For one local beauty, this year truly marked not just a New Year but definitely a new beginning for Jordyn Madewell Combs, a Class of 2021 graduate from Checotah. Jordyn enlisted on June 27, 2024 in O...

Emma Lee Ellison, 24, of Checotah, has been ordered to undergo a mental examination and then to appear in court at 9 a.m., Feb. 18 for a competency hearing. Special District Judge Brian McLaughlin ord...

The 17th Annual Chili Cook-Off is set for Saturday, Feb. 22 at the Checotah Community Center. Doors will open at 5 p.m. to the public and you don’t want to miss it. Cost is $8 for all the chili you ca...

Arnold Willard Carey Jr., 27, has been bound over for a preliminary hearing on several charges related to a second-degree rape allegation. On Jan. 22, Associate District Judge Brendon Bridges set the ...

Petition to control turbines awaiting decision by ADA District 3 County Commissioner Bobby Ziegler shared a message sent to him by Chad Macy, a representative of the TransAlta Canadian River Project. ...

City general elections in Checotah and Eufaula April 1 For the Feb. 11 Special Election of the City of Eufaula, early voting will be held on Thursday, February 6 and Friday, Feb. 7 from 8 a.m. to 6 p....

The Checotah City Council convened on Monday, Jan. 13 in the Council Chambers at City Hall. Donna Bitsche from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) presented a check for $881,650 to the Checotah ...

An Oklahoma Department of Transportation employee and a truck driver died in a crash Monday in LeFlore County. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Jaden Jackson, 26, was struck and killed on foo...

114 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat Thursday, March 9, 1911 ANOTHER GIN Among the activities in the building line in Checotah this summer, one of the most notable will be the new cotton gin to be e...

The Oklahoma Ethics Commission publicly acknowledged it is investigating Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters, an unusual move as most of the matters taken up by the commission are confid...

People who speak the Cherokee language are being recruited to audition for voice-over work, dubbing a movie originally filmed in Arabic in 2014. Since its release, “The Savior” has been dubbed in the ...

Shortly before leaving office, President Joe Biden commuted Leonard Peltier’s life sentence to indefinite house arrest following decades of community activists fighting for his release. “It’s finally ...

Canadian Valley Electric Cooperative is proud to announce it will, once again, sponsor an allexpense paid trip for two high school juniors to attend the National Rural ElectricCooperativeYouth Tour in...

The State Election Board completed biennial voter list maintenance on Friday, January 17 and Tuesday, January 21. The process, which is mandated by statute, removed 129,680 inactive voter registration...

NORMAN – The University of Oklahoma has announced the names of students on its fall 2024 honor roll, a distinction given to those who achieve the highest academic standards. Six of the students are fr...

Thousands traveled to the nation’s capital for President Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th president, among them were Oklahomans who made the journey as supporters, critics and security. Those w...

The annual Martin Luther King Jr. birthday celebration breakfast at the Mt. Olive Star Baptist Church was held inside while the outside temperature was barely out of the teens. But the celebration war...

Between them, two young burglary suspects face almost 30 felony and misdemeanor counts after being caught on video breaking into cars at a residence in a rural area near Eufaula. Upon further investig...

Guy Martin Adams, 49, of Checotah, pleaded no contest on Jan. 8 to violating Oklahoma’s Antiterrorism Act and to threatening to perform an act of violence. Associate District Judge Brendon Bridges sen...

The high temperature on Monday afternoon was 29 degrees. The morning was 17 degrees - with a windchill of near zero, according to the National Weather Service. The remainder of the week is expected to...