Jade McPeak may have retired her crown as National Junior Miss United States Agriculture, but she hasn’t retired from being a competitive showman, as she takes supreme champion heifer with Jazzy and c...

Peoples National Bank is presently being bricked as the bank goes through a facelift inside and outside. STAFF PHOTO | LADONNA RHODES

Bond Howell (pictured on the right) was the winner of the 12-gauge shotgun raffled for the Heartland Heritage Museum and Gallery. Joey Marion donated the Pardus M-SDM 12-gauge shotgun. COURTESY PHOTO

Local Indianola High School senior London Peterson placed fourth nationally with her entry entitled “In His Element,” a painting of a male Canvasback entered in the annual National Junior Duck Stamp A...

A 31-year-old Salina man who pled guilty to second degree rape in 2018 wants his plea tossed based on the McGirt decision issued by the Supreme Court of the United States in 2020. The decision states ...

Federal grand juries sitting in Muskogee completed two separate July sessions and returned 28 felony indictments, five under seal, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklah...

In what is described as an effort to modernize operations of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT), a year-long study indicates some changes may be coming to ODOT’s footprint in Sallisaw. ...

Patrick Dwayne Murphy, 52, was convicted of murder in 1999 by a McIntosh County District Court. The former Vernon resident admitted to participating in the brutal murder and mutilation of George Jacob...

A second historical building in Eufaula that was beyond repair was razed to rubble Monday evening. Five Star Demolition of Oktaha was hired to demolish the building at the corner of Foley Avenue and F...

McIntosh County Democratic Party will hold their General Monthly Meeting on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021 at the Jim Lucas Public Library at 6:30 p.m.

The annual McIntosh County Fair will be held at the fairgrounds in Eufaula Sept. 1-4. Activity begins at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Exhibit Hall with a variety of displays and concludes Saturday with the...

The Checotah Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Checotah Meat Company on Friday, August. 6. Checotah Meat Company is owned by Hunter Schleve and is located at 214 Viteo Guest Ave. They are ...

The Union Pacific’s largest steam locomotive, Big Boy No. 4014, is coming through Checotah, Thursday, Aug. 12, around approximately 3 p.m. Join the McIntosh County Democrat in the back lot of Raising ...

An $8.5 million school bond election for the Checotah Independent School District was approved by the school board Monday, July 12. There was a quorum at the monthly board meeting, with two members ab...

Meet Amanda Davis, who is teaching 2nd grade at Marshall Elementary after subbing for the past two years for Checotah Public Schools. Davis had started a career in the military when esophageal cancer ...

Amanda Davis shows off her new reading corner for her 2nd grade class. STAFF PHOTO | LADONNA RHODES

It has already been a full week of work for Checotah Public Schools teachers, principals and extended staff as they prepared for the first day of school, Thursday, Aug. 12. However as classes begin t...

Erin Bridges, right, presents Tim Brown, center, and Mike Odparlik, left, with a check for $1,200. The Pork Choppers won first place in the 37th Whole Hawg Days cook-off competition Saturday. Photo bo...

Felony Cases Michael J. Messer: possession of a firearm after a former felony conviction; reckless conduct with a firearm Misdemeanor Cases Brandon Michael Bowen: driving a motor vehicle under the inf...

The SEC voted 14-0 to add Oklahoma and Texas to the conference last week. The unanimous vote was essentially a formality after it was reported Wednesday that Texas A&M would vote yes. “Today’s vote is...