The Checotah Wildcats celebrated Homecoming week by wearing sports jerseys on Tuesday and neon on Wednesday. Then Thursday they had a color war with 9th grade wearing yellow, 10th wearing green, 11th ...

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a 29-year-old Enid woman for abandoning a dog at a Checotah residence. Jazmine Shaneen Roberts reportedly left the dog at the home of Letha and Shawn Robert...

McIntosh County as a whole has seen its fair share of animals being abandoned. Eufaula pound has picked up four dogs just this past week and local shelters like Happy Paws in Checotah has also seen th...

A recount of the votes cast in the Aug. 27 run-off election for McIntosh County District 2 Commissioner didn’t change the outcome. Incumbent Monty Grider lost by 12 votes to challenger Clifford McElha...

A 33-year-old man arrested by Checotah police in August on suspicion of a hit and run incident is in the custody of the Muscogee Creek Nation on charges of felony theft and felony eluding. Cody Wayne ...

A 55-year-old Oktaha man was killed in a two-vehicle accident on Wednesday, Sept. 5 on U.S. 64 five miles south of Muskogee, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Dead at the scene was Brent Eller...

Dist. 2 County Commissioner Monty Grider spoke at the monthly Eufaula Chamber of Commerce luncheon, giving an update on the $6.2-million makeover of the courthouse. The project includes a new three-st...

Saturday, Sept. 28 Race starts at 9 a.m. Follow I:40 Facebook page for registration and details

Join locals for first Out of the Darkness Suicide Awareness Walk September 21 at the Eufaula Cove Pavilion Onsite registration starts at 3 p.m. Walk starts at 4 p.m.

The Checotah Landmark Preservation Society celebrated 40 years with a Cornhole at the Depot Tournament on Saturday, Sept. 7. The tournament was a fundraiser and CLPS volunteers served hotdogs, chips a...

EHS Class of 1964 will hold its 60th Reunion on Sept.20 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Legacy on Main Street. There is an open invitation to 1963 and 1965 classes. Please contact all your old classmates and...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Attorney General Gentner Drummond is urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to deny an application from the Southeast Oklahoma Power Corporation (SEOPC) to build a hyd...

There are lots of activities going on at TLC. We recently started having a display at the Community Market at the Barn. It is located behind the Last Stop Store on Texanna Road and Hwy OK-150, Checota...

114 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat Thursday, September 22, 1910 Arthur Marshall Seriously Injured Arthur Marshall, who resides southwest of town, while working on a scaffold at the new home of Wil...

Editor’s Note: September is National Suicide Prevention and Recovery Month and therefore we will be covering a critical and often overlooked issue: the alarming rate of suicides in rural Oklahoma. In ...

We are gearing up for our Musical Extravaganza, Oct. 11 and 12. Back by popular demand will be Jason Crabb and his full band Saturday night, October 12. Five groups will perform on Friday night and th...

OKLAHOMA CITY –Tickets are now on sale for the 97th Annual Oklahoma Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony to be held on Thursday, November 14, 2024, at the Oklahoma City Convention Center. Induction into th...

Brandon Jay Dickson, 34, of Eufaula was arrested on a charge of obstructing an officer following a confrontation with deputies on Thursday, Sept. 5. Dickson is being held in the McIntosh County Detent...

Oklahoma will have to use state money for family planning services at county health clinics after it lost an emergency bid to restore $4.5 million in federal grants because of the state’s refusal to p...

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