logo
Login Subscribe
Google Play App Store
  • News
    • Obituaries
    • Lifestyle
    • Opinion
  • Sports
  • E-edition
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Contact
    • Contact Us
    • Advertisers
    • Form Submission
    • About Us
    • News
      • Obituaries
      • Lifestyle
      • Opinion
    • Sports
    • E-edition
    • Calendar
    • Archives
    • Contact
      • Contact Us
      • Advertisers
      • Form Submission
      • About Us
Sports
October 24, 2024
Fort Gibson Historic Site to host Halloween Event

FORT GIBSON — Fort Gibson Historic Site will host “Haunting the Fort” on Thursday, October 31, from 6-8 p.m. The fort will be transformed into an atmosphere appropriate to the season with spooky music, moonlit grounds and trick-or-treating in the historic fort.

Those brave enough to venture to the site will see several rooms in the log fort stockade decorated by local businesses. There will be plenty of candy for trick-ortreating! This is one of the few after-hours, after-dark programs at Fort Gibson, and the goal is to re-establish it as a Fort Gibson community tradition.

The family-friendly event is free to attend, but donations are always accepted. Follow the Fort Gibson Historic Site Facebook page for additional information leading up to the event. Parking will be available between the palisade walls and the railroad tracks. Additional parking will be available by the water treatment center and at Clinkenbeard Park. The log palisade will be the only part of the site open on the night of the event. The Fort Gibson Chamber of Commerce is providing support for the event.

For more information please call 918-4784088. The Fort Gibson Historic Site is located at 907 N. Garrison Ave. in Fort Gibson.

A: Main
Operators of daycare center accused of abuse
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
October 9, 2025
A Checotah couple running a daycare center out of their home are accused of abusing children under their care, according to police. After a lengthy investigation that began on July 7, Checotah police ...
this is a test
SYATP After Gathering stirred a fire in local youth
A: Main, News...
SYATP After Gathering stirred a fire in local youth
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
October 2, 2025
What can happen when one soul catches on fire and passes that fire along to another? A whole school can catch on fire for Jesus and spread for decades from generation to generation. That’s how See You...
this is a test
A: Main, News...
Annual BBQ Banquet
October 2, 2025
Freedom House Adult and Teen Challenge will host their 5th Annual Barbecue Banquet and Graduation Ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 4. The community is invited to purchase tickets and come enjoy an evening o...
this is a test
Couple get deferred sentences in animal cruelty case
A: Main, News...
Couple get deferred sentences in animal cruelty case
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
October 2, 2025
A husband and wife who were charged last year with animal cruelty pled guilty Friday, Sept. 26 and each were given five-year deferred sentences. Morgan Alayne Bateman, 39, lists her home as Checotah, ...
this is a test
Man makes Alford plea in lewd act case
A: Main, News...
Man makes Alford plea in lewd act case
October 2, 2025
Randy Dwayne Stegall, 64, of Checotah has entered an Alford plea to performing a lewd act in front of a woman and her two children. An Alford plea registers a formal admission of guilt to charges in c...
this is a test
A: Main, News...
Big Breakfast Fundraiser this Saturday
October 2, 2025
For a $10 donation enjoy Farm Fresh Eggs, Blue & Gold Sausage, Pancakes, Homemade from scratch Biscuits & Gravy, Orange Juice & Coffee At the Checotah Masonic Lodge #86 at 625 W. Gentry, Checotah All ...
this is a test
ePaper
coogle_play
app_store
Editor Picks
A: Main, News...
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
October 2, 2025
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation is offering free coffee and donuts during two Domestic Violence Awareness Month events in October. On Friday, October 3 from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at Nichols Market, 200 S. 2...
this is a test
Invasion by armyworms an annual lawn problem
A: Main, News...
Invasion by armyworms an annual lawn problem
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
October 2, 2025
About this time every year wide swaths of territories in Oklahoma are attacked by an infestation of armyworms – also known as cutworms. Technically, they are classified under the genus Spodoptera and ...
this is a test
A: Main, News...
Walters resigns to fight unions
By KAYLA BRANCH THE FRONTIER 
October 2, 2025
State Superintendent Ryan Walters said nothing about his pending resignation during what was expected to be his last Board of Education meeting, one day after he announced on FOX News that he planned ...
this is a test
Martin again sentenced to life for murder
News
Martin again sentenced to life for murder
By Martin 
October 2, 2025
MUSKOGEE – For the second time, on Wednesday, July 17, David Deval Martin, 40, of McIntosh County was sentenced to life in prison for the vicious 2013 murder of a Checotah woman. In 2016, Martin, whos...
this is a test
News
Walters to head teachers’ anti-union
October 2, 2025
Dallas — Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters has been named incoming Chief Executive Officer of the Teacher Freedom Alliance, a new national organization founded by the Freedom Foundation that ...
this is a test
Facebook
Twitter
Tweets
Twitter
Tweets

MCINTOSH COUNTY DEMOCRAT
300-A S. Broadway
Checotah, OK
74426

(918) 473-2313

This site complies with ADA requirements

© 2023 Mcintosh Democrat

  • Contact
  • Privacy
  • Accessibility Policy