The American Indian College Fund has appointed two tribal college presidents and two private sector professionals to its governing board of trustees. Dr. Monte Randall (Muscogee [Creek] from the Apekv...

Coach Love sets expectations for upcoming season The Okmulgee Public School Board of Education held its final meeting of the fiscal year on Thursday. To start, Dunbar STEM/Career Tech instructor Mrs. ...

Preparations underway for Fireworks Extravaganza City of Okmulgee Emergency Management Director and Licensed Pyro Technician Ken Anderson, along with his skilled group of assistants, are putting the f...

AARP Oklahoma announced five organizations, including one in Okmulgee, will receive 2023 Community Challenge grants - part of the largest group of grantees to date with $3.6 million awarded among 310 ...

Newspaper staff works to keep community informed (Part 2 of 3) The Okmulgee Times recently had the honor of being nominated as one of Okmulgee County’s Unsung Heroes. To be honest, everyone was pleasa...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced Wednesday that Lakota John Trumon Watson, age 23, of Okmulgee, was sentenced for his role in a violent armed assault....

Undersheriff Fred McGuire retires today KAY RABBITT-BROWER SPECIAL TO THE TIMES In 2004, when newly- elected Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice was looking for an undersheriff, he said he wanted someon...

The Muscogee Nation Festival Parade returned to downtown Okmulgee this past Saturday morning. Pictured are several of the participants and bystanders from the event.

The Muscogee Nation Festival drew thousands to Okmulgee last week. The community and families were able to enjoy the various activities, many of them taking place at the Claude Cox Omniplex. On Saturd...

The City of Okmulgee Fireworks Extravaganza will be held next Tuesday, July 4, at the Okmulgee Municipal Park, according to Kenneth Anderson, Emergency Management Director and Licensed Pyro Technician...

Bid for asphalt laying project rejected A new director of the Okmulgee County Emergency Management was announced during Monday’s meeting of the board of commissioners. “After an exhaustive search for ...

The biannual meeting of the membership of the Okmulgee Community Garden Corporation will be held Thursday, June 29, at 6:30 p.m. at the Okmulgee County Fairgrounds meeting room. The purpose of the mee...

All Okmulgee City Hall offices and Public Works operations will be closed Tuesday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. Emergency service operations, police and fire departments will remain oper...

Magician John Pansze entertained a full crowd of children from both the Okmulgee Public Library’s Summer Reading Program and the YMCA’s GO Club last Wednesday. Panze, who’s been performing magic since...

Newspaper staff works to keep community informed (Part 1 of 3) Okmulgee Times recently had the honor of being nominated as one of Okmulgee County’s Unsung Heroes. To be honest, everyone was pleasantly...

Festival parade is 10 a.m. Saturday Talk Local, the midweek networking event, was back in action this week. Community members and entrepreneurs gathered at Midge and Millie’s Bookstore on Wednesday mo...

A county man was taken into custody last week after he was accused of taking items belonging to a delivery driver. According to district court information from the Okmulgee County Sheriff ’s Departmen...

The City of Beggs received approval for $1,000,000 in funding Tuesday from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) to improve the City’s infrastructure. Improvements to the dam will be financed by t...

Hears from public on possible cooling centers The Okmulgee City Council voted to approve the budget for the 2023-2024 fiscal year during their meeting Tuesday evening. Each board member was provided a...

The Okmulgee Times recently launched a new online calendar where readers can find out what’s going on in their area and beyond. Plus, readers can add their own events, Jeff Mayo, Times publisher, said...