BIG GAME SEASONS - McIntosh Democrat

Sports | Outdoors

November 20, 2025

BIG GAME SEASONS

Deer

• Deer Archery: Oct 1, 2025 – Jan 15, 2026

• Deer Gun: Nov 22, 2025 – Dec 7, 2025

• Holiday Antlerless Deer Gun: Dec 18, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025

Elk

• Elk Archery: Oct 1, 2025 – Jan 15, 2026

• Elk Gun: Nov 22, 2025 – Dec 7, 2025

• Holiday Antlerless Elk Gun: Dec 18, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025

Antelope

• Antelope Gun (doe only, draw only, landowner permit only): Nov 29, 2025 – Jan 15, 2026

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A hoe-lot is happening at The Happy Hoe Farm Market

By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER

November 20, 2025

Who says you can’t be a Happy Hoe? The Checotah Chamber of Commerce just hadaribboncuttingfor The Happy Hoe Farm Market and the talk around town is there’s a hoe-lot of good things to eat or get a tre...

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Another successful Veterans Day Celebration

By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER

November 20, 2025

Another successful Veterans Day Celebration was hosted by Checotah Public Schools and honored all who served in the military especially local veterans on Tuesday, November 11. The special day started ...

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Upcoming Holiday Events

By 3rd Annual Feed the Community

November 20, 2025

Tuesday, Nov. 24 Dinner served from 5 p.m. until the food runs out Checotah Community Center Everyone is welcome! By TNT Power Washing Services In Memory of their mother, Beverly Barrow Turkey Dinner ...

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Motorcyclist killed

November 20, 2025

A 36-year-old cyclist from McAlester was killed Friday when he lost control of his vehicle on U.S. 270 and Oil Well Road, rolled through a barbed wire fence and came to rest in a field. Zachary W. Pat...

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Ava Rose Johnson partners with businesses for Holiday Food Drive

November 20, 2025

Ava Rose Johnson is partnering with Community Counselors Group and True Value in a Holiday Food Drive that will help support families impacted by the recent government shutdown and cutbacks. “I am thr...

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Six FFA members attend National FFA Convention

By Staff Reports

November 20, 2025

Six Checotah FFA members and their agricultural teacher/advisors Mr. Rusty Stonebarger and Mr. Zachary Ilbery had the opportunity to attend the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana last mo...

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OICA Kid Governor®, 4-H Junior Governor inspire future leaders, elevate importance of voting

By JOE DORMAN, OICA CEO

November 20, 2025

OKLAHOMA CITY – The work done by the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA), while always rewarding, can sometimes be stressful, and occasionally downright depressing. The statistics and real- w...

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Constitution 101: Privileges, Immunities and Debate

November 20, 2025

Over the years, I have come to realize that many of my students know little about the U.S. Constitution. And even as I speak to older generations, I realize parts of the Constitution are somewhat fore...

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From pain to a platform

November 20, 2025

From the womb to the grave, God has a precise plan for each and every one of our lives. “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a proph...

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AREA FOOD DRIVES

November 20, 2025

Haltom’s Huddle Holiday Food Drive Haltom’s Huddle Holiday Food Drive is underway. Help feed those in need in McIntosh County this Christmas. Gathering canned or dry food through Dec. 19. Drop off at ...

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Checotah resident pleads guilty to distributing methamphetamine

November 20, 2025

MUSKOGEE - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jason Duane Henrichs, age 47, of Checotah, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to an Information of one c...