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...

McIntosh County District Court Report Felony Cases David Daniel Crawford-burglary in the 2nd degree Elizabeth Meyer-falsely personate another to create liability Eltonio Ontre Evans-bail jumping Angel...

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House Bill 4148, by Rep. Suzanne Schreiber, D-Tulsa, and Rep. Mark Lepak, R-Claremore, would require healthcare providers or thirdparty debt collectors to tell the court they made the patient aware of...

The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from December business. The monies they reported this period represent sale...

Northwestern Oklahoma State University students will have the opportunity to enroll in fall classes before spring break this year. Northwestern fall enrollment opens March 12 and spring break is March...