Vision Eufaula is offering an early bird special in advance of the Feb. 14, 2022 Casino Night Fundraiser at Legacy On Main Street, 24 N. Main St. Buy your Casino Night tickets between now and Dec. 31 ...

After pleading guilty to omitting to provide for a minor child, which amounts to $58,000 in restitution, Phillip Wright, 47, of Tulsa, was ordered on Nov. 23, to begin making payments of $100 per mont...

Under One Roof, a non-profit organization devoted to community support, is holding two fund raising activities during the Christmas season. Always popular is the annual Ugly Christmas Sweater contest....

Traden Anderson of Hanna, Oklahoma is heading to Las Vegas, Nevada to compete in the Ote Berry World Junior Steer Wrestling Championship/Junior National Finals Rodeo this weekend. Anderson has had a g...

If a Eufaula woman successfully completes one year of drug court she may avoid prison on a number of charges. Lindsey Leigh Smith, 29, pled guilty on Nov. 18 to bringing contraband into jail, possessi...

Director Iris Park is pleased with all the progress the Heartland Heritage Museum and Gallery has made this year including their new Checotah Art Guild, which will be hosting a Holiday Arts and Crafts...

Jarrod Robert Madewell, 37, of Checotah, was denied post-conviction relief on a number of felony charges, including assault and battery by strangulation, malicious injury to property, domestic assault...

Elderly Angels are now available at Checotah Meat Company, who is helping to bring some Christmas cheer to the elderly in the local nursing home here in Checotah. Angels can be picked up at 214 Viteo ...

November is Native American Heritage Month, or as it is commonly referred to, American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month. The observance had its beginning in 1986 when Congress passed Public Law...

Last week the McIntosh County Democrat, a new paper published in Checotah, made its initial appearance. The paper is an eight page, six column paper and was fairly well filled with news and contained ...

Angels are still available all around town to help Santa bring gifts to young school-aged children who need a little extra Christmas blessing this year. The Checotah Lions Club has Angel Trees deck th...

Rentiesville’s steady jammers also known as the Rentiesville Jam Band are headed to the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tenn. this January to compete courtesy of the Blues Foundation run by ...

Collin Wade Phillippi, 29, of Checotah died last week of injuries he suffered during a crash on Texanna Road two weeks ago, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported. It was the second fatality on Texanna ...

Candidates for the 2022 Board of Education elections will file Declarations of Candidacy beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, Dec. 6. Declaration of Candidacy forms must be completed and submitted to the Count...

Hesston College President Joseph A. Manickam announced the appointment of Dr. Carren Moham as vice president of academics. Dr. Moham had served as Hesston’s academic dean, and most recently as the int...

Dr. John Rice will be the grand marshal of Checotah’s Christmas parade this year. It will be “A Disney Christmas” downtown on Saturday, December 4 starting at 4 p.m. Rice, who attended the University ...

Watson Farms Meat Processing and Market has decided to start a Christmas Food Drive and would love to see it grow every year. This year Watson’s will be donating 1,000 pounds of chicken to make up 100...

The local “paper ladies” from the McIntosh County Democrat and the Eufaula Indian Journal were thrilled to bring in 1,624 food items with the help of the community and the following businesses: The C...

The City of Checotah has its annual Christmas trees lighting up Broadway for the holiday season. The decorative trees will be on display from now until New Year’s Day. For the past two weeks area bus...

Two Oktaha students placed in their respective categories at the American Farmers & Ranchers (AFR) Northeast District Speech Contest held in Sapulpa, Nov. 9. Tyann Stacy placed first in the Junior Agr...