On October 17, 1691 – Maine and Plymouth were incorporated in Massachusetts. 1777 – General John Burgoyne with British forces of 5,000 men surrendered to General Horatio Gates, commander of the Ameri...

The 2019 Annual Banquet and Graduation Ceremony for Freedom House Adult and Teen Challenge will be Saturday, Nov. 9 at Kilharen's Lodge in Muskogee. The doors will open at 5 p.m. with a Silent Auction...

Twelve All-Star Teams, each comprised of 10 junior golfers ages 14 and under, have won their respective Regional competitions to advance to the 8th PGA Jr. League Championship presented by National Ca...

The Checotah Wildcats (4-1) ran over and through the Okmulgee Bulldogs for a 50-18 victory. The Wildcats’ high-octane offense led by quarterback Jacob Barrett racked up 451 total yards of offense incl...

The Tahlequah Tigers rallied from behind to edge the Checotah Lady Wildcats 13-12 on Thursday. Tahlequah’s Jayley Ray connected on a single to score Betty Danner to cap off a fourrun inning at their ...

Checotah wrestling standout Cade Shropshire is now on the University of Oklahoma wrestling team. Shropshire is a two-time OSSAA State Wrestling Champion. Prior to going to OU, Shropshire signed a lett...

The sixth-ranked Oklahoma Sooners remained perfect with a 45-20 victory over the Kansas Jayhawks Saturday afternoon at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. It wasn’t a pretty victory but it was still ...

MIDWAY 54, BOWLEGS 0 The Midway Chargers’ defense held Bowlegs scoreless in a 54-0 win. Charlie Colburn had two touchdown runs, while Jeral Washington ran 30 yards for a touchdown and passed 18 yards ...

California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law an act that will let college athletes hire agents and make money from endorsements in a move that could upend amateur sports in the America and ...

Alpha Plus Educational Systems announced a partnership with Checotah Middle School for school year 2019 - 2020. Seventy-four schools across Oklahoma have partnered with the Oklahoma-based company to i...

The University of Oklahoma announced this week that it is seeking contracts to construct a statue of the Selmon brothers from Eufaula as well as statues of former Heisman Trophy winners Baker Mayfield...

The Checotah Wildcats (3-1) didn’t show any signs of rust after last week’s rival game against Eufaula as they dominated Tulsa Webster 63-6 Friday on homecoming night at Ray Grandstaff Stadium. There ...

2019 Checotah Homecoming

From September 15 through September 21, Eufaula native, J. Mason Dobbs was in Kerrville, Texas to shoot in his first U.S. Olympic Team Trials in International Skeet. The Trials were held at the Hill C...

The Oklahoma Sooners (4-0) dominated the Texas Tech Red Raiders (2-2) 55-16 to open Big 12 conference play. The victory gave OU their 900th win in school history. Jalen Hurts and CeeDee Lamb put on a ...

The Checotah Lady Wildcats found success at the Tahlequah Softball Tournament on Saturday. The Checotah Lady Wildcats earned a 8-1 lopsided victory over Tahlequah. The Lady Wildcats also defeated Begg...

Oklahoma State (OSU) (3-1) rides the coattails of Chubba Hubbard for 26-13 win over Kansas State. Hubbard rushed for 296 yards, including an 84-yard touchdown on OSU's first series of the third quarte...

Relentless determination and commitment to his game plan paid off big for Carl Jocumsen, who turned in a catch of 19 pounds, 12 ounces on Championship Sunday and scored a career-defining victory at th...

The Checotah Lady Wildcats dominated arch rival Eufaula (8- 16) in their first meeting of the season 10-3 Thursday at Chris Gawf field. Both teams put a run on the scoreboard to tie the game 1-1. Alex...

The 104th meeting between the No.9 ranked Checotah Wildcats (2-1) and the Eufaula Ironheads (2-1) lived up to the bill of the game. Checotah put the first points on the board as sophomore running back...