2021 CHS Homecoming Queen Mylie Jo Campbell is crowned by King Matt Mercer. COURTESY PHOTO

The first meeting of the McIntosh County CattleWomen was held Tuesday, October 5, at the Checotah Community Center. The newly formed group discussed ways they can promote the beef industry and share t...

Amundson Family Music entertained locals at the Fall Celebration Ice Cream Social hosted by the Checotah Landmark Preservation Society this past Saturday. Locals enjoyed Imogene Duvall’s homemade peac...

Pictured above, Officer Casey Fairchilds visited Pre-K classes at Marshall Elementary last week. Below, volunteer firefighter Matt Hackler also visited with Pre-K classes at Marshall Elementary last ...

After a grandfather, his son and grandson were charged with cultivating marijuana in Hitchita on Aug. 16, one has pled guilty, a court date has been set for another and a warrant has been issued for t...

It’s time to STOP Domestic Violence. To End Domestic Violence -Recognize it. Report it. Prevent it. Please join us for two Domestic Violence walks to support survivors of this senseless violence. Octo...

Friends and families came from far and near to fill up the facility used for Freedom House’s First Banquet and Graduation on Saturday, Oct. 2 as former residents shared hope with the community of Che...

Locals came out to support the Checotah High School Blood Drive -The Vein Drain on Oct. 7. STAFF PHOTO | LADONNA RHODES

Trick or Treat Downtown Checotah will be Saturday, October 30 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Come celebrate Halloween with the City of Checotah set up along Gentry and Broadway. Mayor Daniel Tarkington wants t...

Life is precious, priceless and appropriately quite fragile. Jimmy Elliot understands this far too well after a recent health scare with his 15-year-old son, Lane Elliott, who is a sophomore at Checo...

2021 CHS Homecoming Queen Mylie Jo Campbell is crowned by King Matt Mercer. STAFF PHOTO | SHAUNA BELYEU

McIntosh County dodged a bullet Sunday night when weather reports predicted possible hailstorms, devastating winds and very likely tornadoes across the state. None of the potential disas-ters struck t...

The small community of Checotah bid farewell to a larger-than-life true hero, Lieutenant Colonel James Wydeman Sanders, USMC (Ret.) who passed away on October 5 after many years of service to his coun...

The McIntosh County Democrat and the Eufaula Indian Journal are kicking off some BINGO fun with our readers! Readers will find an official playing card inside this issue. The first BINGO numbers will ...

Felony Cases William Bradley Reece: bringing contraband into jail; possession of CDS; unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia Michael Dale Sheridan II: two counts of assault & battery upon a police ...

A personal injury collision occurred on Friday, Oct. 1 at about 11:30 p.m. on Interstate 40 in the westbound lane four miles east of Checotah, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. The OHP reporte...

Lawmakers will be returning to the State Capitol this fall for a special session to carry out the once-a-decade task of redrawing legislative and congressional boundaries. Gov. Kevin Stitt announced l...

Saturdays, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Eufaula Memorial Library, folks who want to learn more about their family history can join a genealogy program sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latt...

Neil Shai-Cameron Lewis, 26, has entered a guilty plea to one count of second-degree murder in Indian Country. According to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma on ...

Despite COVID-19, the McIntosh County District Court has remained busy. The following are the dispositions of several cases resolved in the past week or so. Mark Bryant Mark Bryant, 55, pled guilty la...