logo
Login Subscribe
Google Play App Store
  • News
  • Sports
  • lifestyle
  • commentary
  • Obituaries
  • Calendar
  • Contact
    • Contact Us
    • Form Submission / Advertise
    • advertisers pay now
    • News
    • Sports
    • lifestyle
    • commentary
    • Obituaries
    • Calendar
    • Contact
      • Contact Us
      • Form Submission / Advertise
      • advertisers pay now
Lowering trauma in foster children
commentary
Lowering trauma in foster children
April 20, 2023
Last week, I presented Senate Bill 706, which I have authored on the House side. The bill amends one aspect of court hearings for foster children, but would have a huge impact to ensure these kids hav...
this is a test
House bills pass Senate Committees
commentary
House bills pass Senate Committees
April 20, 2023
We are over halfway through this year’s legislative session. This week House Bill 2398 and House Bill 2684 passed Senate Committees and will continue to progress through the legislative process. You’v...
this is a test
Corruption in small towns
commentary
Corruption in small towns
April 20, 2023
Corruption seems to be everywhere nowadays but corruption in small towns hits a little closer to home and my heart. Just over 27 years ago, my baby boy was going to be turning one and I wanted to cele...
this is a test
Registered voters in Mcintosh County 11,936
commentary
Registered voters in Mcintosh County 11,936
April 13, 2023
Oklahomans have had plenty of opportunities to vote lately. They could weigh in on several local and county races on April 4. For some, it was the fourth or fifth time in five months they’d been eligi...
this is a test
Influential people
commentary
Influential people
April 13, 2023
Everyone has different influential people who come into their lives and change them for the better. Most of us have a few influencers who mold and make us into who we are or who we are becoming. Paren...
this is a test
Cooperation better than conflict
commentary
Cooperation better than conflict
April 13, 2023
OKLAHOMA CITY – It is springtime, and the legislative session is moving forward reaching the halfway mark of the 2023 session. The Oklahoma Legislature is embroiled in heated debates over substantial ...
this is a test
Honoring Mayor Lelia Foley-Davis
commentary
Honoring Mayor Lelia Foley-Davis
April 13, 2023
My constituent, Mayor Lelia Foley-Davis, was honored with a citation on the House floor, celebrating her 50 anniversary as being elected mayor of Taft, Oklahoma. She was born the youngest child of ten...
this is a test
Easter Sunday memories
commentary
Easter Sunday memories
April 6, 2023
As long as I can remember I have always spent Easter Sunday in the house of the Lord. We always wore our Sunday best and had Easter dinner together and an egg hunt afterwards. Of course, I grew up in ...
this is a test
Many child-related bills moving at the State Capitol
commentary
Many child-related bills moving at the State Capitol
April 6, 2023
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Legislature reached its second major deadline, and several thousand bills have been either rejected in their houses of origin or were simply not heard. Up to now, House bi...
this is a test
Tax and inflation relief
commentary
Tax and inflation relief
April 6, 2023
Inflation remains at a 40-year high, and House Republicans are committed to providing Oklahomans much-needed relief. Americans across the nation are feeling the burden of the federal government’s out-...
this is a test
commentary
Oklahoma Senior Games 2023 Schedule
March 30, 2023
The event schedule for the Oklahoma Senior Games has been released. There are 29 games for anyone 50 years and older. This year the games will be held from September through October, statewide. Games ...
this is a test
commentary
Checotah Junior and Senior page at OK House
March 30, 2023
OKLAHOMA CITY – Regan Westbrook, Checotah High School junior, and JaiCee Lester, Checotah High School senior, served as pages for Rep. Neil Hays, R-Checotah, at the Oklahoma State Capitol March 20 -24...
this is a test
Medical marijuana
commentary
Medical marijuana
March 30, 2023
557-7302 State Question 820 failed, sending a clear message that Oklahomans oppose unfettered access to marijuana. This is an opportunity for the Legislature to reexamine reforms of the medical mariju...
this is a test
Oklahoma and federal education experts say shortage goes beyond lack of teachers
commentary
Oklahoma and federal education experts say shortage goes beyond lack of teachers
March 30, 2023
WASHINGTON – As a teacher shortage crisis worsens in the U.S. three years after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, national and state education leaders said a structural disruption is creating sh...
this is a test
The power of a name and our words
commentary
The power of a name and our words
March 30, 2023
The power of a name is quite profound. I believe a person’s name is one of the greatest connections to their own identity and individuality. A name ties you to your past ancestry and it ties your chil...
this is a test
BRENDALAND
commentary
BRENDALAND
March 30, 2023
I have chickens. One hen in particular goes broody at least twice a year. She always disappears from the flock, ending up in an old rusty wheelbarrow on the backside of my neighbors shed. Fortunately,...
this is a test
Raising awareness for children?s insurance
commentary
Raising awareness for children?s insurance
March 30, 2023
OKLAHOMA CITY – OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) is pleased to be working this year on a project with Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma that will raise awareness about acc...
this is a test
Biden?s $6.9 trillion budget disaster
commentary
Biden?s $6.9 trillion budget disaster
March 23, 2023
Joe Biden likes to say, “show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value.” When looking at his latest budget request, it’s clear this president values higher taxes, massive spending and more gov...
this is a test
Debating measures
commentary
Debating measures
March 23, 2023
This session has been one with many meetings and committee meetings about mental health, health, pandemics, and infrastructure. I recently met with the new CEO of the Oklahoma Dept. of Human Services,...
this is a test
The beauty of God?s timing
commentary
The beauty of God?s timing
March 23, 2023
There is nothing more surreal than the beauty of God’s timing. As I walked through over 150,000 tulips at the “Tulip Extravaganza” in Garvan Gardens in Hot Springs, AR this weekend I stood in awe of H...
this is a test
  • 1
  • 2
  • …
  • 55
ePaper
coogle_play
app_store
Editor Picks
Oleson named McIntosh County Democrat Coach of the Year
A: Main, B: Sports...
Oleson named McIntosh County Democrat Coach of the Year
By Staff Reports 
June 1, 2023
McIntosh County Democrat sports editor Rodney Haltom presented Checotah head wrestling coach Brett Oleson as the 2023 McIntosh County Democrat Coach of the Year. “This coach is an exceptional coach th...
this is a test
Jeff Miller of Blue Mound
B: Sports
Jeff Miller of Blue Mound
June 1, 2023
this is a test
Lester, Stewart named McIntosh County Democrat Sportswoman and Sportsman of the Year
B: Sports
Lester, Stewart named McIntosh County Democrat Sportswoman and Sportsman of the Year
By Staff Reports 
June 1, 2023
The 2023 Checotah Sports Banquet was an emotional evening as Jason Dowdy passed the torch to Malcolm Warrior as the new head men’s basketball coach. Dowdy had to take several moments to regain his com...
this is a test
Winners from the 44th Duvall Steer Wrestling Jackpot
A: Main, News...
Winners from the 44th Duvall Steer Wrestling Jackpot
June 1, 2023
this is a test
News
Court Report
June 1, 2023
McIntosh County District Court ReportFelony CasesJerry Lamar Fetterly: knowingly concealing stolen property Gary Wayne Gore: home repair fraud Hunter Dale House: falsely personate another to create li...
this is a test
Facebook
Twitter
Tweets
Twitter
Tweets

MCINTOSH COUNTY DEMOCRAT
300-A S. Broadway
Checotah, OK
74426

(918) 473-2313

This site complies with ADA requirements

© 2023 Mcintosh Democrat

  • Contact
  • Privacy
  • Accessibility Policy