Our May meeting was at the VFW on a rainy day. However, once inside the bright meeting hall decorated with lots of flowers, canvas table runners, and lighted trees, you forgot about the rain. Happy f...

Honey Springs Battlefield is pleased to announce a unique tour opportunity at the site. Students from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (USAO) will serve as tour guides on the six trails ...

A busy Memorial Day Weekend last week launched the summer season, with the crowds giving the city hope for optimism for a profitable summer and beyond. Traffic jams, crowded streets, lake filled with ...

Vanessa Henson, a recent graduate of Checotah High School, was selected to receive a $2,500 STAR Scholarship from the P.E.O. Sisterhood. She was recommended by P.E.O. Chapter BX of Checotah, Oklahoma....

Besides catching Selby Minner at her Oklahoma Blues Club in Rentiesville, customers got a treat last week hearing Minner play at Checotah Perk.

ODOT has officially closed HWY 150. They are anticipating work being completed by Friday but with more rain possibly coming in later, it could be delayed. Harbor Point road is actively being repaired ...

The Checotah Farmers and Crafters Market recently got underway for the summer and there are several folk who would like to see the little local market succeed. One such vendor is local Herb Pope, who ...

On Memorial Day Weekend the lake country had more activity than it has experienced in a long time. RV parks and motels were full. Restaurants were slammed. Someone said some liquor sellers ran short ...

Mayor Daniel Tarkington called for a special meeting on Thursday, June 3 to discuss and/or take action on an awarding bid for much needed asphalt machinery to begin repairing city streets. With the re...

Betty Working has been chosen for the Grand Marshal of the 55th Old Settlers Day set for this Saturday, June 12. Working will be recognized by the Checotah Chamber of Commerce, along with the Oldest S...

If being charged with committing crimes were an Olympic event, 21-yearold Morgan Lane Eller would be wearing a gold medal. But it isn’t and the only thing the McAlester man has been wearing a lot of f...

Torrential rain and severe flooding caused this sink hole on HWY 150 (Fountainhead Road) and it was closed down on Monday, June 7. 

One of the best shows in town on the eve of the Memorial Day Weekend wasn’t a concert but a gargantuan effort to remove a decaying 54-foot houseboat from the Eufaula cove and to take it to a site nea...

June 7 – June 11 • Monday, June 7: Hamburger w/fixings; pork & beans; potato chips; fruit cup; milk • Tuesday, June 8: Chicken, cook’s choice; broccoli/cauliflower blend; au gratin potatoes; bread; fr...

115 Years Ago: Checotah Times • Friday, Feb. 1, 1907 From Old Mexico Dr. Rucker Writes of That Country and Its People Jiminez, Chih, Mexico January 25, 1907 Complying with your request, will write you...

If you would like to list your routine meetings on the Checotah Area Calendar please send the information to ladonna@cookson.news , or call 918-473-2313 or mail to McIntosh County Democrat, 300 S. Bro...

Oklahoma’s first Native Americanowned brewing company, inspired by the recipes of the owner’s father, will open an independent location this summer. SkyDance Brewing Co., owned and operated by Jacob K...

STILLWATER – Eating healthy foods is obviously a key factor in the development of children’s strong bones muscles and teeth. However, those nutritional needs are still present for older adults. “Eatin...

MUSKOGEE - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that Edmond Carl Warrington, age 71, of Okemah, was found guilty by a federal jury of three counts of sex...

Based upon the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the 2020 McGirt decision, charges against two defendants in two separate cases have been dismissed in McIntosh County District Court. Christopher Cummisky, ...