Black History seminar A Black History Month seminar will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 22 at the Mt. Olive Star Baptist Church, 10 miles west of Checotah. Speakers will be Rev. Samuel Cunningham ...

The State Medical Examiner’s Office is investigating the cause of death of an inmate from Eufaula who was incarcerated at the Lexington Correctional Center in Lexington. Department of Corrections Publ...

Mayor Daniel Tarkington honored Brenda Hockenberry for 20 years of service to the city of Checotah during the city council meeting on Monday, Feb. 10. Courtesy Photo

Club helped to make luau decorations for the Checotah Chamber of Commerce Banquet, set for this Thursday, Feb. 13 from 7 p.m - 8:30 p.m. at the First Free Will Baptist Church. Courtesy Photo

Cookson Hills Publishers, Inc., owner of the McIntosh County Democrat launched a new promotional product sales business on Friday using the trade name Cookson Hills Marketing. “We are very excited to ...

Aloha from the Checotah Chamber of Commerce and Tropical Productions, a traveling group that will be entertaining everyone at the Chamber Of Commerce Banquet at 6 p.m. on Feb. 13 at the First Free Wil...

February is known as Black History Month. African Americans are honored for their triumphs and struggles throughout the United States History. Also known as African American History Month, the event ...

Dale Mann stands in front of the Blessing Box he built and set up outside his business, Mann’s Pioneer Fence, to help Checotah residents who might need a helping hand . See Story on Page A2.

Thousands of dollars in damage was done to several Checotah businesses Friday and Saturday during a series of acts of vandalism. The vandalism began Friday and ended at about 4 a.m. Saturday with the...

More than 30 local companies, training providers and local resources from McIntosh County and surrounding counties will be at the Checotah Senior Citizens and Activities Center on March 6 seeking to h...

A request for a change of venue made by Anthony Hammer was denied Thursday, Jan. 30, by Associated District Judge Mike Hogan. Hammer, 36, is scheduled for a trial in April on charges related to threat...

Felony Cases Terry Wayne Dill: endangering others while eluding/attempting to elude police; assault with a dangerous weapon; two counts of running a roadblock; escape from arrest or detention; speedin...

One of two men charged with operating a whiskey still has pled guilty and the second suspect is scheduled to enter a plea in district court on Feb. 26. Clinton Riley Potts, 45, who lives near Checotah...

If you are a registered voter of McIntosh County and live in the Dewar School District, be aware of the following: For Absentee Voting By Mail: Wednesday, Feb. 5 is the last day to apply for absentee ...

A Piedmont man was injured Saturday night when he lost control of his ATV one mile north and four miles east of Eufaula on Country Road ND 4247. Chase Chappell, 49, was flown to St. Francis Hospital i...

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...

On February 6, 1861 – The 1st meeting of Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America. 1862 – General Ulysses S. Grant provides the first major Union victory of the war when he captures Fort ...

Left: Remi Walker was the grand prize winner of the Gentry Cinema $50 certificate. Kindergarten Positivily Awesome Wildcats Walker’s-Timber Mann, Cutbirth’s-Remi Walker, Comages’-Piper Williams, Pitt...

Eufaula resident Stephen Leon Newnam, 71, pled no contest last week to paying a 15-year-old girl for sex. Newnam was charged in February, 2019 with second degree rape and lewd or indecent proposal to ...

The Checotah Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that their annual Chamber of Commerce Banquet will be Thursday, Feb. 13. at 6 p.m. at the First Free Will Baptist Church Family Life Center. Tic...