Haveyoueverthought you should write down the memories of a very special occasion? Or share the contrast of your youth with your children whose lives are so different? Or record the history of cherishe...

Kaitlin Davis recently drove four hours round trip from Lawton to Guthrie to check on a 6-year-old girl who was recovering from the flu and visit with her foster parents about how to ease her into upc...

Wildfires tore through northwestern Oklahoma in late February, propelled by severe winds gusting to over 60 mph, relative humidity values in the teens, and temperatures soaring more than 30 degrees ab...

T-Ball/Coach Pitch Ages 3-9 at time of sign ups Sign up fee $65 All signups will be held at the baseball field concession stand by the lake. Friday, March 1 from 4 p.m.- 6 p.m. Monday, March 11 from 4...

Checotah Local Show was a huge success and wrapped up with its Premium Sale last month with an arena full of supporters and student exhibitors. The following exhibitors made the sale with these achiev...

Will discuss domestic abuse The McIntosh County Democratic Party will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 12 at the Jim Lucas Public Library at 6:30pm. Please enter through the East door. Our d...

Checotah Middle School held an exciting Spelling Bee last week with some of their top spellers. Students in 6th through 8th grade competed against each other for the title of Champion Speller. When th...

It’s almost time for us to resume our normal meeting schedule now that precinct meetings and county convention are out of the way, although don’t forget we have district convention coming up on April ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Appropriations Chairman Roger Thompson, ROkemah, said the Oklahoma Legislature’s upper chamber is on its way toward making this year’s budget process more transparent than ever....

Stories from the past McIntosh County Democrat 100 YEARS AGO March 6, 1924 Eufaula Bank Suspends First National closes its doors but officers prepare to pay depositors in full The First National Bank ...

Remember: Buzzed driving is drunk driving EUFAULA — St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in the United States extend as far back as the American colonial period. Today, it is one of our nation’s most popula...

The Eufaula-Canadian Tribal Town is hosting its annual Wild Onion dinner on Saturday, March 9, from 11a.m. 2 p.m. at the Eufaula Indian Community Nutrition Center, 800 Birkes Road, Eufaula. The cost i...

We held our business meeting on February 16, 2024, with Helen Tremain our new President, leading the meeting with our pledge to the flag. Our minutes and treasurer report read, both approved. We had n...

On Feb. 22-23, the Class of Checotah hosted their 50th Annual Band Daze at their new Checotah Center for Performing Arts building. “The top of the schedule says 48th Annual but we found out it was act...

GENERAL MANAGER A 38-year-old habitual criminal who was charged with multiple felonies was found guilty of most of those charges at the end of a threeday trial last week. Joshua Duane Butler of Wetumk...

2024 Theme: Women Who Advocate for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Women’s History Month is celebrated every year during the month of March. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter declared the week of Marc...

The CMS Chess Club hosted their first chess tournament on Feb. 23 through the 21st Century After-School Program. The tournament took place at the Perk Place and a team from Warner came to compete agai...

Disc golf is just a game, until it becomes a boost to the people of a community. This past Saturday twenty-three disc golfers came together to play the Sammy Sling Benefit Tournament. This was a fundr...

The Blues queen herself has been plugged in and playing at the Jim Lucas Library for weeks as she offers free guitar lessons to beginner and advanced guitar players. Selby Minner has been teaching oth...