Courtesy Photo National Miss United States Agriculture Kailey Guinn from Porter and Oklahoma Junior Miss United States Agriculture Jade McPeak from Checotah attended a trailer parade in Muskogee on Fe...

LaDonna Rhodes | The Democrat Concrete cascaded down like a waterfall Friday as work continues to replace the Interstate 40 overpass that spans old Highway 69.

“I've never been around a better group of people,” Checotah Superintendent Monte Madewell said as he addressed the Checotah Chamber of Commerce at last week’s monthly membership luncheon. He addressed...

When officers have to respond to an active shooter situation, they have to know how to respond quickly if they find themselves or their partners in the line of fire. In most cases, they also are the f...

A Checotah man charged with two counts of lewd molestation and two counts of rape by instrumentation involving two three-yearold girls has been bound over for trial. Following a preliminary hearing on...

Theme: African Americans and the Vote Jim Crow Laws: In the years right after the Civil War, freedmen (former slaves) were able to vote and participate in government, thanks to the 13th, 14th and 15th...

First Baptist Church of Checotah will host a First Responders Appreciation Day, Saturday, March 7 at the Checotah High School Cafeteria. Area firefighters, police officers, emergency medical technicia...

Folks who routinely drive across Eufaula Dam to get to their destination will find themselves inconvenienced for about three years. A $20 million project to replace the road that crosses the dam is sc...

Dale Mann started the Blessing Box outside his fencing business, Mann’s Pioneer Fence, at 620 SE Main St. to help those in need in the Checotah area. However, only a couple weeks after stocking the bo...

FEB. 17 - FEB. 24 • Hunter Courtright: fail to comply with compulsory insurance • Lane Duval Traylor: possession of marijuana • Garrett Ray Robertson: operate an MV in a manner not reasonable and prop...

Felony Cases Ace Hailey Buckner-possession of stolen vehicle Jackie Lee Byrd-rape by instrumentation Nicole Lauren Marcus-assault and battery upon a police officer Chad Allen Price-intimidation of wit...

Ake, Roger M. Allen, Justin Lee Anderson, Teddy Bruce Baker, Jerry Beal Bear, Larissa Leann Boyles, Daron Ray Brown, James Burns, Simone Rachelle Carter, Kevin Dale Chaney, Charles Anthony Collins, De...

The A Bar Ranch, AQHA Ranching Heritage and the Oklahoma Cattlemen's Foundation have been working together for several years to provide a once-in-a-lifetime, summer internship experience. The internsh...

The Oklahoma Mission of Mercy announced the success of its recent 11th annual event in Stillwater, where Oklahoma Dental Association members and Checotah residents Aaron and Allen Beaver were among th...

Courtesy Photo Students from Checotah Middle School rehearsed weekly with CHS choir teacher Carolyn Hutcherson preparing music for Circle the State with Song. CTSWS is a statewide Oklahoma Music Educa...

LaDonna Rhodes I The Democrat FFA State Officers with Checotah FFA Officers. Pictured left to right: Southwest Area FFA Vice President Bryce Waugh, Checotah FFA President Cody Johnson, State FFA Pres...

Honored as a top advocate for agriculture and rural Oklahoma, Sen. Roger Thompson was presented with the 2019 Oklahoma Farm Bureau Champion Award during the organization’s leadership conference held F...

Jonathan Dale Newton, 36, Eufaula, pled no contest last week to knowingly concealing stolen property and was sentenced to 10 years in prison by Special District Judge Brian McLaughlin. The pleading re...

March 2 - March 6 • Monday, March 2: Sloppy Joe sandwich; potato salad; coleslaw; orange; milk • Tuesday, March 3: BBQ chicken, greens, California vegetables; roll; glazed pound cake; milk • Wednesday...