Checotah News

Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, Carrie Underwood, Loretta Lynn and Vince Gill are among the stars giving tours of their homes and sitting down to talk with "Good Morning America's" Robin Roberts.

Several Oklahoma country music stars are among the artists who will be profiled in a new ABC television special, "In the Spotlight With Robin Roberts: Bright Lights.

Pop-country has made superstars out of acts like Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift and more, but the term is not particularly endearing in Nashville, even to the artists who have come to define it.

Several Oklahoma country music stars are among the country artists who will be profiled in a new ABC television special, "In the Spotlight With Robin Roberts: Bright Lights.

Katelyn Acree of Porter received the American FFA Degree at the 82nd National FFA Convention in Indianapolis on Oct.

As parents get their little goblins ready for Halloween, shopping for costumes and knowing when to trick-or-treat were on their minds Monday.

Spectators lined Muskogee Avenue Saturday morning as Northeastern State University alumni, students, staff, parents and other well-wishers gathered for the annual Homecoming parade.

Superstar Carrie Underwood will head to New York City to celebrate and promote her new album "Play On," due in stores Nov.

A Checotah man has admitted he sold anabolic steroids to a former tribal police officer and others.

Checotah's own Carrie Underwood adds hosting her own Fox holiday TV special to her resume.

Superstar Carrie Underwood will headline a variety television special Dec. 7 - exact title to be confirmed.

I would like to alert you to a development concerning many citizens as they see their environment and property values being negatively impacted by numerous gas and oil field waste disposal operations.

Boral Bricks plant manager Sean Kirk watches plant employees load bricks, four to eight at a time, onto monorail cars, sometimes loading 1,900 bricks a day.

Barbara Clouse has lived most of her 61 years in Muskogee. Although her family lived here, she was born in Checotah because her mother went via bus to a doctor there.

Friends and family remembered 16-year-old Jacob Barnes as an outgoing teen with a photogenic smile as they gathered to mourn the Memorial High School student who was fatally shot as he walked home from school.

Halston Williams draws his bow across his fiddle, and Checotah fifth-grader Morgan States does likewise - teacher and student in a simple bluegrass duet.

Magnolia Gardens Assisted Living Center is sponsoring a food drive through Oct. 23. All donations will be given to the Gospel Rescue Mission in Muskogee.

Victor Joe Carl Dowling, 22, was arrested at a Tulsa hospital on a complaint of second degree murder in the shooting death of his fiance, 18-year-old Katlyn Ann Lewis.

The FBI has released long-secret security tapes showing the chaos immediately after the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building.

Energy experts say increasing Oklahoma's use of renewable energy could have tremendous benefits for the state, but policymakers say mandates aren't the way to achieve that goal.