Midway High School Senior, Hayden Burdick of Hitchita, is the recipient of the 2024 Leah Collins Memorial Scholarship. The $1,000 scholarship is named in honor of Leah (Neumeyer) Collins, a 1996 alumn...

Friends, family and fans came out to promote the premier of the Legends of Rodeo Past and Present, on Thursday, June 27 at the Heartland Heritage Museum & Gallery, located at 116 N. Broadway in Checot...

On May 29, Bryon James Pollard, 53, and Charlene Hadie Wurster, 50, of Checotah, were charged with physically abusing Bryons 87-yearold father, James Pollard. According to police investigators, the el...

A single vehicle accident near Hanna claimed the life of an Okmulgee man Saturday. The name of the victim is being withheld pending notification of next of kin. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patro...

Thousands were without power and suffered damages due to a severe thunderstorm that crossed Central Oklahoma late in the evening last Tuesday Locals in the Pierce area had some severe damage after win...

On September 21 at the Eufaula Cove Pavilion, locals will join together for the first Lake Eufaula Out of Darkness walk. Onsite registration starts at 3 p.m, the walk starts at 4 p.m. “We held a bingo...

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EODD Area Agency on Aging will host a fraud prevention conferences for seniors 60 and older on July 12, 19 and 26. The conferences will be held at the EODD office at 1012 N. 38th St., Muskogee. Regist...

114 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat Thursday, July 14, 1910 BILL MURRAY HERE Candidate for Governor Addresses Large Crowd Bill Murray, better known as “Alfalfa Bill” democratic candidate for govern...

Honey Springs Battlefield will hold its annual memorial service honoring the 161st anniversary of the Battle of Honey Springs near Checotah on Saturday, July 13, at 10:30 a.m. The memorial service wil...

FAYETTEVILLE Laci Stephens of Checotah was named to the Spring 2024 Dean’s List in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas. Stephens joins more than 2,700 additional F...

A Pitbull pup named Domino that was rescued by Paws N Claws volunteer, LaDonna Rhodes, found his fur-ever home with Christmas and Brandon Mooney who adopted him last Saturday.

SALLISAW - Andrew Cox, 46, a retired Master Gunnery Sergeant with a storied 25-year career in the U.S. Marine Corps, isn’t content with leaving his legacy in the past. Instead, he’s embarked on a new ...

OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma Humanities (OH) is accepting applications from Oklahoma organizations wishing to apply for funding up to $10,000. Grant applications are reviewed by the OH Board of Trustees i...

MUSKOGEE — Eastern Oklahoma Library System (EOLS) has announced the launch of a facilities initiative to rejuvenate aging buildings and library interiors across the six-county system. This initiative ...

Oklahoma executed Richard Rojem Jr. at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester on Thursday after nearly 40 years on death row. Before the execution, Rojem, 66, declined to give final words and sa...

Kimberly Dawn Reed, 39, pled guilty recently to rape by instrumentation of an exotic dancer at the 69 Cattle Company strip club as well as multiple other charges. The Hanna resident, on June 10, also ...

OKLAHOMA CITY - In a memorandum to Oklahoma school superintendents, State Superintendent Ryan Walters announced the implementation of foundational texts in curriculum. Effective immediately, all Oklah...

When most people look at dandelions, they see a nuisance—a weed that can easily take over the yard. When researchers at the University of Central Oklahoma look at dandelions, they see a potential cure...

LAWTON – Over the past several days, The GEO Group and the Oklahoma Department of Corrections have worked together on a one-year contract to continue operating the Lawton Correctional and Rehabilitati...