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...

A few weeks ago, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the House of Representatives was opening an impeachment inquiry against President Trump. The Left has been dead set on impeaching the president sin...

One of the big issues in politics right now is cost of college and student debt. Among the Democrats running for president, some are calling for free college and others are looking to pay off student ...

I recently saw a post on social media asking why conservatives are so concerned with socialism when what they should be concerned about is dictatorship in their own party. Historically speaking, accus...

For the Children: If you did not make it to the 2019 Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) Fall Forum last week, then you missed quite an event! We had more than 150 advocates from across the s...

Education is the most valuable tool that we can give to the next generation and providing resources for our educators and our students should be a top priority in our communities. I recently toured se...

I would like to personally thank everyone who attended the Gold Star Luminary Initiative Sunday evening. A special 'Thank You' goes out the Gold Star families, Senator Roger Thompson, Alicia McMahon, ...