FORT GIBSON — Fort Gibson Historic Site is calling for interested parties to take part in its first-ever 1st Kansas Colored Infantry Volunteer Regiment. Fort Gibson and Honey Springs Battlefield have ...

The U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs has sent to the Senate legislation that would create the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States. Oklahoma sena...

If you would like to list your meeting or event in the Community Area Calendar please email all the information to ladonna@cookson.news or call 918473-2313 (o_ce) or 479-422-4210 (cell). You may also ...

Forty-six county Farm Bureaus and four county Women’s Leadership Committees across the state along with Oklahoma Farm Bureau donated nearly $20,000 to food banks, food pantries, meal assistance progra...

Limited time to purchase tickets for our 10th annual Gospel Fest on Sept. 29. with seven groups on the 30th, including Jason Crabb, here at Plumb _eatre, Longtown. Tickets are now available at the Plu...

Grandma, it’s me. I need some help! You’ve just won $40,000! Dog for sale. _ese are just a few of the latest scams that are ooding cell phones and the Internet daily. KOTV reporter Lori Fulbright expo...

The McIntosh County GOP will hold its regular monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 20 at the Jim Lucas Library in Checotah. County Commissioner Bobby Ziegler will give an update on projects i...

Bargain hunters need to get ready for the bargain hunter’s dream. Over 10 miles of bargains can be found each year on Father’s Day weekend. _e annual event is set for Saturday, June 17. _e popular all...

Old Settlers Day proved to be a little soggy but still successful this year as the community came out to enjoy the day. Some started their day o having all-youcan- eat pancakes breakfast with the Lion...

McIntosh County Emergency Management posted on Facebook information about an accident on I-40 in McIntosh County that closed the eastbound tra_c lanes for _ve hours and backed tra_c up about eight mil...

Rev. Steve Dennis, pastor of the First Baptist Church, invites the community of Checotah to come celebrate 125 years of the church’s history in a special commemoration service to be held on June 25, 2...

Rhodes wins photo of the year Indian Journal places third _e Oklahoma Press Association (OPA) named the McIntosh County Democrat the top newspaper in the state in its division, awarding it the Sequoya...

Associate District Judge Brendon Bridges has ordered a competency hearing for a man who recently attempted to ood the county jail. Edward Arthur Goss, 40, of Salida, Colo., was initially arrested on M...

FOX23 News reports that a large contingent of lawmen, including FBI agents and deputies with the McIntosh County Sheri 2’s o_ce and Muskogee Nation o_cers, converged on Rentiesville Monday evening. Ac...

Navy servicemen and women who served on the USS Carr(FFG-52) will gather for their _rst crew reunion in Checotah, the hometown of the ship’s namesake. More than 60 former shipmates and their family me...

Locals also shine Miss Norman, Sunny Day, was crowned Miss Oklahoma 2023 on Saturday night at the River Spirit Casino in Tulsa. Day, a teacher at Western Heights Public Schools, was one of forty candi...

McIntosh County District Court Report Felony Cases Amber Nichole Benge: assault & battery with a dangerous weapon Steven Michale Detjen: domestic abuse – assault & battery; driving a M/V under the inf...

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