The McIntosh County Democrat will be donating weekly newspapers for Mrs. Petsch’s fifth grade reading class to encourage her students to read more about their community. Last week’s newspapers were al...

McIntosh County’s economic outlook is a little bit brighter, according to July statistics released by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, and by recent sales tax collection figures for Eufaul...

YUKON - The Ninety-Nines, International Organization of Women Pilots, a long-established non-profit organization in Oklahoma City, will host a fund-raising hangar dance at 6 p.m. on Sept. 29 at Sundan...

Blue Thumb is hosting a volunteer training for those interested learning how to monitor local streams and creeks. This training will take place on Saturday, Sept. 22 at the Tahlequah Armory Municipal ...

Rehearsals are underway for Lake Eufaula Playhouse’s production of “A Christmas Story.”    The cast includes a mix of adults and children for this traditional Christmas comedy set in the Midwest durin...

A check for $10,000 was presented to Emergency Youth Shelter last week by the Southeastern Oklahoma Association of Realtors. The money was raised at SOAR’s 5th Annual Spaghetti Dinner & Bingo event he...

Propane explosion coming On Saturday, Sept. 8, the Eufaula Fire Department will host a propane class for firefighters from across the state. Some 46 firefighters will learn about propane tanks and how...

Three Eufaula members of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation appeared in tribal court on Aug. 27 to answer charges of stealing funds from the tribe. The three are former executives of the Eufaula Indian Commu...

A major step to solving Eufaula’s water system woes was taken last week when city staff met with representatives of Cowan Group Engineering. The meeting was the first in a plan to create the Eufaula W...

The aroma of barbecue held heavy in the air during the 28th Annual Dusk ‘Til Dawn Blues Festival over Labor Day Weekend. The festival ran three days and nights, three stages, indoors and out, 35 bands...

The McIntosh County Oklahoma Retired Educators Association, OREA, will hold their first monthly meeting for the school term 2018-2019 at 1 p.m., Friday, Sept. 14, at the Jim Lucas Library, Checotah. T...

A motorcycle passenger died in a single vehicle collision accident at about 12:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 2, on a county road two miles north and four miles east of Eufaula. According to the Oklahoma High...

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma National Guard is mourning the loss of a friend and fellow Soldier. Staff Sgt. Morgan Christine Robinson, of Vinita, Oklahoma, passed away on August 25 as a result of a no...

Internationally-recognized cattle handling expert Curt Pate will present a program on “Effective Stockmanship and Cattle Handling” in Ardmore from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 19, at the...

FELONY CASES C ampbell, Heather Rae: possession of contraband (weapons/explosives/drugs/beer/ money); malicious injury to property/over $1,000. K enneth Deal: Falsely personate another to create liabi...

State Sen. Roger Thompson said he and other legislative and state leaders successfully worked with the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) to give the first across-the-board reimbursement rate incre...

Eufaula’s Independence Day celebration stumbled out of the starting block, but picked itself up and it turned into a win for the city. Friday morning a lift station near South Beach in the Cove malfun...

A man walked into a newspaper office in Annapolis, Maryland and gunned down five journalists last Thursday, days before the nation is to celebrate Independence Day. Annapolis, Maryland, is home to the...

Eufaula is no longer without an urgent care service. Folks with sunburns, allergies, flu symptoms, rashes, cuts and an array of other minor medical issues can go to the Southeast Clinic Urgent Care, 1...