The holiday season is in full swing and companies everywhere are bombarding you to buy, buy, buy. Shop ‘til you drop. There’s Black Friday sales. Small Business Saturday or Shop Small sales. Cyber Mon...

The staff of The McIntosh County Democrat welcomes Letters to the Editor on subjects of interest to our readers. Short letters are most likely selected for publication, but the use of any material is ...

It was an honor and a privilege to speak to a group of concerned Garfield County residents last week about the United State Census and the impact this 2020 count will likely have on our state. The goo...

November is National Native American Heritage Month. This month gives all Americans the opportunity to celebrate the legacy of the first people who called this land home. I am a member of Cherokee Nat...

As a strong-willed child, I unfortunately learned the hard way on just about everything. Therefore, I often seemed to knock a knot on my head or knock the hide off my knees, but my strong mother would...

This month is National Adoption Month and November 23rd is National Adoption Day. What better a time than now to celebrate the joy adoption brings and raise awareness of the necessity of adoption with...

For the Children: Last week I was pleased to join hundreds of other nonprofit leaders at the Sarkeys Foundation Southwest Regional Leadership Forum. This enlightening conference, held in Norman under ...

Growing up a country girl I always loved a glass of cold cow’s milk. Of course, I loved it even better with Hershey’s chocolate syrup or Nesquik strawberry stirred in. My grandma could also make a mea...

For me Heaven will not be Heaven unless there is a history symposium at least once a week. For this week’s symposium they are going to have to set out extra chairs to handle the larger than normal cro...

There are almost 8,000 children in Oklahoma’s foster care system. Most of those are kids under 12 years old, and many of them also have brothers and sisters in the system. Needless to say, it is impor...

It’s it funny that sometimes we take something temporary (like a job or a relationship) and then suddenly it turns into 10 years of actually keeping you from where you should have been. So what are we...

The men who gathered in that blistering humid room in Philadelphia in 1787 to create our governing document did not represent a cross section of the American population. Unlike most Americans, they we...

Under the guidance of President Trump, our nation continues to make the world a safer, freer, and more prosperous place. While Pelosi Democrats are busy playing politics on Capitol Hill with secret im...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Scott Fetgatter (R-Okmulgee) today commented on the death of his father-in-law, former State Sen. Roger Ballenger, who passed away after a battle with melanoma. Fetgatter is marri...

OPINIONS In this day and time it seems the whole world is at odds. You look on Facebook - people are arguing, bashing and bickering at each other. You turn on the news - politicians and the media are ...

I was born in Oklahoma City in 1968 and raised in Yukon the first five years of my life. Though I don’t remember too much of my city living back then, there are times I really start to think outside t...

For the Children: The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) exists to help improve conditions for children and to promote their well-being. It is a broad mission, which means we are active on m...

The opioid epidemic is personal to all of us. It is blind to party affiliation, socioeconomic status, geographic location, or age. We all know someone who has been affected by the opioid epidemic, whe...

The staff of The McIntosh County Democrat welcomes Letters to the Editor on subjects of interest to our readers. Short letters are most likely selected for publication, but the use of any material is ...

Vacations are definitely much needed necessities in life. With all the hustle and bustle of everyday life and constantly working nearly around the clock in the newspaper biz, I was so ready for my fir...