William Eidson Sr. and Betty Mae (Baum) Meal...

PORUM - Harold “Tommy” Thomas Trompeter, 63, passed away Sunday, February 11, 2024, at his home in Porum, OK. A Celebration of Life was held March 2 at Chickasaw Nation Community Center in Oklahoma Ci...

Betty Jo Watson of Council Hill, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 17, 2024 in Checotah surrounded by her children and loved ones. She was 84 years old, but still young at heart! ...

LITTLE ROCK, AR - Dewitt Lane Short, 94, former Checotah resident, passed away in Little Rock, Arkansas on February 2, 2024 surrounded by his loving family. PORUM - Donald Reginald Parent, 63, passed ...

Rodney Eugene Ramsey, 69, of Checotah, passed away peacefully Thursday, February 15, 2024, with his family by his side. He was born to Eldon and Ruth (Barber) Ramsey in Woodland, California on Tuesday...

EUFAULA - Carol Joyce Brown, 72, passed away Wednesday, February 7, 2024, at the St. Francis Hospital of Tulsa. Services to be set for a future date to be determined. PORUM - Harold “Tommy” Thomas Tro...