PHOTOS | SHAUNA BELYEU | STAFF

PHOTOS | LADONNA RHODES | STAFF

Paramount and PBR (Professional Bull Riders) today announced a new five-year media rights agreement that will make Paramount+ the primary streaming home of PBR’s premier tour, Unleash The Beast, start...

PHOTOS | RODNEY HALTOM | SPORTS EDITOR

ELLEN VINSON AND STAFF WRITER LADONNA RHODES In May of this year, Iris Park flew to Italy to visit her son and while she was there she visited the gravesite of her cousin, Burton Kidd, who died during...

Checotah’s Downtown Trunk or Treat definitely lined the streets of Broadway and Gentry for over three hours. The Checotah Chamber of Commerce event didn’t officially start until 5:30 p.m. but by 4:30 ...

Congress remains closed amid the dispute between Democrats and Republicans in Washington D.C. over health care benefits. Due to the closure, SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Program, came close to clo...

Checotah Methodist Mission Christmas Sale Nov. 4 - Nov. 7 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. 419 W. Gentry Ave. Checotah Bealls Anniversary Giveaways A full weekend of giveaways Nov. 7-9 1st 50 Guests will receive $5-$5...

Veterans Day is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11 for honoring military veterans of the United States Armed Forces. It has been observed for 71 years and McIntosh...

The woman who was found dead near Council Hill on Oct. 28 has been identified as Traci Byrd, 53, of Hugo, according to the McIntosh County District Attorney’s office. The suspect has been identified a...

i - R i c h a r d M. Phillips, a Porum police offk ficer, was killed .' Thursday, Oct. • | 30 when his motorcycle went out of control on a curve on SH71 and crashed into a ditch, according to the Okla...

MUSKOGEE – The 90’s chart-topping band Ricochet, along with award-winning singer- songwriter Becky Hobbs will perform live in concert November 13 at the Muskogee Civic Center. The Oklahoma based artis...

Don Nichols with the Military Order of the Purple Heart announced a special wreath laying ceremony that will honor the lives of veterans who lost their lives in Vietnam. The ceremony will take place a...

Honey Springs Battlefield will host its biennial Education Day and reenactment of the Battle of Honey Springs on November 7, 8 and 9. The three-day-long program kicks off on Friday, November 7, with a...

The Department of the Interior announces National Native American Heritage Month, an annual celebration held each November. This November and every month, we celebrate the culture and heritage of thes...

Peoples National Bank and its branches will be closed on Tuesday, November 11, in observance of Veterans Day. All branches will reopen the following day during their regularly scheduled hours.

Sports Editor Rodney Haltom continues his personal mission to help feed those in need during the upcoming holiday season in McIntosh County. He has launched a food drive, seeking canned or dry food th...

Several local businesses are rising to the call to help raise enough money to feed at least 200 families (with up to five family members) this year. Their goal is $10,000, and they would like to do mo...

In Em Luetkemeyer’s story for Oklahoma Watch we had a typo in the headline. It should be MASTO vs MASTRO. We apologize for the typo.

114 YEAR YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat Thursday, December 21, 1911 LAST CHAPTER The last chapter in the McIntosh county seat contest case was enacted at Oklahoma City Tuesday when the supreme cou...