Old Man Winter assaulted McIntosh County last week and the surrounding areas. During the coldest part of the freeze, temperatures fell to one degree in some areas, with windchills of -14. Snow, ice an...

The annual Black History Month Seminar will be held Saturday, March 1 at 11 a.m. at the Mt. Olive Star Baptist Church, 413665 E. 1080 Rd., Checotah, under the direction of Rev. Samuel Cunningham, Past...

It was another great turnout as more than 20 residents attended the second session with the OU School of Architecture team on Monday, Feb. 17 at the Checotah Community Center. The Downtown Green Space...

If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again. Leaders of the Oklahoma House of Representatives channeled the wisdom of Billy Joe Shaver today, running a revised version of a stringent wind farm se...

For the March 4 Special Election Primary Senate District 8, early voting begins Thursday, Feb. 27. Voters who will not be able to make it to the poils on Election Day, have the option of voting early ...

WASHINGTON - Former University of Oklahoma president, Oklahoma Senator, and Oklahoma Governor David L. Boren (D) died early Thursday morning. He was 83. “Few individuals have so wholeheartedly dedicat...

McIntosh County RWD #3 will hold its Annual Board Meeting at 6 p.m., Thursday, March 6 at 115 N. Broadway, Checotah. The public is welcome.

The McIntosh County Democratic Party will hold their Monthly Meeting on March 11 at 6:30 p.mm in Checotah at the Jim Lucas Public Library, 626 W. Gentry Ave. Two candidates will be there, Nathan Brewe...

It’s said, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing expecting different results.” This describes the failures in reading proficiency by Oklahoma students, despite billions of dollars of inc...

114 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat Thursday, March April 6, 1911 Democrats Capture Every Office from Mayor To Alderman Checotah democrats cleaned the platter Tuesday in a manner which fairly took ...

Amongst the many perceived controversies of Donald Trump’s second term as U.S. president are some of his choices for cabinet secretaries. Of the 15 secretary positions, so far 11 have been confirmed b...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Legislation honoring Marissa Murrow, a college student tragically killed by a drunk driver, would fix what the author calls “a serious oversight” in current law that “risks the lives o...

Emergency Management Director Marcus Cunningham reported on information on the 911 Grant the city is receiving. Cunningham advised that the grant was awarded as a cost share match and the city would m...

A recent spat between Superintendent Ryan Walters and Governor Kevin Stitt has many people asking: what is happening? According to one Oklahoma congressman, it’s posturing. “It’s political season, rig...

In their February City Council meeting the City of Checotah honored two 25-year employees. Mayor Tarkington presented a certificate and pin to Andy Burnett for 25 years of service and Police Chief Dar...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Mark Mann, DOklahoma City, won unanimous, bipartisan support from the Senate Retirement and Government Resources Committee for legislation to help storm trackers travel Oklahoma r...

David L. Boren, who served as an Oklahoma legislator, governor, U.S. senator and finally as president of the University of Oklahoma, died Thursday, Feb. 20, according to a family spokesman. Boren’s de...

While its effort to buy Bibles for classrooms is tied up in court, the Oklahoma Department of Education initiated a new vendor search to purchase materials containing Bibleinfused character lessons fo...

A cinderblock building in the 200 block of E Street, between Belt and Broadway, stood for 77 years a few hundred yards from the shore of the cove on Lake Eufaula. For the first 25 years or so it was E...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senior Day will take place on Monday, March 3. Events will kick off at 8:30 a.m. with sign-in at the second-floor rotunda. Volunteers and signs will guide the way. The Senior Day sessi...