A proposal to end noexcuse absentee voting in Oklahoma narrowly advanced 4-3 through the House Elections and Ethics Committee last week. Critics fear the measure could discourage voter participation a...

When Isaac, a young Oklahoma City man, was 7 years old, he and his mother moved from Las Vegas to Oklahoma City. Just two years later, Isaac’s mother died. He never met his father. His grandparents to...

The Department of Education is, again, trying to spend public money on Bible lessons, Oklahoma Watch recently reported. Last week, the agency issued a request for proposals for materials that will int...

The Board of Education on Thursday advanced new academic standards for social studies that would require public schools to teach the Bible. Academic standards outline what students are expected to lea...

Vernon, the historic community on the western edge of McIntosh County, has joined the ranks of Oklahoma’s Purple Heart communities. The event was celebrated on Saturday, Feb. 22, beginning at 1 p.m. w...

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Senate on Tuesday approved legislation to prohibit teachers and other school personnel from using corporal punishment on students with disabilities. Sen. Dave Rader, RTuls...

The Masonic Charity Foundation of Oklahoma awarded a total of $674,609 for calendar year 2025 to 11 Area Agencies on Aging throughout Oklahoma at the Oklahoma Association of Area Agencies on Aging (O4...

1st place chili winner - Richard Millsap.

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...