“Ephphatha! Be opened!” Jesus said to the deaf man as he touched the man’s ears and tongue, and immediately the man could hear and speak plainly. Even though Jesus had already healed people of all kin...

Water rates will be going up dramatically over the next several years, increases necessary to pay for major renovation projects for the city’s water and sewer systems. The announcement came during a P...

Did You Hear That? A library book, I imagine, is a happy book. - Cornelia Funke What’s Going on at the Library? 9/14 9:30am Movin’ to the Music 9/17 9:30am Movin’ to the Music 9/17 1:30pm Tai Chi 9/19...

Our theme for 2018 is THE JOURNEY. We invite you to come along on the journey with us as we serve our Lord. Hebrew 4:” At the end of the journey, we’ll surely rest with God.” Our current Sunday sermon...

A motorcyclist who was stopped going 100 MPH on the interstate was bound over for trial following a preliminary hearing Sept. 6. Zachary Dean Cordray Cochran, 20, of Checotah was order to appear in co...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Join the Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) for its second annual gala “A Night in the Life: 1940s Flyboys and Riveting Gals,” an immersive evening in the 1940s on Friday, October 19, 2...

Eufaula:Elevation normal, water murky. Crappie good on minnows and jigs in coves, main lake and under bridges. Blue and flathead catfish fair on cut bait, dough bait, shad, stinkbait and worms below t...

The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry is now accepting applications from Oklahoma institutions of higher education, state agencies or governmental subdivisions of Oklahoma, or trad...

On September 13, 1789 – Start of the US National Debt as the government took out its first loan, borrowed from the Bank of North America (NYC) at 6 percent interest. The US debt had reached $77 millio...

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...

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...