December 5 GCTC’s ‘A Very Pastel Christmas: Candy Couture Edition’ |
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December 5, 2025
December 5 GCTC’s ‘A Very Pastel Christmas: Candy Couture Edition’ |

Green Country Technology Center will hold ‘A Very Pastel Christmas Edition’ Friday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the GCTC Seminar Center. The event is free and open to

December 6 Last Stop Christmas Shoppe Craft Fair | The 4th annual Last Stop Christmas Shoppe Craft Fair will take place this Saturday, Dec. 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Okmulgee First United Methodist Church’s Rowe Family Life Center, located on W. 8th Street. The free event will feature a variety of vendors selling handmade items, tasty treats and more. Baked potato and taco soup dinners will also be offered. For more information, contact the church at 918-756-6083 or Kay Rabbitt-Brower at 918645-3880.

Second Baptist Church Clothing Closet | Second Baptist Church, located at 1003 N. Alabama Ave. in Okmulgee, will hold its Clothing Closet Saturday, Dec. 6, from 9-11 a.m., featuring free clothing available for everyone. All are welcome.

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Candidate filing period concludes
By Patrick Ford Editor 
December 5, 2025
The three-day candidate filing period for local school boards and municipal offices in Okmulgee County officially closed Wednesday, setting the stage for a series of nonpartisan elections that will ta...
Last Stop Christmas Shoppe returns
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Last Stop Christmas Shoppe returns
December 5, 2025
More than twenty vendors are offering a variety of unique items just in time for Christmas at the Last Stop Christmas Shoppe Craft Fair tomorrow, Dec. 6. The fourth annual event, sponsored by Okmulgee...
Salvation Army Bell Ringers Sought
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Salvation Army Bell Ringers Sought
December 5, 2025
Several residents took time out of their busy schedule last week to assist in ringing the bell for the Salvation Army Angel Tree. Pictured are Rev. Marcus Jeffery and Mark McGriff; Ken Ratcliff; and a...
Judy Karen Barwick
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Judy Karen Barwick
December 5, 2025
Judy Karen (Wilson) Barwick was born on December 3, 1949, in Henryetta to Vincent and Hazel Wilson. She passed away on August 20, 2025, in Oklahoma City surrounded by her loved ones. Judy grew up in O...
Beggs barrel racer earns shot at Junior NFR in Las Vegas
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Beggs barrel racer earns shot at Junior NFR in Las Vegas
By DAWN CARTER REPORTER 
December 5, 2025
When Beggs High School sophomore Laney Hudson qualified for the 2025 Junior National Finals Rodeo barrel race in Las Vegas, it felt like the payoff to a dream she’d been chasing since childhood. She d...
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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Right now you are inspired to roll up your sleeves and clear away the clutter so you can focus on what counts, Aries. Your productivity soars this week. TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Yo...
Unwelcome advances may threaten longtime friendship
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Unwelcome advances may threaten longtime friendship
December 5, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I’m struggling with my integrity and an important friendship. My friend “Beth’s” husband, “Jerry,” came to my house to help with a construction project. After discussing the project, we sat...
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Will You, For Christ?
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My friend, a fellow pastor, shared this story. He told of a woman in his congregation who came to him, sorrowfully sharing that she was going to divorce her husband. Naturally, my pastor friend wonder...
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The exercise of talking with God (praying), was invented by the Lord Himself ... to make way for both communion and transformation. God talks. He has worthy things to say. All His communications are t...
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