On January 10, 1917 – The Navy places its first production order for aerial photographic equipment. 1920 – League of Nations formally comes into being when the Covenant of the League of Nations, ratif...

Christmas tree clean up The City of Checotah appreciated all the businesses that participated with the Christmas trees on South Broadway. Now they are asking for businesses to take down and claim thei...

MUSKOGEE—Congressman Markwayne Mullin has announced new office locations for three of his congressional offices. The Muskogee, Clare-more, and Washington, D.C. offices can now be found at the followin...

The Checotah Public Library and the Oklahoma Healthy Aging Initiative (OHAI) Northeast Center of Healthy Aging are collaborating to provide the Healthy Bran, Healthy Mind Program. The program was crea...

Dec. 31, 2018 – Jan. 7, 2019 M elisa Lyn Johnson: petit larceny B rian Allen Johnson: petit larceny Joel Lee Duvall: DUI Juvenile: speeding J ohn Dexter “Johnny Bo” White: petit larceny M anjit Singh ...

The Checotah High School’s student council held their holiday blood drive on Dec. 26 at the Checotah Senior Citizen and Community Center. This is their twelfth year of sponsoring the event. “There’s a...

Checotah American Legion Post 21 Starting in January, the Checotah American Legion Post 21 will meet at 6 p.m. the first Monday of the month at the Senior Citizen’s Community Center. Fast Lanes, senio...

The Bartlett family at the grand opening of Faith Church. Front row left to right: Traber Bartlett, Jonas Hendrickson, Ragine Bartlett, Margie Bartlett, Helen Bartlett, Chad Bartlett and Harrison Bart...

Felony Cases Joel Lee Duvall-DUI Bradlye Bryan Hall-DUI S tephonie Jean ONeilburglary in the 2nd degree/assault with a dangerous weapon J erry Eugene Teafatillerbringing contraband Misdemeanor Cases E...

This is a continuation from the Jan. 3 issue of the McIntosh County Democrat of the long list of loved ones who passed away in 2018. The names are taken from obituaries that appeared in the McIntosh C...

MUSKOGEE – State Rep. Avery Frix recently was appointed by House Speaker Charles McCall to serve as a member of the Joint Committee on State Tribal Relations. The committee is responsible for overseei...

The head of the MCN Division of Health has assured everyone who uses their services that all facilities will remain open during this period of a partial shutdown by the federal government. “As the fed...

Many of us have shared the heartbreak this past year of losing someone who was close to us. May their memories and legacies live on. Here is a list of those who left behind family and friends to trave...

Felony Cases Barbara Jean Freeman: bringing contraband (weapons/explosives/drugs/intoxicating beverage) Misdemeanor Cases Thomas Preston Brown: resisting officer; failure to comply with lawful order; ...

Chapter BX of PEO meeting Chapter BX of PEO will meet at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 8 at the home of Sally Meador with Emmy Stidham as Hostess and Patsy Mann serving as Co-Hostess. The program will be o...

Longtime educator Jackie Dixon White is officially retiring after 44 and a half years of devoted service. White, who was the senior executive director of Federal Programs, has had an amazing career i...

The year 2018 had a lot of highs and lows, lots of positive things happening along with some negatives. Here’s a look at some of the stories the McIntosh County Democrat covered in 2018. January 4 is...

Misdemeanor Cases T erie Louise Bevenuepossession of C.D.S. J eremy Michael Copeland-possession of C.D.S. M ekalib Kristoffer Fairchilds-obstructing officer J erffery Leon Fisher-possession of C.D.S. ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – State Rep. Avery Frix was named chair of the House Transportation Committee by House Speaker Charles McCall on Tuesday. Committee chairmanships and vice chairmanships were announced fo...

Prescription drug overdoses kill more Oklahomans than motor vehicle crashes. According to the Oklahoma State Department of Health, prescription painkillers (opioids) are the most common class of drugs...