The Warrior’s Journey Honor Event The Warrior’s Journey will have a free steak dinner for all veterans and active service personnel in all military branches. They will be serving New York Strip steaks...

McIntosh County Court Report Felony Cases Christopher Tyler Duncan-driving a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol Angela Jean Franklin-assault and battery w/ a dangerous weapon Jeremy Lewis Ha...

State Rep. David Smith, R-District 18, was mostly all about business during a town hall meeting held Thursday night at the Eufaula Community Center. “My goal is to put businesses into the district,” S...

On Tuesday, Nov. 5, the Oklahoma Caring Foundation celebrated serving 200,000 children aboard the Oklahoma Caring Vans, which provide access to preventive health services such as routine immunizations...

There will be a free Domestic Violence Training course at the KTC Stigler Campus on Nov. 22 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Domestic violence can be physical abuse or sexual abuse, but may also take the f...

The McIntosh County Retired Teachers met at 1 p.m., Friday, Nov. 8, at the Jim Lucas Library, Checotah, Oklahoma. President Nettie Seale called the meeting to order with a flag salute and prayer led b...

Last week more than 500 Oklahomans were released from prison and reunited with their families as a result of Gov. Kevin Stitt’s signing of their commutations. The historic release represents the large...

A church safety seminar conducted by Sheepdog Seminars presenter Jimmy Meeks will be hosted by Checotah First Assembly, 401 N Broadway, Checotah, at 1 p.m. Nov. 20. All persons interested in church sa...

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 Colbert, Br...

According to a report by Bruce Callich, current treasurer of Checotah's Methodist Mission, the Mission's Food Pantry assisted 196 households during October. Callich reported the numbers and ages of in...

Battle of Honey Springs Reenactment 2019

2019 Senior Night

The Checotah Intermediate School (CIS) 4th and 5th grade academic teams competed in the annual ACHIEVE Meet in Hulbert on Wednesday, Nov. 6. The students competed academically against several other st...

Native American Arts; tournaments Nov. 16 Dominoes, cornhole toss and horseshoe tournaments will be part of the Native American Arts & Crafts Festival from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 16 at the...

Halloween 2019

Felony Cases Spurr Houston Duvall: driving a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol; transporting opened container of beer (misd) Shandy Sharai Farrimond: possession of contraband (weapons/explo...

The staff of The McIntosh County Democrat welcomes Letters to the Editor on subjects of interest to our readers. Short letters are most likely selected for publication, but the use of any material is ...

By Author unknown Submitted by Peggy Barnett-Centenarians of Oklahoma Veteran’s Day was established in 1919 to celebrate the end of World War I. The World War I Armistice was signed on the 11th hour o...

Muskogee County Deputy Sheriff Bryan Jones and his K-9 partner, Tibo, brought an important message of drug awareness to the students at Checotah Intermediate School on Oct. 29. Jones and Tibo bring a ...

The weekend was a full one at Honey Springs Battlefield and Visitor Center. Education Day was held on Nov. 1 with approximately 1,500 students coming from different schools across the state. Students,...