Mary Isham retired last week after 20 years with the Checotah Post Office. She started her career with USPS Dec 25, 2004. “I was a stay-at-home mom of four kids until my youngest started school,” Isha...

Honoring All Veterans Friday, May 23 at 5 p.m. Veterans Park in Checotah Free Hotdog & Hamburgers Games and Fellowship Compliments of the McIntosh County DAV The DAV Chapter 3 Mc-Intosh County will ho...

May 9 – Kindergarten Graduation May 16 – CIS Track Meet on Football Field May 16 - 9th-12th Awards Assembly at 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. at PAC May 16 – Emerson Ramsey Talent Show (MS/HS) from 1:30 -2:30 p.m....

On May 13 there will be a general election for State Senate District 8 and for Green Country Tech Center Proposition. Early voting for those two elections will be at the Mc-Intosh County Courthouse fr...

The first annual Art and Bark in the Park presented by the Checotah Art Guild was a great success! Visitors had fun choosing outfits and accessories to put on their dogs from the large selection provi...

The Kentucky Derby was a soggy but sensational race this year as Journalism and Sovereignty went neck and neck to a sloppy finish with Sovereignty taking the crown. Fulfilling a dream decades in the m...

Water release rate: 39,429 cubic feet per second More than seven inches of rain have fallen during the past week. That, coupled with severe rainfall north and west of McIntosh County, has swollen the ...

The Checotah Band Spring Concert is May 8 and will be a Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser. Dinner will be served at 5 p.m. in the HS Cafeteria and then the concert begins at 6 p.m. in the PAC. The bands hav...

MUSKOGEE – The Eastern Oklahoma Library System is pleased to announce it has received a $20,000 grant from the Carolyn Watson Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation Fund at the Oklahoma City Community Fo...

Olivia Shackelford became a member of Youth Action for Health Leadership (YAHL) to make a difference in her school and oh what a difference she had made! Olivia affectionately known as Livy to her fri...

Join the fun on Saturday, May 24 for a free 5k and Community Fun Run, hosted by Neighbors Building Neighborhoods. Preregister for “Just Glow With It” to save your spot and for a free event t-shirt and...

114 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat Thursday, June 1, 1911 BAD TO WORSE Two Dead, Several Wounded in Porum Battle The excitement and terror occasioned by the recent killing of a deputy sheriff at P...

Cookie Eller’s birthday party, joining the over 80 club, brought everyone out. The title holder, for 20 years of youngest ever at Theatre, Zack Lisk, was broken by Nanna Cookies’ Great Granddaughter, ...

An 86-yearold Prague woman drowned Wednesday, April 30, when the car she was driving was overcome by high water. Eileen Sanders was driving her 2020 Chevy Trax west on East 1020 Road in Lincoln County...

Property owners along a five-mile stretch of Texanna Road west of Duchess Creek Bridge were alerted by the Cherokee Nation Department of Transportation last week that a major reconstruction was going ...

Oklahoma City – Oklahoma Museums Association is pleased to announce it has received a $10,000 grant from the Carolyn Watson Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation Fund at the Oklahoma City Community Foun...

Just four months after Oklahoma shattered its all-time November rainfall record, the state did it again—this time in April. The statewide average rainfall totaled 8.74 inches, surpassing the previous ...

CASA for Children proudly announces Helen Stemmer as the 2025 CASA Volunteer of the Year. Helen was recognized on April 29 at the nonprofit’s annual Volunteer Appreciation and Awards Banquet with an a...

May 12 – May 16 Monday, May 12: Ham & cheese sandwich; cucumber tomato salad; chilled peaches; brownie Tuesday, May 13: Lemon pepper chicken; veggie blend; rosy applesauce; rice blend; pie Wednesday, ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) is pleased to announce that the Eufaula Area Museum has been awarded $13,230 through the Oklahoma Heritage Preservation Grant Program. This fundin...