The Oklahoma High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association announced the rosters for the annual All-State softball games. Here are the rosters for the All-State teams: Large West Pitchers: Terin ...

News has circulated that there was a baby T-Rex born and let loose as of October 11, 2020. Authorities did receive a couple of reports of random sightings. A couple of pictures were also sent in as pr...

The sun and the moon sat side-by-side above Lake Eufaula one recent morning. STAFF PHOTO

Mrs. Edmonds’ Pre-K Class Put turkey on a plate then put salt and gummies on there then milk. Put cereal in there and I would put cotton balls. Then I would put it in the oven on way hotter. I’m gonn...

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden has announced the appointment of U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo to a third term, making Harjo the second laureate to receive this extension since terms for the positio...

The Health Department released the following COVID-19 numbers on Monday, November 23. McIntosh County total positive cases, 762 (an increase of 43 cases); Recovered, 603 (an increase of 27); Deaths, 1...

There will be something missing on the ballot when thousands of Oklahomans living near the southwestern corner of the state vote this fall. Residents in a large swatch of land covering most of Tillman...

A long line of cars gathered at the Eufaula Indian Community Center Thursday, Nov. 19, to pick up Thanksgiving meals donated by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Some 400 bags of food were distributed. STA...

Felony Cases Anthony Lee Back: distribution of CDS including possession with intent to distribute; unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia Johnathon Eugene Barnett: failure to register as a sex offe...

Coronavirus watch - 11/24 The Health Department released the following COVID-19 numbers on Tuesday, November 24. State total positive cases, 180,610 confirmed (an increase of 2,736 cases); Recovered, ...

Coronavirus watch - 11/23 The Health Department released the following COVID-19 numbers on Monday, November 23. State total positive cases, 177,874 confirmed (an increase of 3,544 cases); Recovered, 1...

Coronavirus watch - 11/19 The Health Department released the following COVID-19 numbers on Thursday, November 19. State total positive cases, 164,340 confirmed (an increase of 2,915 cases); Recovered,...

The McIntosh County Democrat has turned the traditional Black Friday into Black Friday Week, giving bargain hunters more time to subscribe to the newspaper at a bargain price. From Nov. 23 through Nov...

The first national memorial to Native American war veterans, which was designed by an Oklahoma artist, was unveiled on Veterans Day in Washington, D.C. The Smithsonian National Museum of the American...

For a little over 86 years, veteran Joe Park has celebrated the life he was given by his mother who lost her life to bring him into this world. “I have seen a lot of changes in 86 years but every day ...

As Thanksgiving Day approaches, many families are already thinking about Christmas. For those who are including Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts as part of their holiday, more than 4,000 drop-o...

Checotah 2020 Christmas Parade coming It will be a Cowboy Christmas this year in Checotah. The Best Float Competition will give prizes for 1st Place-$150, 2nd Place-$100 and 3rd Place-$50. All floats ...

Eighteen-year-old Timothy Summers has a reverence for veterans so making the decision for his Eagle Scout project was an easy choice. Summers’ project is to build a fire pit in the Checotah Veterans’...

Ake, Roger M. Albright, Austin Michael Allen, Edmond Monte Allen, Justin Lee Almeida, Louis Ernest III Anderson, Gary Don Anderson, Teddy Bruce Arnold, Charles Wayne Bahe, Mandy Gail Baker, Jerry Beal...

STAFF PHOTO | LADONNA RHODES U.S. Army Veteran William Harper, 97, was part of the 2nd wave that stormed the beaches of Normandy. Checotah Nursing and Rehabilitation celebrated Veterans Day with red, ...