“Many worldly minded people tend to resent the Bible as a book of prohibitions, or “thou shalt not”s”, as in the Ten Commandments. The fact is, however, that many of God’s most precious promises use t...

ASSEMBLY OF GOD Assembly of God - 473-6670 Eufaula First Assembly of God - 689-2129 Checotah First Assembly of God - 473-6969 Lakeside Assembly of God - Crowder BAPTIST Artussee Indian Baptist Church ...

Barnsdall softball coach and adjunct athletic director Joe Gilbert will be inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame, June 30 in Indianapolis. Gilbert has been coaching girls’ and boys’ vars...

McIntosh County Emergency Management Director Harry Trottier has retired. Sort of. Last week he removed one of the many hats he wears, the one that says Emergency Management Director. But he will cont...

Welcome to Lake Eufaula Christian Church. Our theme for 2019 is RELATABLE: Connecting with God. Our current sermon series is “Walking with Jesus.” This week’s sermon was “Walking with Levi,” from Mark...

The U.S. Supreme Court said last week it wants to hear more arguments in the case of Patrick Murphy, who was convicted of murder by a McIntosh County jury in April, 2000 and sentenced to death. He was...

Annual Poker Run July 13 The Lake Eufaula Association’s annual Golden Eagle Poker Run has been rescheduled for July 13. Warner Reunion The annual Warner All School Reunion will be held from 1 to 5 p.m...

STILLWATER - Despite being referred to as the 2018 Farm Bill by most of the public, the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 dedicated a larger percentage of funding to nutritional assistance rather th...

The staff of The McIntosh County Democrat welcomes Letters to the Editor on subjects of interest to our readers. Short letters are most likely selected for publication, but the use of any material is ...

Former 911 Coordinator Susan Whittle, right, has replaced Harry Trottier as the McIntosh County/Eufaula Emergency Management Director. Matthew Hackler, left, has replaced Whittle as is 911 Coordinator...

Honey Springs Battlefield and Visitor Center will hold its annual memorial service honoring the 156th anniversary of the Battle of Honey Springs near Checotah at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 13. The m...

OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma Cattlemen's Foundation (OCF) is utilizing their permanent Natural Disaster Relief Fund to foster charities, like the $25k contribution by Oklahoma AgCredit, to aid cattlem...

Business development meeting June 27 Downtown business owners are invited to attend an information reception act 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 27 at La Finca Restaurant to learn about the Commercial Exteri...

You can’t underemphasize the importance of a contract signed by the Eufaula City Council at a special meeting held Tuesday, June 18. Agreeing to the loan were Mayor James Duty, Vice Mayor Frank Davis ...

Last week Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell announced the launch of the Oklahoma Fishing Trail, a new tourism initiative designed to increase revenue for Oklahoma. “Our goal is to become a top ten touris...

There will be plenty of activities to choose from this July 4 holiday weekend, beginning Thursday (July 4). Thursday, July 4, at the soccer fields: 5 p.m. - food trucks, craft show, t-shirt sales. 7 p...

Organizing the June 14 fundraiser for Isaac Lanham were Ashley Lanham (Isaac’s mother), Jesse Sutmiller (head of the Eufaula Youth Cheerleading association), Megan Beaver (who made the Indian tacos), ...

Mark Dobbs was one of many who contributed to a fundraising event Saturday for Ron Ashcraft, who is battling cancer. The hotdog cookout at Nichols Market reportedly raised about $3,000. Food for the e...

Almost 6,000 electric company customers lost power during severe weather Saturday evening. A dozen transmission poles were knocked down as a result of severe weather that produced strong winds and tor...