With Super Bowl LV just days away from being played before socially-distanced fans, the personalfinance website WalletHub today released its Super Bowl LV By The Numbers infographic together with its ...

On February 4, 1777 – George Washington appoints Nathaniel Sackett as spymaster over what will become the Culper Ring of spies. 1822 – Free American Blacks settled Liberia, West Africa. The first grou...

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Checotah softball player Ciara Moore became the first senior on a team loaded with talent to sign to play collegiate softball. Moore signed with the Red Ravens of Coffeyville Community College. Moore ...

B.A.S.S. is seeking nominations for the best and brightest high school bass anglers in the country. The Bassmaster High School All-American Fishing Team presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors recogniz...

Baseball great Hank Aaron died in his sleep on Friday at the age of 86. Aaron was instrumental in facing racism in the league and in society. Aaron eclipsed Babe Ruth as baseball’s home run king, hitt...

In its seven-year in existence, the Checotah Crossroads Classic continues to have one of the most competitive venues in eastern Oklahoma. In round one, you had schools like rivals Eufaula boys playing...

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The south Florida heat wasn’t enough to melt “Ice Man” Kaique Pacheco (Itatiba, Brazil) as the 2018 PBR (Professional Bull Riders) World Champion turned in a perfect 3-for-3 performance on his way to ...

The Oklahoma Sooners and Oklahoma State Cowboys will now play two Bedlam games within three days of each other. The Big 12 Conference announced that the matchup originally scheduled for last Saturday ...

Tom Brady led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a NFC championship as they defeated the Green Bay Packers 31-26. It was a battle of seasoned quarterbacks between Brady and Aaron Rodgers. The Bucs led 21-10 ...

The argument of masks verses no masks is more relevant now that this pandemic has hit home. Several deaths have occurred in McIntosh County due to Covid-19 and because of this disease, schools have ha...

The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame recognized the historic moment that occurred this week, saluting Nick Saban on winning his seventh national championship, the most in majo...

Struggles continued for both Checotah Wildcat teams on Tuesday as Sallisaw defeated both teams in convincing fashion at the Checotah Event Center. Checotah senior basketball players and their parents ...

1785 – Chippewa, Delaware, Ottawa and Wyandot tribes signed a treaty of Fort McIntosh, ceding present-day Ohio to the United States. 1824 – Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, Confederate General, is born. Ne...

The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame salutes all those who played a critical role in 2020 during the pandemic to ensure that the players, coaches and fans had the opportunity ...

All hunters know the disappointment of a hunt gone cold. But quail hunters stand above all in embracing experiences and traditions when futility rules the day. When the pain in their toes becomes the ...

Checotah senior basketball players pictured left to right: Alexis Hamilton, Gracey Lewis, Treyton Hurt, Madison Proctor, Daylen Warrior, Adam Oxtoby, Vanessa Henson and Zane Cummings. Checotah senior ...

The Jacksonville Jaguars announced Thursday that the team hired Urban Meyer as their new head coach. Meyer, who turned 56, won national titles in 2006 and 2008 with the Gators and 2014 with the Buckey...

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