Congratulations to our local winners in the Oklahoma Class 4A One Act competition! Cherokee High School took first place and Alva High School was runner up. These two teams have tied up the top two placings for several years. Although Cherokee performed their play for the public last weekend, you can still catch a performance of the Alva play Thursday evening at 7 p.m. at the high school...

A Carmen woman has been charged with child endangerment after a highway patrol trooper investigated why she was stopped in the roadway. According to court documents, on Sept. 28, about 4:30 p.m. Trooper Jadon Hicks was heading south on State Highway 8 near Carmen and noticed a white SUV stopped in the roadway. Hicks turned around to get behind the Chevy Equinox and activated his emergency lights...

Cherokee Public Schools will honor the men and women who have served our country with its annual Veterans Day Assembly at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, in the Cherokee High School Auditorium. The assembly will be hosted by the Cherokee Student Council. All veterans, families and community members are invited and welcome to attend. Cherokee students will take center stage with a medley of patriotic...

The Cherokee High School (CHS) theatre team successfully defended the state championship at the OSSAA Class 4A State One-Act Contest in Ada, Oklahoma, on October 29 with their production of Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors. In addition to the state title, the judges awarded four CHS theatre students, senior, Kaycie Shelton, and juniors, Cash Cantellay, Garrett Ketterman, and Dawson Schanbacher...

Two Cherokee FFA members were selected through an application process to participate and compete in the 4th Annual Oklahoma Pork Derby. On Oct. 28, members Austin Hensley and Skylar Cunningham, both first-year FFA members, traveled to Oklahoma State University. Throughout the morning, students from across the state were educated through workshops about the pork industry including nutrition,...

Seventeen Cherokee FFA members have competed in 2026 FFA Sporting Clays competitions this fall. The Junior FFA team consisting of Trigger Hampton, Kort Roberts, Creed Patterson and Kolt Wessels placed 2nd High Team at Laverne, Balko and the Northwest Area Shoot in Fort Supply. They qualified for the State Sporting Clays competition, which will be held on Nov. 18 at the Oklahoma City Gun Club in...

Brenner Means, a member of the Cherokee FFA chapter, performed onstage and in the spotlight Oct. 21-24, during the 2026 National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis. Brenner, a sophomore and the son of Mallory Means, was selected to be a member of the National FFA Chorus. The National FFA Chorus performed several times during the national convention and expo, adding excitement and...

Davin Budy, a member of the Cherokee FFA chapter, was awarded the American FFA Degree at the 99th National FFA Convention & Expo on Oct. 24. The ceremony was held in the Lucas Oil Stadium. Each year, the National FFA Organization honors FFA members who show the utmost dedication to the organization through their desire to develop their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and...

As Burlington School held a dedication to name the Glen Elliott Agriculture Building, the beloved educator and longtime superintendent was remembered. Involved in agriculture his entire life, Elliott became superintendent at Burlington in 1991 after teaching ag for 13 years: three at Waynoka, one at Freedom then nine at Alva. His experience ranged from raising sheep, hogs and cattle to teaching...

A busy first nine weeks of school was also a very successful one, Superintendent Bryce Schanbacher told the Cherokee School Board at their regular meeting Nov. 2, and it was capped by the One Act team’s victory at State. In fact, Principal Lane Pruett’s rundown of just some of the highlights of students’ successes in the last month ran on for so long that when he finally finished, the board burst...