Stilwell Democrat-Journal

01/15/2025

I recommend to anyone with children, grandchildren, or great-grandchildren that you teach them some of the things we learned by growing up in a world where we often had to make do.

I recommend to anyone with children, grandchildren, or great-grandchildren that you teach them some of the things we learned by growing up in a world where we often had to

01/15/2025

Galatians 5:1: "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bo***ge."

01/15/2025

Ecclesiastes 3:11 tells us God has placed eternity in our hearts. That principle explains a lot of human behavior. Throughout history, people have been worshiping creatures. There seems to be a kind of universal sense that our experience of life, he…

Ecclesiastes 3:11 tells us God has placed eternity in our hearts. That principle explains a lot of human behavior. Throughout history, people have been worshiping creatures. There seems to be

01/14/2025

Candidates interested in filing for office in two Adair County municipalities will file Declarations of Candidacy beginning 8 a.m. Monday, Feb. 3.

01/14/2025

Since 2012, Chad Smith has served as chief of police of the Stilwell Police Department. At the January City Council meeting, Mayor Jean Ann Wright awarded him a certificate and pin from the Oklahoma Municipal League for 25 years of service..

Since 2012, Chad Smith has served as chief of police of the Stilwell Police Department. At the January City Council meeting, Mayor Jean Ann Wright awarded him a certificate and

01/12/2025

After months of negotiations, the Oklahoma Legislature’s Joint Committee on State-Tribal Relations recently approved a renewal of the state’s motor vehicle compact with the Cherokee Nation.

After months of negotiations, the Oklahoma Legislature’s Joint Committee on State-Tribal Relations recently approved a renewal of the state’s motor vehicle compact with the Cherokee Nation, following the Council of

01/10/2025

CLAREMORE – The Indian Women’s Pocahontas club has announced its officers for 2025.

01/10/2025

Newly elected and reelected Tribal Council members of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians took oaths of office for new terms on Jan. 4, and the overall theme of the event was the continued fight for sovereignty.

Newly elected and reelected Tribal Council members of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians took oaths of office for new terms on Jan. 4, and the overall theme of

01/10/2025

A new report is highlighting the many successes of the Cherokee Nation’s $7 million Community Partners Grants, which were distributed to nearly 270 applicants across the reservation between 2022 and 2024.

A new report is highlighting the many successes of the Cherokee Nation’s $7 million Community Partners Grants, which were distributed to nearly 270 applicants across the reservation between 2022 and

01/09/2025

The new Acting Marshal of the Cherokee Nation, Daniel Mead, was sworn into office by Cherokee Nation Justice Shawna Baker Monday during a public ceremony at the W.W. Keeler Tribal Complex.

The new Acting Marshal of the Cherokee Nation, Daniel Mead, was sworn into office by Cherokee Nation Justice Shawna Baker Monday during a public ceremony at the W.W. Keeler Tribal

01/09/2025

The Northeastern State University American Indian Heritage Committee is accepting proposals for the 52nd annual Symposium on the American Indian, which will be held on April 7-12, 2025 in Tahlequah.

01/08/2025

On Wednesday, Jan. 15 at 6p.m., Tahlequah's Cornerstone Fellowship is hosting a communitywide event, "An Evening with Dr. Kevin Elko." All residents of Cherokee and Adair counties, and the surrounding

01/07/2025

Three sleeping people managed to escape injury in a three-alarm house fire in Salem on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 5.

01/02/2025

All U.S. Postal Service branches will be closed Thursday, Jan. 9, due to a holiday to honor former President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29.

12/30/2024

With December in the rearview mirror and January arriving with hope for a wonderful 2025, the city of Stilwell recognized winners of annual Christmas contests.

12/30/2024

As Israel left the land of Egypt, they came to the shores of the Red Sea. That became a danger for them because Pharaoh and his army pursued them, and

12/30/2024

This Wednesday, those of us who still put up a calendar will be hanging one somewhere in our houses. When I write a check (yes, I still pay a few

12/30/2024

So, it is now apparently permissible for our lawmakers to just stop doing their jobs.