Days before Checotah resident Brian Gaines, 50, was set to go to trial on charges of child sexual abuse and aggravated assault and battery stemming from charges filed in 2019, the defendant pled guilt...

The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) Office of Child Nutrition Services is seeking sponsoring organizations for the 2022 Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). Eligible sponsors include publ...

Back in the Fall of 2020 at the height of the pandemic, numerous cattle shows were canceled across the nation, sending a tremor through the cattle industry. A collective of concerned Oklahoma City bu...

Project AWARE is partnering with the 21st Century grant to bring Generation Why to Checotah Public Schools on February 9 for a community engagement event. This is a free event and will be held at the ...

The AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Service will offer free tax preparation on Mondays beginning Feb. 7 and continuing through April 11. The service is by appointment only. Call 918- 574-4579 and leave a mes...

Diane Raney has been named 2020- 21 “Sister of the Year,” posthumously, by the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, #XP3902 chapter, which has members in Checotah and Eufaula. Diane died on Nov. 23, 2021, which ...

Two Class of Checotah band students made All State for OkMEA and were chosen to perform at the Tulsa Performing Art Center on Saturday, Jan. 22. They are Rylee Sisson, Clarinet, Symphony; and Travis ...

State Attorney General John O’Connor says the U.S. Supreme Court’s McGirt decision is not retroactive. Many convicts have applied for post conviction relief for convictions that took place prior to th...

The Supreme Court on Monday in a sweeping series of rulings denied 31 Oklahoma appeals of multiple McGirt-related decisions, a landmark case that reaffirmed the Muscogee (Creek) reservation in easter...

Nominations are open for the McIntosh County Democrat’s Citizen of the Year. These nominations will be taken until Feb. 1. Nominees should be someone who has done selfless deeds to benefit the communi...

The local Green Country Cattlewomen in the Southeast district of Oklahoma have now elected their official officers. Green Country Cattlewomen elected officers during their monthly meeting on January 2...

As family and friends said their goodbyes to their beloved “Johnny Bo” on Friday, Jan. 21, the atmosphere in the church sanctuary was actually charged with the presence of the Holy Spirit and with smi...

COVID-19 continues to be a major concern in McIntosh County. With the virus surging, residents have been going to the local Health Department offices to be tested. According to recent reports by the D...

STILLWATER – A survey to be administered by Oklahoma State University researchers has the potential to improve production within the cow-calf industry. In a joint effort with the United States Departm...

The Checotah Chamber of Commerce will host its Annual Membership Banquet at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 10, 2022 at the First Free Will Baptist Family Life Center, located at 713 N. Broadway. Cham...

OKLAHOMA CITY — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded $1.1 million to an Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist who hopes to reduce the skyrocketing incidence of opioid addiction...

Few things these days are as welcome as new tools in the fight against COVID-19 and last week the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) changed the way COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma (CCP) can be used. Thi...

Felony Cases Devyn Kendyl Brown: bail jumping Sean Wesley Lemley: embezzlement Matthew Shane Lee Yaws: injuring or burning public building Misdemeanor Cases Draydon James Nixon: possession of CDS; unl...

Travis Sempel - 12th grade Levi Todd - 12th grade Gauge Cloud - 11th grade Rylee Sisson - 11th grade Alexis Duval - 10th grade Alyssa Quimby - 10th grade Ivy Ferguson - 9th grade MacKinzae Nester - 9...

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