If you would like to list your meeting or event in the Community Area Calendar please email all the information to ladonna@cookson.news or text 479422-4210. You may also mail the information to McInto...

They say when it rains it pours. Sometimes it pours even without rain. More than a week ago heavy rains and clogged drains created flooding in the McIntosh County Courthouse. Tuesday night, a busted h...

Summer doesn’t have to end just yet! Give blood with Our Blood Institute for a chance to win a vacation to your dream location as part of OBI’s $10K Vacay Giveaway. Are you a beach bum or a mountain l...

Unlike the public image of people experiencing homelessness, recently evicted Oklahomans might push a cart with an antique clock or an ottoman that was their grandmother’s prized possession. A person ...

On Father’s Day Dennis Short suffered an accident at his home which caused him to be life-flighted to St. Francis hospital in Tulsa where he has remained for over a month. He had been working on his t...

Aug. 13 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Ogle Field Booths- Music-Free Food-Giveaways-Bounce Houses-Student Recognition-Food Trucks and more Join the Wildcats as they get ready to kick off the 20242025 school...

Aug. 11 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free Boys Haircuts Checotah Event Center

PreK/New Student Enrollment (In person only) Aug. 2 from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Please bring: Birth certificate, shot records, proof of residency, parent’s photo ID, CDIB card if applicable Returning student...

Cook-off judges Eddie Hartwick and Robert Campbell had high praise for the 40th Annual Whole Hawg Days, and they weren’t just talking about the chefs but the whole hawg, the fans, the car show, the ar...

BENNETT BRINKMAN NONDOC MUSKOGEE — More than a year after he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the motorcycle wreck that caused the death of his girlfriend, Sheryl Bichsel, a federal judge...

A search continues for four, possibly black, males alleged to have robbed Casey’s General Store, 1051 W. Gentry Ave., in Checotah. The armed and masked suspects entered the store at about 2:43 a.m. on...

A gang of juveniles who broke into a Checotah gun store on July 12 and made off with 16 handguns are in the custody of their parents and awaiting criminal proceedings in juvenile court. The five, rang...

A Texas man who was arrested in Checotah on July 11 on suspicion of kidnapping a 14-year-old-girl has been charged in McIntosh County District Court with second degree rape and possession of a stolen ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – House Democrats advise Oklahoma school districts to continue following Oklahoma Statutes that outline subject matter standards and reiterate that revisions are subject to legislative r...

Paws N Claws is excited to announce the Pet Food Pantry in Eufaula will open soon. By the first week of August, volunteers will be setting up the Paws N Claws Pet Pantry at the Eufaula Indian Journal,...

Oklahoma City – _State Superintendent Ryan Walters released Instructional Support Guidelines for Oklahoma Teachers, including historical context, literary significance, and the artistic and musical in...

Eufaula Masonic Lodge #1 will host a breakfast fundraiser for Girl Scout Troop 7097 on Saturday, Aug. 3 from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Masonic Lodge, 1104 Eunice Burns Rd. For a $10 donation you get sa...

Some run for fun. Some run for exercise. An international organization of Indigenous natives runs for peace and dignity. Since 1992, every four years the Indigenous First Nations organization have ded...

114 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat Thursday, August 11, 1910 KILLED HIS FATHER A report has reached this city that Dick Watson, a well-known resident of Hoffman, was shot and killed by his 13-year...