Cherokee, OK

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...

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...

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...

The Alfalfa County Commissioners gathered for their weekly meeting Monday, where they approved minutes of the last meeting, M&O warrants for payment, blanket purchase orders, appropriations and tax allocations. Tax Allocations Alcoholic beverage taxes were allocated: Aline $538.97, Amorita $121.91, Burlington $397.81, Byron $118.70, Carmen $1,154.94, Cherokee $4,735.25, Goltry $805.25, Helena...

Real Estate Transfers Book 924, page 114: Karen Cole Hawkins, convey unto Joseph Lapierre. The north 67 feet of Lot 1, Block 3, Holcomb’s Addition to the City of Cherokee, Oklahoma. Warranty deed. Book 924, page 132: Debra Orosco and Joaquin Orosco; Barbara Grado and Bernard Grado Jr. and Benjamin Kooken convey unto Stuart Burkhart and Santa Burkhart. The north half of the southeast quarter of Sec...