Cookson News

While other campers at Camp Grey Squirrel painted T-shirts inside an air conditioned building, 13-year-old Garrett Horsechief was outside, pitching stones in a rock pond and feeling its cool water.

Women today are still few and far between in church leadership. Although a traditional and conservative community, Cherokee County has several women pastors.

What began as a fundraising idea to benefit the proposed Fort Gibson Sports and Recreation Complex has turned into a two-day festival celebrating one of the area's tastiest crops.

Celebrating church heritage with delicious pot-luck meals made by the women in the congregation and reunions of old friends who have since moved away were once as much a tradition among Christians as Vacation Bible School and mission work.

The Cherokee County Veterans Council will hold a formal American flag disposal ceremony Saturday, June 13, at 7 p.m. at the American Legion Post 135 on East Allen Road.

At Beauty Technical College in Tahlequah, students learn to cut, color and style hair, to do pedicures and make-up, and they generally aim for a high level of style and beauty.

A story about "Pretty Boy" Floyd by Nightingale Theater's John Cruncleton will not be what you think.

A United Keetoowah Band community meeting will be held Friday, May 22 at 6 p.m. at Jim Proctor Nutrition Center.

Cherokee County sheriff's deputies recovered stolen property Monday and arrested an area man.

An arrest warrant was issued Wednesday afternoon for a Cookson man accused of exposing his genitals May 9. William Henry Smith, 58, is charged with a felony count of indecent exposure.

Volunteering with a youth organization is one of the best ways a caring adult can make a difference for a child.

Cherokee County investigators arrested a former Cookson water district bookkeeper Tuesday on allegations she took approximately $15,000 while working for Rural Water District 13.

MUSKOGEE a ' U.S. Rep. Dan Boren has reintroduced legislation in Congress to protect troops and their families from commercial exploitation.

Six officials were sworn in Monday at City Hall, including newly elected Police Chief Clay Mahaney.

Cherokee County commissioners on Monday approved a pair of plats for developments at Sparrow Hawk Village.

Tahlequah city officials will host a swearing in ceremony Monday, May 4 at 10 a.m. in the council chambers at City Hall.

The former superintendent of the Fort Gibson water treatment plant pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges of falsifying drinking water safety reports.

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A new report of signage theft has been made this week after Cherokee County sheriff's deputies arrested a pair of men this week for some road signage thefts.

Cherokee County commissioners unanimously approved a bid for the purchase of a fire apparatus multipurpose response vehicle Monday morning.