McIntosh County GOP will be meeting this Thursday, April 18, at the Checotah Library at 6:30 p.m. We will have Amanda Hills-Dodson speaking on the Child Protective Services department of Oklahoma Heal...

On Monday of last week, Checotah Public Schools hosted their FFA Speech Contest with over 440 FFA members from 56 schools giving speeches. Many from the community were called in to be judges for the c...

Kindergarten: Kendall Patterson, Jones Myers, Madalynn Humphreys, Preslie Muns, BLakely Wear, Josephine Nelson, Easton Mahoney

When John Croisant began knocking doors and talking to voters last August in his bid to remain Tulsa’s District 5 school board representative, he had his pitch locked and loaded. He wanted to end the ...

(Reprinted with permission of kfor.com) She couldn’t wait to work for Ryan Walters’ administration. Now she’s worried public schools won’t survive the rest of his term. McALESTER – For the first time,...

U.S. Rep. Tom Cole, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, has become the first Native American to chair the House Appropriations Committee and the first congressional member representing Oklahoma to do s...

Last week these youngsters had a great day getting to “touch a truck” which included fire trucks, bucket trucks, ambulances, race cars and more. COURTESY

- Primary Election, June 18. Voter registration deadline, May 24. Absentee ballot request deadline, June 3. Early voting dates, June 13 - 14 (8 a.m. to 6 p.m.) and June 15 (8 a.m. to 2 p.m.) - Runoff ...

Legacy On Main Street presents “Dreams Unwind: a Stevie Nicks Tribute” on Saturday, April 27, 224 N. Main. Admission is $75 for the show and dinner, $35 for the show only. Doors open at 6 p.m., dinner...

Heartland Heritage Museum and Gallery has chosen artist Agnes Morris as the Artist of the Month for April. Morris, who was originally from Coronado, CA, lives with her husband in Checotah and is an ac...

The community showed up to honor survivors of sexual assault and child abuse on Friday and bring awareness to the problem in our area. JERRY FINK | STAFF

Dollar General is excited to announce its store at 107607 S 4170 Rd (Oak Harbor) in Checotah is now open. DG stores are proud to provide area residents with an affordable and convenient store location...

Checotah Trash Off was a huge success this year with lots of volunteers helping the Checotah Chamber of Commerce and the City of Checotah clean up the town. COURTESY

PAWS N CLAWS gave away over 700 pounds of dog and cat food this past Saturday outside of Lake Life in Eufaula to bring awareness to abandonment in the local area and abroad. LADONNA RHODES | STAFF

Saturday, April 20 Check-in at 11 a.m. Photos start at noon. Checotah Middle School Auditorium

2024 Prom King and Queen: Mitchell Tanner and Elisabeth Ortiz COURTESY

LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Muscogee Creek Nation held an Honor Walk for survivors of sexual assault and child abuse last Friday at Posey Park. “We had a gr...

Mother’s Day gifts of flowers, candy and dinner are nice, but give her something that will last all year – a subscription to the McIntosh County Democrat. To subscribe, call 918689-2191. Now through M...

LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER Over 700 pounds of dog and cat food was given away by volunteers with PAWS N CLAWS – Eufaula, OK to bring awareness to the devastating reality of animal abandonment in not ...