The McIntosh County Democratic Party of Oklahoma is conducting its biennial elections of precinct and county officers. Elections will be held on Saturday, April 12, at 2 p.m. at the Jim Lucas Checotah...

8 & under: Mac Bridges, 8, Eufaula, 31:51 9-12 years: Cooper Holmes, 11, Hanna, 24:16 Cade Huffman, 12, 27:40 Arton Pennington, 11, 28:15 13-15 years: Baylor Bohannon, 15, Eufaula, 20:31 Joseph Smieta...

Rescue partners Lori Powell Fells and LaDonna Rhodes with Paws N Claws – Eufaula know too well that “fur baby” rescues are more than lucky to find forever homes. Since starting the county rescue group...

114 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat Thursday, March April 6, 1911 We Need Water Fully half a dozen business buildings would now be under way in Checotah were it not for the fact that not sufficient...

(405) 557-7302 With the committee process now behind us, the House is shifting its focus to floor votes. Over the next few weeks, much of our work will center on considering and voting on bills on the...

The Eufaula City Council wasted no time in hiring an interim city manager to replace Jeb Jones, who resigned March 3 effective April 12 after three years in office. Following an executive session at a...

Anthony Robb officially announces his candidacy for City Council Member Ward 2. Robb is a lifelong resident of Checotah. He graduated from Checotah High School as a Wildcat and his support for the Che...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Tim Turner, RKinta, today responded to the shooting of a police officer from Webbers Falls during a traffic stop over the weekend. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol on Sunday issued a b...

McALESTER – A federal judge sentenced former Savanna Police Officer (SPD), Jeffrey Scott Smith, 35, to 40 years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman during a traffic stop and obstructing justice ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Steve Bashore, R-Miami, today secured House passage of a bill that would add accessory to murder in the first or second degree to the list of crimes that would require an offender...

OKLAHOMA CITY - With the ongoing measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico, the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) has been on high alert, monitoring the situation in Oklahoma. On March 11, the...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Gentner Drummond is naming a new agent for the Office of the Attorney General: 13-yearold Devarjaye “DJ” Daniel. President Trump honored the Texas native last night at...

Josh Teply of Harrah, made an impressive statement at Lake Eufaula this past weekend, securing the victory at the first ABA Pro League tournament of the season for the Oklahoma division. Despite limit...

The theme of our February meeting was Saint Patrick’s Day. The room was full of green shamrocks and gold coins. Kudos to our hostesses, Kit Lund, Mary Nelson and Brenda Barr. It was charming. Our prog...

WASHINGTON — Midafternoon on a late February day, a meteorologist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association in Norman received an email notifying them of their termination. “I was just busi...

The Oklahoma Supreme Court temporarily blocked the state from purchasing Bibles for Oklahoma classrooms. A court order issued Monday, March 10, bars Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters, ...

On Dec. 10, 2024, Truman Dixon, celebrated his last birthday. He turned 99. Little did Checotah know that they would lose another icon just a few months later, on Sunday, March 9, when their beloved “...

McIntosh County Emergency Management Director Leslie Phillips urges area residents to be alert to possible tornadoes Friday. “There could be major severe weather outbreaks, possible tornadoes and high...

MUSKOGEE - Douglas Ray Lollis, Jr., 31, of Checotah, was found guilty by a federal jury on one count of Felon in Possession of Firearm, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern...

Saturday, March 8, was a deadly night in Muskogee County with two people dead in two separate shootings. At 5:54 p.m. Muskogee County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a reported shooting at Five ...