Hanna Public Schools, which offers grades K-12, is the heart of this community in far western McIntosh County. The school’s enrollment is 60. With a dozen faculty and administrators, it may be the sin...

Registered voters who reside in the municipal limits of the City of Eufaula are eligible to vote in the Special Election scheduled Feb. 11. The polling places at the Eufaula Memorial Library and Under...

Reopened Monday Eufaula and Checotah schools that closed Thursday and Friday, Jan. 30-31, due to the latest flu outbreak. According to a posting by the Eufaula School District, 22 percent of the stude...

Recently the City of Checotah was selected by OU’s Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) as the semester’s project for its graduate students in the Gibbs College of Architecture in Norman. The gradu...

A driver and her canine companion are lucky to still be alive after crashing through a guardrail and almost ending up in Lake Eufaula over the weekend. On Saturday, Feb. 1, the F.A.I.C. Fire Departmen...

On Thursday, Jan. 23, Ellie Neidel spoke at the Green Country Cattlewomen’s meeting inside the OSU Extension office. Ellie, a student at Oklahoma State University, is studying agricultural education a...

The 17thAnnual Chili Cook-Off is set for Saturday, Feb. 22 at the Checotah Community Center and cookers are needed to make this another great year. The entry fee is only $25 for the chance to win thes...

Oklahoma Highway Patrol worked two deadly accidents on two separate days on I-40 in Seminole County this weekend. According to OHP, the first accident happened near mile marker 200 shortly before 11 p...

The Checotah Lions Club will host a candidates’ forum for the Oklahoma State Senate District 8 seat on Thursday, Feb. 13 at noon at the Methodist Mission Hall located at 419 W. Gentry Ave. A complimen...

Plug in, tune up and play with Selby Minner! Free guitar lessons are being held at the Jim Lucas Checotah Public Library every Thursday from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. Come join beginners and intermediates as on...

McIntosh County resident Tiffany Johnson, 47, pled guilty in Haskell County District Court to multiple drug violations. Johnson was arrested in July 2024 near Lake Eufaula Dam and charged with unlawfu...

The 3rd annual Women’s Luncheon will be held at the VFW hall on Feb. 22, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be a fun time of fellowship, insightful discussions, raffle prizes, and networking! Lunch wil...

114 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat Thursday, March 16, 1911 Soldiers to the South It is almost of daily occurrence to see one or more trains, passenger or freight, pass through the city bound for ...

The State Superintendent’s endorsement of ICE raids in Oklahoma schools isn’t just morally wrong – it’s constitutionally indefensible. Anyone who claims undocumented children don’t deserve an educatio...

As the First Session of the 60th Legislature begins, Oklahoma is entering a new era of leadership and opportunity. Governor Kevin Stitt’s upcoming State of the State speech will set the tone for what ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Today, we take a moment to extend our deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of Marquel Ross. His death was a tragic event, and we recognize the pain and loss felt by those w...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Sen. Dusty Deevers, R-Elgin, has introduced Senate Joint Resolution 10, the Honoring Our Heroes ballot initiative, a constitutional amendment proposal that would exempt all honorably d...

Many organizations issued statements when the grant freeze first was announced. Native Americans, who are members of 38 federally recognized tribes in Oklahoma, would be especially hurt by the edict. ...

It is a little-known fact that the library is for lovers! This February at your library, we’re ready to help you find more of what you love. Take a chance on love and go on a “Blind Date with a Book” ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Gentner Drummond is pushing back against California’s strict hoghousing regulations that would adversely impact Oklahoma’s pork producers. In 2018, California passed P...