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False alarm startles organizations, creates widespread anxiety
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
February 6, 2025
Hanna Public Schools, which offers grades K-12, is the heart of this community in far western McIntosh County. The school’s enrollment is 60. With a dozen faculty and administrators, it may be the sin...
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Election day reminder
February 6, 2025
Registered voters who reside in the municipal limits of the City of Eufaula are eligible to vote in the Special Election scheduled Feb. 11. The polling places at the Eufaula Memorial Library and Under...
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Flu forced closing of schools
February 6, 2025
Reopened Monday Eufaula and Checotah schools that closed Thursday and Friday, Jan. 30-31, due to the latest flu outbreak. According to a posting by the Eufaula School District, 22 percent of the stude...
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Students learn about Checotah for class project
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Students learn about Checotah for class project
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
February 6, 2025
Recently the City of Checotah was selected by OU’s Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) as the semester’s project for its graduate students in the Gibbs College of Architecture in Norman. The gradu...
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Driver and dog lucky to be alive
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Driver and dog lucky to be alive
February 6, 2025
A driver and her canine companion are lucky to still be alive after crashing through a guardrail and almost ending up in Lake Eufaula over the weekend. On Saturday, Feb. 1, the F.A.I.C. Fire Departmen...
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Local cattlewomen inspired by next generation
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Local cattlewomen inspired by next generation
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
February 6, 2025
On Thursday, Jan. 23, Ellie Neidel spoke at the Green Country Cattlewomen’s meeting inside the OSU Extension office. Ellie, a student at Oklahoma State University, is studying agricultural education a...
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Cookers needed for Chili Cook-Off
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
February 6, 2025
The 17thAnnual Chili Cook-Off is set for Saturday, Feb. 22 at the Checotah Community Center and cookers are needed to make this another great year. The entry fee is only $25 for the chance to win thes...
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2 deadly crashes in 2 days
February 6, 2025
Oklahoma Highway Patrol worked two deadly accidents on two separate days on I-40 in Seminole County this weekend. According to OHP, the first accident happened near mile marker 200 shortly before 11 p...
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Lions Club to host political forum
February 6, 2025
The Checotah Lions Club will host a candidates’ forum for the Oklahoma State Senate District 8 seat on Thursday, Feb. 13 at noon at the Methodist Mission Hall located at 419 W. Gentry Ave. A complimen...
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Get in on free guitar lessons
February 6, 2025
Plug in, tune up and play with Selby Minner! Free guitar lessons are being held at the Jim Lucas Checotah Public Library every Thursday from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. Come join beginners and intermediates as on...
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Johnson fined for drug charges
February 6, 2025
McIntosh County resident Tiffany Johnson, 47, pled guilty in Haskell County District Court to multiple drug violations. Johnson was arrested in July 2024 near Lake Eufaula Dam and charged with unlawfu...
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Women’s Luncheon Feb. 22
February 6, 2025
The 3rd annual Women’s Luncheon will be held at the VFW hall on Feb. 22, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be a fun time of fellowship, insightful discussions, raffle prizes, and networking! Lunch wil...
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Checotah Stories from the past
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Checotah Stories from the past
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
February 6, 2025
114 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat Thursday, March 16, 1911 Soldiers to the South It is almost of daily occurrence to see one or more trains, passenger or freight, pass through the city bound for ...
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Children deserve better: Rejecting school Immigration raids
By HOUSE REP. ARTURO ALONSO-SANDOVAL D-OKLAHOMA CITY 
February 6, 2025
The State Superintendent’s endorsement of ICE raids in Oklahoma schools isn’t just morally wrong – it’s constitutionally indefensible. Anyone who claims undocumented children don’t deserve an educatio...
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Key Legislation for Oklahoma
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Key Legislation for Oklahoma
By REP. NEIL HAYS 
February 6, 2025
As the First Session of the 60th Legislature begins, Oklahoma is entering a new era of leadership and opportunity. Governor Kevin Stitt’s upcoming State of the State speech will set the tone for what ...
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ODOC addresses misinformation
February 6, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY – Today, we take a moment to extend our deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of Marquel Ross. His death was a tragic event, and we recognize the pain and loss felt by those w...
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Deevers introduces initiative to exempt state veterans from property taxes
February 6, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY — Sen. Dusty Deevers, R-Elgin, has introduced Senate Joint Resolution 10, the Honoring Our Heroes ballot initiative, a constitutional amendment proposal that would exempt all honorably d...
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Statements in reaction to threatened freeze on grants
February 6, 2025
Many organizations issued statements when the grant freeze first was announced. Native Americans, who are members of 38 federally recognized tribes in Oklahoma, would be especially hurt by the edict. ...
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Fall in love with your local library
By HEATH ALLEN LIBRARY ASSISTANT 
February 6, 2025
It is a little-known fact that the library is for lovers! This February at your library, we’re ready to help you find more of what you love. Take a chance on love and go on a “Blind Date with a Book” ...
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Drummond defends Oklahoma pork producers against California’s radical Proposition 12
February 6, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Gentner Drummond is pushing back against California’s strict hoghousing regulations that would adversely impact Oklahoma’s pork producers. In 2018, California passed P...
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Survivors still crushing cancer
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Survivors still crushing cancer
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
October 30, 2025
Rochelle Holmes, Cheryl Sasser, Dena Kay Miller, Sandra Davidson, Lisa Rodebush, Iris Park, Sherry Pitts, Terri Fields, Melina Goatcher, Debbie Wycoff, Penny Marshall, Imogene Duvall and several other...
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Domestic Violence Event Oct. 23
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Domestic Violence Event Oct. 23
October 30, 2025
Each year organizer LaDonna Rhodes and her daughter Felicia Brittle share their stories of surviving domestic abuse. See story on page A2. The McIntosh County Democrat invites the community to come ou...
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Fall & Halloween Happenings
By Checotah Perk?s 4th Annual Zombie Ball A night to Dismember Sat., Oct. 25 from 6-9 p.m. 317 W. Gentry Ave. 
October 30, 2025
Zombie Crawl to The Gentry Cinema Special showing of Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride Crawl at 7:30 p.m. , Movie at 8 p.m. Hallowbaloo Fall Festival Sat., Oct. 25 at 4 p.m. Water Street, Carlton Landing Nine...
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Military Order of the Purple Heart to honor veterans
October 30, 2025
A Special Wreath Laying Ceremony for family members of veterans who gave their lives in Vietnam was recently announced by Don Nichols of the Military Order of the Purple Heart. The Military Order of t...
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Worship in the City
October 30, 2025
A Community Worship Service Sunday, Oct. 26 starting at 5 p.m. Checotah Veterans Park Don’t miss this time of coming together in unity and love.
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