The McIntosh County Shriners will not be selling Vidalia onions this year due to the coronavirus crisis. Shriners were not permitted to get their annual bags of Vidalia onions from Georgia due to poss...

Congratulations to six-year-old Junior Gierut for winning the McIntosh County Democrat Easter basket drawing. LaDonna Rhodes | The Democrat

What do you do when you can't have a birthday party or two? You have a birthday parade times two. That's exactly what Jasper Pitts and Spencer Stidham, two young local boys from Checotah, did for the...

The line of vehicles wrapped around the church and filled the parking lot to overflowing Friday, April 17 at the free food distribution pick up at the First Assembly of God in Checotah. There were 17...

Elevation above normal, water turbid. For current elevation conditions go to the US Army Corps of Engineers website at https://www.swt-wc.usace.army.mil/EUFA.lakepage.html . Crappie excellent on minno...

Checotah Middle School named Ashley Hackler Teacher of the Year. Hackler is a teacher that wears many hats. She is the assistant band director for the middle school and high school, along with being t...

Checotah resident Daniel Stacey Rosson, 42, was arrested last week in Checotah on charges of robbing the City National Bank inside the Walmart near 111th Street and Memorial Drive in Tulsa on April 3....

Theodore Roosevelt’s 1904 presidential address to Congress is famous for bringing us the Roosevelt Corollary, which warned European nations from involving themselves in the affairs of Latin America. W...

Felony Cases Micahel Brennon Barnard: arson, second degree Valaina Beth Frost: harboring fugitive from justice Kyle Michael Garrett: arson, second degree Ronald Warren Prince: assault and battery on c...

• Mark Anthony Park: possession of paraphernalia • Amanda Michele Paschal: possession of paraphernalia; possession of CDS • Kyle Ray Burnett: petit larceny; possession of paraphernalia • Michael Dylon...

The names of 24 law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty in Oklahoma were recently engraved on the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Memorial in Oklahoma City. Their names will be dedicated during...

Spring has arrived, and many area residents are looking forward to the return of the area’s popular farmers markets. Once again, the Oklahoma Department of Human Services will make available a limited...

On Thursday, April 16, after participating in a call with President Donald Trump, Gov. Kevin Stitt announced plans to gradually begin reopening non-essential businesses in Oklahoma as soon as next mon...

Four people were injured, including the 39-year-old driver and three young passengers, in a single-vehicle accident three miles east of Hanna on State Highway 9 Saturday afternoon. Two other passenger...

• Monday, April 27: Fried fish; buttered corn; green beans; wheat roll; assorted cookies; milk • Tuesday, April 28: Pepper steak; stirfry steamed rice; seasoned carrots; cornbread; resh apple; milk • ...

The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is partnering with the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMH-SAS) and MyCare to offer services to clients who may find ...

1. Use well-known merchants Amazon.com, Target/com, Best Buy.com, Walmart.com, Macys.com, Home Depot.com, Lowes. com are a few reliable online retailers. Be careful of misspellings or sites using a di...

The Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town has its roots in Alabama. In the 1830s and 1840s the tribe was forcibly relocated to Oklahoma under the Indian Removal Act and now is headquartered in Wetumka with a ...

The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from February business. The monies they reported this period represent sale...

Jace Hamner, 19, died from massive injuries when he was run over by a pavement roller, according to the Oklahoma Highay Patrol. The incident took place at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 16 on Richard Summerf...