PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 12, 2024) Airman Connor Smith, from Checotah, Okla., conducts maintenance on a fire station aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln, ...

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The great union revival which has been under way at Tuckabatchee hall since Sunday, Jan. 8, came to a glorious close last evening with a rally in which the converts were the central figure. It is safe...

If you would like to list your meeting or event in the Community Area Calendar please email all the information to ladonna@cookson.news or text 479422-4210. You may also mail the information to McInto...

MUSKOGEE – Bryson Noel Miller, 19, of Fort Towson, has entered a guilty plea to one count of Murder in Indian Country, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Okla...

I was having a fun conversation recently with some co-workers here at the Eastern Oklahoma Library System’s central services offices about roleplaying games—Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), specifically, w...

School districts could soon be required to create new policies ensuring students can fly the American flag on school grounds, according to proposed rules published Monday by the Oklahoma Department of...

Oklahoma’s parole grant rate increased in 2024 after years of decline, an Oklahoma Watch analysis found. Nearly 29% of state prisoners seeking parole from January through November received a favorable...

Checotah PD surprised Sheila Ward with a City’s Citizen of the Year Award for her fast action that saved the life of a 14-year-old kidnapped from Texas. On July 11, in the early morning hours, Checota...

Santa and his elves definitely had a lot more angels hanging on Angel Trees this year, from 200 young angels (students from Checotah Schools) to 64 golden angels (Checotah Nursing Center residents and...

Feds abandon plan Hays/Turner meet with TransAlta The plan to create a 645mile long, 18-mile-wide swath of land across Oklahoma from the Panhandle to Arkansas came to a screeching halt on Friday, Dec....

A Blue Christmas Service Dec. 24 at noon at Checotah First United Methodist Church For anyone who is grieving, hurting or just tired this Christmas Join us for a service were all feelings, merry or bl...

The 16th Annual Feeding All Souls Christmas Dinner will be on Wednesday, Dec. 25 from 11 a.m. 2 p.m.(or until the food runs out). On Christmas Day any soul that needs to be fed can come to the Multi-P...

When the March of Dimes (OK) announced their 2024 Nurse of the Year Awards Finalists, it didn’t shock Mark and Lisa Watson that their daughter, Emily Watson, an RN and House Supervisor at Bethany Chil...

Legacy on Main Street, 224 N. Main, will present Red, a Taylor Swift Tribute on Tuesday, Dec. 31. Admission is $55. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. Showtime is 7:30 p.m.

Eufaula VFW Post 8798 Auxiliary will host a Youth Christmas Party Saturday, Dec. 21 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. There will be games, refreshments and gifts and a visit by Jolly Old Saint Nicholas. For more ...

VFW Post 8798 Auxiliary will hold a flag exchange on Saturday, Jan. 25 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m Call 918-689-5577 for information about the Auxiliary collecting and disposing torn and tattered flags and ...

114 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat Thursday, January 19, 1911 CONTRACT LET FOR SEWER Low bid $29,602.40 When the city council convened Monday night to open the bids for the construction of Checota...

Heartland Bazaar was a great success, we had a lot of fun meeting all the kids and telling people about what we have going on. Caleb Shipman, the winner of our AR Giveaway, was very happy when we call...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed on Wednesday a $895.2 billion National Defense Authorization Act by a vote of 281-140. All five of Oklahoma’s representatives voted in favor of the spending package ...