The McIntosh County Oklahoma Retired Educators Association, OREA, will hold their first monthly meeting for the school term 2018-2019 at 1 p.m., Friday, Sept. 14, at the Jim Lucas Library, Checotah. T...

Three Eufaula members of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation appeared in tribal court on Aug. 27 to answer charges of stealing funds from the tribe. The three are former executives of the Eufaula Indian Commu...

Major Daniel Tarkington took the Checotah City Council on an interesting three-hour tour on Tuesday, Aug. 28.   Council members took the Kibois Area Transit System (KATS) with driver, Laura Bowen, on...

McIntosh County has dropped out of first place in unemployment, according to figures recently released by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. The county routinely has one of the highest unemp...

Checotah’s enrollment procedure for the class which prepares individuals to pass the High School Equivalency test, often called the GED test, have changed this year. Class times are Monday and Wednesd...

The aroma of barbecue held heavy in the air during the 28th Annual Dusk ‘Til Dawn Blues Festival over Labor Day Weekend. The festival is three days and nights, three stages, indoors and out, 35 bands...

Democrat newspaper donates to local education The McIntosh County Democrat will be donating weekly newspapers for Mrs. Petsch’s fifth grade reading class to encourage her students to read more about t...

Iris Park helped with the face painting this year at the Blues Festival. (Staff photo by LaDonna Rhodes)

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...

The Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting on August 30 for Trends and Treasures, located at 510 W. Gentry. The owner is CHrystal McCullough. On front row from left is Abigail McCullough, Chrystal ...

A motorcycle passenger died in a single vehicle collision accident at about 12:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 2, on a county road two miles north and four miles east of Eufaula. According to the Oklahoma High...

Aug. 27, 2018 – Sept. 3, 2018 Juvenile: possession of marijuana L arry Glen Arnold: fail to license vehicle in 30 days J ennifer Heatherington: operate MV without valid DL H arvey Rockwell: operate MV...

FELONY CASES C ampbell, Heather Rae: possession of contraband (weapons/explosives/drugs/beer/ money); malicious injury to property/over $1,000. K enneth Deal: Falsely personate another to create liabi...

Lisa Marie Benge, 40, of Checotah was given a five-year deferred sentence Thursday after entering a blind plea of guilty to possession of a controlled dangerous substance. District Judge James Bland r...

  Mayor Daniel Tarkington admits he’s a pretty impatient person when it comes to working on projects, but overall he is pleased with the progress of The Pavilion at the Sports Complex and believes the...

“A lawsuit has been filed against the Checotah Public School District seeking in excess of $125,000 stemming from a collision between a school bus and a pickup truck last year. The suit was filed in M...