A whopping eight candidates have filed for the vacant Senate District 8 seat representing Okmulgee, Okfuskee and McIntosh counties in eastern Oklahoma. The special primary election for SD 8 has been s...

A traffic fatality has been attributed to the icy roads that covered the county much of the weekend, beginning Thursday and creating hazardous conditions through Saturday. The single vehicle accident ...

Thursday night - low of 41 Friday - high near 59, low 35 Saturday - high near 41, low 22

News that TransAlta had stopped plans to build a wind turbine farm in McIntosh County spread like the wind last week. “They called me Thursday and told me they pulled up stakes,” District 1 County Com...

The Eufaula School Board is asking voters to approve the issuance of almost $24 million in general obligation bonds for several projects, including an event center that would be used by the school as ...

Ava Rose Johnson, an 18-year-old Osage and Cherokee native from Oklahoma, has been nominated for Best Country Recording and Best Music Video for her song, “Sweet Home Oklahoma” and she couldn’t be mor...

Checotah Masonic Lodge #86 Saturday, February 1 7 a.m. – 10 a.m. 625 W. Gentry Start your day off right with a homemade breakfast consisting of fresh eggs, Blue & Gold sausage & pancakes, biscuits & g...

The University of Oklahoma’s Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) has embarked on an exciting partnership with the City of Checotah to revitalize its downtown area. Through this collaboration, OU’s...

114 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat Thursday, February 16, 1911 CANNERY ASSURED That Checotah is to have a cannery and one calculated to take care of the fruit and vegetables grown in this section ...

Kim Limbaugh, longtime volunteer with the McIntosh County Election Board, will take over as secretary of the office on Feb. 2. Limbaugh will replace Janelle McKnight, who became secretary on Jan. 1, 2...

We finally got some stats from the Rally at the Capitol hosted by the Freedom Brigades on Jan. 7. There were approximately 300 people in attendance, and they had an amazing lineup of speakers includin...

The Eufaula Indian Community will host an ENDUI event on Monday, Jan. 20 for youth, 12 years and over. This event, aimed at ending DUI, will be held at 6 p.m. at the Eufaula Indian Community Center, 8...

January 17 & 18 You’re invited! Ages 13 yrs. old and up Checotah First FWB Church 713 Broadway Street RSVP 918-473-5446

Eufaula Creek artist Jon Tiger recently won the Heritage Award from the Five Civilized Tribes Museum in Muskogee. The winning art is entitled “Sings The Wolf Song.” “I painted it in honor of my great,...

The new year represents an opportunity for us all to rewrite our stories, and the library has ever ything you need to begin making revisions. If you resolved to learn a musical instrument, we have loc...

WASHINGTON, DC – Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Rick Scott (R-FL) introduced the Sunshine Protection Act, to officially “lock the clock” and end the twiceyearly time change and make Daylight Savin...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Another fugitive on Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s 10 Most Wanted list is in custody. On the evening of Jan. 3, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol arrested Donovan Ray in Bryan County. E...

OKLAHOMA CITY- The Oklahoma City Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City released its latest issue of the Oklahoma Economist, titled “Oklahoma Tribal Area Economies: Rising Incomes, Falling ...

Friday, March 28 – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 29– 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Rhema Ninowski Center 1367 West Kenosha/71st Street Broken Arrow, OK 74012 This INDOOR Bazaar features Oklahoma vendors selling...

OKLAHOMA CITY - The Ragland Family Education Foundation is excited to announce the opening of the application process for its $20,000 scholarship program, aimed at supporting students pursuing higher ...