Cherokee News

Mayes County Commissioners approved a close-out certification for the water line expansion with Rural Water District 5. Tami McKeon of Grand Gateway said Monday that construction has been completed on the water line.

Six northwest Oklahoma students were among 45 recipients of the 2009-10 Seniors of Significance Award presented by Oklahoma State University Alumni Association.

Oklahoma's most famous native son will be remembered during Will Rogers Days on Wednesday through Sunday.

United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma received a $14,311 boost in its fundraising campaign with the citywide chili cook-off. Employer contributions are coming in, said United Way Executive Director Sean Byrne, but the vast majority still are out.

Surely comes that time of year when people search for the perfect set of fangs, dig out the tried and true formula for fake blood, and squawk "Nevermore" along with Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven." Let's not forget, too, that stores are stocked with shelves of bagged sweets, plastic pumpkins and ghoulish decorations that light up porches so inviting ...

Leona Ellis noted the work being done by a small army of volunteers at the West Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in McAlester, where she's a member of the congregation.

Cherokee Friends of the Library is planning a reception on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, in honor of all remaining World War II servicemen and women from the county.

A Tulsa man was arrested Saturday night in Tahlequah for drunken driving after a car crash.

Eugene Tunnell, a driver for Storey Wrecker Service, secures a sport utility vehicle on the Creek Turnpike near Memorial Drive on Monday.

After operating at a financial loss for over a year, Great Plains Care Center in Helena will close its doors, effective Dec.

Does the name "Wilma Mankiller" ring any bells? * Staff Writer Teddye Snell interviews a young man home from a tour of duty.

Deterding A boy, Kade Philip, 7 pounds, 8 ounces, was born at 5:09 p.m. July 28 at Integris Bass Baptist Health Center to Kevin and Keasha Deterding, Pond Creek.

The McAlester City Council Tuesday voted to proceed with plans to declare an old, partially demolished building as dilapidated, even after the owner asked for another extension for time to fund its repairs.

BANNING, Calif. Cherokee-owned Thornton Media has created software, free to tribal clients, that allows them for the first time to program their indigenous language onto Nintendo DSi handheld consoles.

Intense summer heat has returned to Oklahoma and will stick around for the next several days.

Joseph Madson has been cooking all of his life, and now he is cooking to raise money for a personal mission in Mexico.

Charges will not be filed against a Tulsa man who allegedly desecrated the American flag during his band's performance July 17 at Cherokee Casino in Catoosa.

The Oklahoma Arts Council is partnering with the Cherokee Nation and Northeastern State University to host the first Town Hall Meeting for the Arts on Aug.

Rodeo fans will not be disappointed after Woodward's Elks Rodeo concludes as several towns around the area will be gearing up for rodeos of their own.

Sept. 20, 1897, saw the first day of classes for what has become one of the major institutions of learning in northwestern Oklahoma.