The Democrat The staff of McIntosh County Assessor Trina Williams-Smith is filled with Christmas spirit. Santa greets visitors who drop by.

Courtesy Photo These law enforcement officers not only put a lot of hard work in putting together the spaghetti dinner fundraiser on Thursday, Dec. 5 at the Checotah High School cafeteria, but also ma...

Checotah Senior Center celebrated October birthdays with Raydene Henson and Claude Whisenhunt.

Eighth-grade middle school students participated in a lesson created by the K20 group of the University of Oklahoma. The K20 Center is a statewide educational research and professional development cen...

Pre K winners of the PAWS awards were from left to right: Kayzlea Moham, Jase Wilks, Jonah Coleman and Kaitlyn Saenz. Kindergarten winners of the PAWS awards are from left to right: Gael Vega, Waylon...

Elevation below normal, water 89 and murky. Blue and channel catfish good on shad below the dam, main lake and river channel. Flathead catfish fair on live bait along the river channel and river mouth...

According to a report issued by Bruce Callich, current treasurer of the Methodist Mission, the Mission's Food Pantry assisted 173 households during September. Callich reported the numbers and ages of ...

Officers of the Checotah FFA chapter participated in the 2019 Oklahoma FFA Chapter Officer Leadership Training Conference held Sept. 10 at the Glenpool Conference Center in Glenpool. The eight state F...

Leadership Oklahoma, a statewide leadership program, is now accepting applications for its 2020 Youth Leadership Oklahoma (YLOK) class. The application deadline is 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4. Applicants...

On May 24, 2019, the staff of Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center was forced to evacuate the only prehistoric American Indian archaeological site open to the public in Oklahoma due to historic flooding...

U.S. Navy Senior Chief Aviation Electronics Technician James Hendricks, from Porum, Oklahoma, stands at parade rest during a burial at sea aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in t...

September normally sees at least one or two decent cold fronts to whet the appetite for fall. Mother Nature had different plans this year, however, steering summer right past the beginning of autumn a...

On October 10, 732 – At Tours, France, Charles Martel killed Abd el-Rahman and halted the Muslim invasion of Europe. Islam’s westward spread was stopped by the Franks at Poitiers. 1798 – Secretary Ben...

On September 26, 1789 – Thomas Jefferson was appointed America’s first Secretary of State; John Jay the first chief justice of the United States; Samuel Osgood the first Postmaster-General; and Edmund...

The Beginning Day meeting of Beta Sigma Phi Preceptor Gamma Epsilon Chapter XP 3902 was called to order Sept. 10 by President Shirley Davis after those present had enjoyed a salad supper. Gathered in ...

A new statue of a legendary chief of Ponca City’s Ponca Tribe joined the silent sentinels in Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol. The statue, submitted by the State of Nebraska from which Chief Standing...

The Jim Lucas Checotah Public Library has a new program series called Every Child Ready to Read. Research shows that children who develop essential language and other early literacy skills before they...

Singer-songwriter Stacey Sanders will present Morning Music on Saturday, Sept. 28 at the Arcadia Round Barn. Sanders, who lives in Enid, was a teenager when he started playing the guitar and writing s...

It's here! Plug-in to dynamic-high-voltage music! Among those who will be onstage this weekend for the 6th Annual Gospel Music Fest will be three-year-old wunderkind Oak Man; prolific songwriter Geral...

Charles Lane, one of the 10 Cherokee war veterans participating in this year’s Cherokee Warrior Flight, said he can still hear the sound of American soldiers marching during the Korean War. Lane, 83, ...