“No one should face breast cancer alone” is this year’s theme for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It serves as a reminder for providers to consider the many ways they can partner with patients and fami...

A medical condition is believed to have been the cause of a fatal auto accident that took place on Oct. 1, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. The OHP said Bradley Hagelund, 63, of Checotah, was...

City worker Bobby Key recently shared photos of the public restrooms at the Sports Complex and Bessy Tabor Park where someone has been pointlessly vandalizing the facilities. Councilman Mike Key state...

Working fundraisers to travel to Hawaii Two senior high school cheerleaders, Katelynn West and Maci Britt, recently made the All-American Cheer Team and are working extra hard to go to Hawaii with a t...

Josh and Tori Anderson of Hanna weren’t for sure what they were going to do with a camel they bought more than three months ago, but it’s just one of those things they thought they had to have. Today,...

Steve Kirby, a former Checotah police officer who was nearly killed in a car crash on Thanksgiving, 2018, has died. In 2018, Kirby was hit by another man who ran a stop sign that fateful day. Kirby wa...

Giving domestic violence victims a voice October is Domestic Violence Awareness month and the McIntosh County Democrat, along with Women In Safe Homes and OKAware with Checotah Schools, wants to bring...

McIntosh County District Court Report Felony Cases Damon Ray Arthur: possession of firearm after conviction of a felony; driving while drivers license is under suspension; transporting opened containe...

– Car Show results – Best Engine, Ridge Baker Best Paint, Steve Perry People’s Choice, Daisy Prince Best of Show, James Martin 1939 and before 1st Pl., Steve Perry, 1930 Model A 2nd Pl., Bob Walden, 1...

With Fall right around the corner, the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department is sharing ways that Oklahomans can enjoy the cooler temperatures, explore the outdoors and see the natural beauty of ...

After 11 days at the Tulsa State Fair Checotah FFA doesn’t disappoint. The results of all those days of competition were as follows: - Six teams competed at the state cattle grading contest - Sophie M...

Vanessa VanCleave, author of Hearing AIDS: How a Deaf Child with AIDS Taught Me to Hear God’s Voice, will be coming to Checotah for a Book Review and Signing at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 26 at the Jim ...

One winner from McAlester Boater Cody Carl of Lotawana, Missouri, brought a three-day total of 14 bass to the scale weighing 41 pounds even to win the Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Mari...

Legacy on Main Street will present a Murder Mystery Dinner on Saturday, Oct. 21 at 224 N. Main St. Doors open at 6 p.m., dinner is 6:30 p.m. and the show begins at 7:30 p.m. Dinner and show cost $65; ...

Stories from the past 114 YEARS AGO Checotah Enquirer Friday, October 8, 1909 Wife Protects Umpire Cushing, Okla. - Umpire Ed Hale was chased from Cushing park by an infuriated mob of baseball fans, b...

The McIntosh County GOP has had lots of exciting events occurring and would love to have all patriots standing with us. We have recently completed a precinct letter campaign, so if you received a lett...

MUSKOGEE – Christopher Wallace Covington, 43, of Ada, has been sentenced to 24 months imprisonment and ordered to pay $486,431.02 in restitution for Theft Concerning Programs Receiving Federal Funds, ...

The Heartland Heritage Museum & Gallery will host their 3rd Annual Pumpkin Painting Contest on Saturday, October 28 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at 116 N. Broadway, Checotah. Children 3-11 are welcome to com...

A crowd of over 160 came together for an evening of community worship last Wednesday night. Several pastors and six youth groups came to hear the band So We May and Checotah Native Joe McKeen on Oct. ...

The Oklahoma Historical Society is excited to announce that “The Battle of Honey Spring,” a documentary depicting the largest Civil War battle to take place in present-day Oklahoma, will air on televi...