Exciting things happening at Plumb Theatre! One of our favorite piano players, Bobbye Jones, from the Webbers Falls area, will be filling in for Cookie Eller, the first two weekends in August. Cookie ...

Pre-preliminary conferences are set for two Haskell County men, one charged with murdering his mother and sister-in-law, the other charged with destroying evidence in the case and attempted kidnapping...

STAFF PHOTOS } SHAUNA BELYEU Not pictured was Doug Merchant who placed third and took home a check for $3,821.

List local meetings or events in the Community Area Calendar by emailing ladonna@cookson.news or drop off information at the McIntosh County Democrat, 300 S. Broadway, Checotah, OK 74426. The Checotah...

Kutter Ward Grand Champion Barrow Breed Champion Hamp Grand Champion Gilt Breed Champion Light Cross Champion Junior Swine Showman Avery Williams Grand Champion Doe Goat Grand Champion Steer Bronze We...

On July 31, 1777 – The Marquis de Lafayette, a 19-year-old French nobleman, was made a major-general in the American Continental Army. 1813 – Marines landed at York, Lake Ontario, with soldiers to bur...

Brooks-McGuffin, Chase Alexander: attempted burglary in the first degree; malicious injury to property under $1,000 Cox, Ryan Yates Garrison: aggravated trafficking in illegal drugs; posses firearm du...

Rank and organization: Lieutenant, U.S. Navy. Born: 13 March 1914, St. Louis, Mo. Entered service at: St. Louis, Mo. Other Navy awards: Navy Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross with 1 gold star. Citatio...

RODNEY HALTOM On February 20, 1521 – Ponce de Leon set sail from Puerto Rico with 200 men to colonize Florida. Landing, probably at Charlotte Harbor, de Leon was wounded in an attack by the natives an...

“Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans.” – Allen Saunders

PHOTOS | LADONNA RHODES | STAFF Ruby Folkner is the daughter of Kimberly and Brian Folkner. Her activities include basketball, cross country, track and hanging out with friends. After graduation Ruby ...

Honey Springs Battlefield held its annual memorial service this past Saturday honoring the 162nd anniversary of the Battle of Honey Springs near Checotah. The Friends of Honey Springs also had their a...

MUSKOGEE –William Clayton Brown, 42, of Eufaula, entered a guilty plea last week to a one-count Felony Information of Murder in Indian Country—Second Degree, punishable by up to life in prison and a $...

The 41st Annual Whole Hawg Arts & Crafts Festival kicks off Thursday, July 24, with the first Whole Hawg Rodeo hosted by the Eufaula Chamber of Commerce. Friday and Saturday will be filled with activi...

It wasn’t by chance that Landon and Lexi Donahue named their firstborn Elaina Grace, for it has been by the grace of God that their daughter’s battle with Rett Syndrome has brought awareness to an are...

Thousands of marijuana plants and 1,183 pounds of processed marijuana were confiscated Monday during a raid conducted by an Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics’ Marijuana Enforcement Team three miles south o...

Paws N Claws will be registering Eufaula city dogs this Friday, July 25, and Saturday, July 26, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Posey Park during Whole Hawg Days. The local rescue organization hopes the com...

Recently, Craig Morgan — better known as Cat Daddy — walked into York Manor Nursing Home in Muskogee not like a guest, but like someone coming home. Guitar slung over his shoulder, smile wide, and hea...

Kyznie Thomas, 18, of Checotah, has been chosen Queen of the 2025 Eufaula Chamber of Commerce Rodeo. “I have ridden horses all my life,” she said. “Training and riding barrel and rope horses – I was b...

Six-year-old Lakyn Spur Stancell, daughter of Cole and Paige Stancell of Whitefield, has been named Princess of the 41st annual Whole Hawg Days Rodeo. Lakyn graduated from Whitefield Public Schools an...