OKLAHOMA CITY – There are just four weeks left in the Oklahoma 529 College Savings Plan’s inaugural Pigskin Piggybank Sweepstakes, and State Treasurer Ken Miller is encouraging families across the sta...

The military life and their custom ceremonies are steeped in symbolism and tradition. Though some struggle to understand the symbolism, most have nothing but the utmost respect for the military and th...

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 ...

It was incorrectly reported in the Oct. 4 issue of the McIntosh County Democrat that the Seminole Nation Honor Guard fired a 21-gun salute during a Gold Star Luminary Initiative. The Guard fired three...

Ake, Roger M. Allen, Edmond Monte Allen, Justin Lee Almeida, Louis Ernest III Anderson, Teddy Bruce Arnold, Charles Wayne Bahe, Mandy Gail Baker, Jerry Beal Baumann, Staci Raye Bear, Larissa Leann Ben...

1872 – Already appearing as a well-known figure of the Wild West in popular dime novels, Buffalo Bill Cody makes his first stage appearance on this day, in a Chicago-based production of The Scouts of ...

Sept. 17, 2018 – Oct. 8, 2018 Russell Thomas Davis: fail to pay taxes due to state/expired tag Jason Manning: operate MV while license suspended Jennifer Nicole Owens: operate MV while license revoked...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Muscogee (Creek) Nation Principal Chief James R. Floyd attended the Oklahoma State Department of Education’s Trauma Summit, “It Starts Here: Trauma-Informed Instruction” at the Cox Con...

Vizavance, formerly Prevent Blindness Oklahoma, is the only nonprofit agency in Oklahoma dedicated exclusively to advancing children’s education through better vision and eye health and safety.   Thro...

A rural McIntosh County man was given a five-year deferred sentence last week after pleading guilty to cruelty to animals. Vincent Leon Williams, 55, who lives near Henryetta, was ordered by Associate...

OKLAHOMA CITY – On the heels of a trauma summit focused on equipping educators to respond to students suffering from toxic stress, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister today annou...

FELONY CASES C olton Ray Doshier: DUI (aggravated); allowing use of motor vehicle without required interlock; transporting open bottle or container of liquor R achel Diane Dawn Eden: distribution of C...

STILLWATER – Pecan orchard managers, as well as hobby pecan farmers, are encouraged to attend one of two Pecan Harvest Field Days to learn more about harvesting. Each workshop will offer attendees the...

Elevation normal, water murky. Crappie excellent on minnows in coves, along dam and main lake. Striped bass and blue catfish good on cut bait, live bait, live shad and shad below the dam and along the...

A handful of small Oklahoma cities have become owners of dozens of Oklahoma nursing homes across the state in the past 15 months, hoping to tap into a federal program that will bring them millions of...

OKLAHOMA CITY – A free workshop will be held to bring a better understanding of how Oklahoma’s legislative process works to prioritize and fund public education, as well as a review of various issues ...

In its continuing effort to keep an education at the University of Oklahoma affordable for all students, OU will increase the amount of money students may receive with several freshman scholarships fo...

Several Checotah Wildcats got up bright and early to meet other classmates at the flagpoles for the Global Day of Student Prayer. Weathering a quite cooler temperature of 64 degrees with dark clouds ...

A personal injury collision occurred on Sept. 27 on US 266 three miles west of Checotah. Vehicle one was a 1995 Ford Pickup driven by 18-year old Cody Honel from Eufaula. Not injured. Honel had one 17...

The Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) recently received notification that Insure Oklahoma, the state’s premium assistance program for businesses and employees, has been reauthorized by the federal...