Senior night was celebrated Friday night in a pre-game ceremony honoring each senior for his or her achievements. This particular group is very special to me as I can remember each coming from junior...

The Blue Notes serenaded patrons at Gambino's Pizza on Feb. 14. Part of the evening's proceeds were then donated to their program. LaDonna Rhodes I The Democrat

Black History Month 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. Lunch will be served. For more info...

On February 20,1792 – The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington. 1809 – The Supreme Court ruled the power of the federal g...

Elevation above normal, water murky. For current elevation conditions go to the US Army Corps of Engineers website at https://www.swt-wc.usace.army.mil/EUFA.lakepage.html . Blue and channel catfish go...

Elouise (Strickland) Tarbot from Kilgore, Texas still renews her subscription to the McIntosh County Democrat every year not because she was a local but because the boy that she fell in love with was...

A 69-year-old Hitchita man was injured in a two-vehicle accident that occurred west of Checotah on State Highway 266 shortly before 9 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, ...

Black History Month Theme: African Americans and the Vote Reconstruction & Black Codes Four million enslaved back men, women and children had been granted their freedom after the Civil war ended. Thi...

A man who pled guilty to operating a whiskey still has filed a motion to withdraw the plea. On Jan. 22, Clinton Riley Potts, 45, who lives near Checotah, pled guilty to the charge and was given a thre...

Voters in McIntosh County who want to have absentee ballots mailed to them for the March 3 Presidential Preferential Primary Election should apply now, County Election Board Secretary Janelle McKnight...

The McIntosh County Democratic Party is reminding voters that the Oklahoma Primary and Runoff Primary Elections are open to registered No Party/ Independent voters until Nov. 2021. Members of Oklahoma...

AS3(AW) Levi D. Brown, a 2015 graduate from Checotah, was recently awarded the Junior Sailor of the Year. The honor came on Dec. 2, 2019. Brown currently leads a team of 24 plane captains and trainee...

The state FFA officer team of the Oklahoma FFA Association conducted their 2020 Goodwill Tour in which they visited the Checotah FFA Chapter, Thursday, Jan. 23, at 2 p.m. Four collegiate FFA leaders m...

The 13th Annual Checotah Chili Cook-Off is firing up competition to compete on Saturday, Feb. 29 at the Checotah Senior Citizen's Center. This year’s cook-off starts at 5 p.m. and will benefit the Hea...

The Friends of Eufaula Memorial Library will host the “Lake Eufaula’s Got Talent 2020” show on Saturday, Feb. 29, at 7 p.m. Contestants will share their talent on stage at the Eufaula High School audi...

A high-speed chase by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol resulted in multiple charges filed against a Pleasant Valley, Mo., man. Terry Wayne Dill, 52, has been charged with endangering others while eluding o...

Although January’s weather continued this winter’s general tilt towards unusually mild conditions, that failed to prevent several bouts of wintry weather from striking the state. In true Oklahoma fash...

Sam Stewart was the winner of the Gridiron Guessing Game -a prediction challenge for the Super Bowl. Gifts were donated by True Value and O’Reilly Auto Parts. Jean Gawf | The Democrat

The McIntosh County Oklahoma Retired Educators Association, OREA, is having their first monthly meeting for the second semester 2019-2020. It will be Friday, Feb. 14, at 1 p.m., at the Jim Lucas Libra...

The Eufaula City Council, during a special meeting on Feb. 5, voted to accept a Confidential Settlement Agreement between the city and plaintiffs Julie and Terry Huff. The decision to accept the settl...