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...

OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma Department of Commerce/Community Development will hold a public hearing at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 16, to receive comments on the U.S. Department of Energy, Fiscal Year ...

Dozens of children across McIntosh County had a merrier Christmas this week because of a shopping spree last week led by area law enforcement officers. This is the fifth year local lawmen have partic...

A hot meal on Christmas Day to any soul that needs to be fed is the mission. That’s what “Feeding All Souls” is all about and that’s exactly what they’re doing year after year. Ten years ago Willie an...

The last of the Christmas competitions are finally complete and the judges have tallied their votes to pick the final winners. The Chamber of Commerce said it had a great time and is very appreciativ...

The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from October business. Companies that remit more than $2,500 monthly in sal...

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 ...

Peoples National Bank will be closed at noon at the main bank and drive in and at 3 p.m. at the Walmart branch on Monday, Dec. 24. On Tuesday, Dec. 25, all branches will be closed in observance of Chr...

As the year winds down, you may want to look ahead to see which areas of your life you can improve in 2019. Perhaps you’ll decide to exercise more, eat healthier foods, reconnect with old friends or v...

RENTIESVILLE - The Honey Springs Battlefield and Visitor Center reminds us that even during the most horrific war fought on American soil in which 620,000 soldiers died, there was Christmas. “Soldier...

WARNER – Connors State College celebrated the graduation of 42 new nurses in a pinning ceremony held Dec. 7, 2018 on the Warner campus in the Fine Arts Auditorium. The pinning ceremony signifies the n...

The City of Checotah has agreed to temporarily delay actions to condemn the Budget Inn Motel south of Interstate 40 on old Highway 69. Ahmad Zulfiqar, owner of the business, sued the city and filed a...

CHECOTAH — Honey Springs Battlefield and Visitor Center announces that new temporary exhibits have been constructed inside the Honey Springs Visitor Center. Through artifacts, graphics and narrative,...

It was a day that Kellie Blankenship’s class had planned and anticipated for months. The day they would get to eat “Breakfast with a Cop” was finally here. Eleven police officers joined Blankenship’s...

Ethan J.C. Mulliniks, 20, of Eufaula has pled guilty to a charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and was sentenced 10 years in prison. Associate District Judge James Pratt deferred the ...

More than 500 children will have a great Christmas this year, thanks to the hard work of a troupe of Santa’s Soldiers (formerly known as McIntosh County Toys for Tots). Parents began gathering at the...

WILBURTON – Twenty-four seventh grade GEAR UP students from Canadian recently traveled to Tulsa to tour Oral Roberts University (ORU). Students began the morning by participating in a guided tour at O...

The sound of music was in the air with the Checotah School Band Christmas concert on Dec. 6 at the Checotah Middle School auditorium. The school bands from fifth grade to high school played a wonderfu...

For the Children: If you ever want to know what it feels like to hang out with an A-list celebrity, go to a Norman Walmart with former coach and OU legend Barry Switzer. This is what I learned recent...

A 21-year-old Checotah man, who had received suspended sentences on several prior burglary charges in 2017, pled guilty last week to a charge of robbery by force or fear. Titus Aaron Ford was charged ...