CHECOTAH — A Checotah businessman was killed Saturday when the airplane he was flying crashed across U.S. 266 from his house west of town. Doug Hyer, 42, was flying his single-engine experimental airplane when it crashed in a field two and one-half miles west of Checotah.

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The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a 42-year-old Checotah man has been killed when the home-built aircraft he was piloting crashed.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a 42-year-old Checotah man has been killed when the home-built aircraft he was piloting crashed.

The first in many ways to achieve the honor — Lance Cpl. Daniel Dawson of Checotah is the Marine Corps 2011 Firefighter of the Year. Dawson, who is stationed at Cherry Point, N.C., has been in the service for two-and-a-half years and has already set a record or two with the Marines.

— Checotah’s Zack Oliver is tied for sixth place with his 147 after the first two rounds of the Class 3A boys state golf tournament at Dornick Hills Country Club in Ardmore.

— It is like Cowboy Christmas the next two weeks. And it starts Friday with the Creek Nation Casino-Checotah and Checotah Stockyards presenting the Duvall’s Annual 2012 Edition Steer Wrestling Jackpot. The competition will run until Sunday at the Checotah Round-Up Club Arena.

Sometimes, change can be a good thing. For the Marlow Outlaws football team, this season is gearing up to be full of it. After a disappointing 1-9 finish to the season, which included six losses by  10 points or less, there was a change of command for MHS. On April 20, Rob Renshaw, who had spent the past six seasons at Putnam City High School as the offensive coordinator, was named the official ...

A preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board on a fatal Oklahoma plane crash says witnesses heard the aircraft's engine "rev up" before it crashed.

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