114 YEARS AGO McIntosh County Democrat Thursday, March 9, 1911 ANOTHER GIN Among the activities in the building line in Checotah this summer, one of the most notable will be the new cotton gin to be e...

The Oklahoma Ethics Commission publicly acknowledged it is investigating Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters, an unusual move as most of the matters taken up by the commission are confid...

People who speak the Cherokee language are being recruited to audition for voice-over work, dubbing a movie originally filmed in Arabic in 2014. Since its release, “The Savior” has been dubbed in the ...

Shortly before leaving office, President Joe Biden commuted Leonard Peltier’s life sentence to indefinite house arrest following decades of community activists fighting for his release. “It’s finally ...

Canadian Valley Electric Cooperative is proud to announce it will, once again, sponsor an allexpense paid trip for two high school juniors to attend the National Rural ElectricCooperativeYouth Tour in...

The State Election Board completed biennial voter list maintenance on Friday, January 17 and Tuesday, January 21. The process, which is mandated by statute, removed 129,680 inactive voter registration...

NORMAN – The University of Oklahoma has announced the names of students on its fall 2024 honor roll, a distinction given to those who achieve the highest academic standards. Six of the students are fr...

Thousands traveled to the nation’s capital for President Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th president, among them were Oklahomans who made the journey as supporters, critics and security. Those w...

The annual Martin Luther King Jr. birthday celebration breakfast at the Mt. Olive Star Baptist Church was held inside while the outside temperature was barely out of the teens. But the celebration war...

Between them, two young burglary suspects face almost 30 felony and misdemeanor counts after being caught on video breaking into cars at a residence in a rural area near Eufaula. Upon further investig...

Guy Martin Adams, 49, of Checotah, pleaded no contest on Jan. 8 to violating Oklahoma’s Antiterrorism Act and to threatening to perform an act of violence. Associate District Judge Brendon Bridges sen...

The high temperature on Monday afternoon was 29 degrees. The morning was 17 degrees - with a windchill of near zero, according to the National Weather Service. The remainder of the week is expected to...

Saturday evening local firefighters responded to a medical emergency of a pregnant woman in labor who had not reached full-term. Upon arrival the first firefighters walked in to the mother who had jus...

WASHINGTON - Oklahoma’s Republican delegation gathered Monday in the Nations Capitol to celebrate the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States. Trump, who won Oklahoma b...

VFW Post 8798 Auxiliary is conducting a Flag Exchange Drive. On Jan. 25, Aug. 3 and Oct. 12 you may take your torn and tattered 3x5 flag to the Post on SH9 East and exchange it for one of equal size. ...

The Eufaula man who died in a weather-related traffic accident last week has been identified as 94-year-old James Ward. Eufaula Police Chief David Bryning said Ward was driving a 2008, dark-colored Ni...

A 21-year-old Missouri man who was arrested last year after allegedly exchanging sexually explicit photos and messages with a Eufaula high school student pleaded guilty last week. Ryan Michael Catron,...

It’s time to pull out those famous family chili recipes and see if you have what it takes to win this year’s 17th Annual Chili Cook-Off set for Saturday, Feb. 22 at the Checotah Community Center. The ...

Two years ago, Arkansas native Molly Hutchins had just started a new job in a new state. She moved from northwest Arkansas to become a historical interpreter at Hunter’s Home in Park Hill — the only r...

The Checotah Chamber of Commerce picked Horsepower Nutrition as their Business of the Month for January. Located at 810 N. Broadway, owners Rusty and Abbi Beaver love serving meal replacement protein ...