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When We Hurt
Columns & Opinion
When We Hurt
October 11, 2024
Many of us have heard the phrase, “I never promised you a rose garden.” The phrase is intended to express the idea that not everything in life is sweet, beautiful, or floating on air in joyous wonder....
National Newspaper Week
Columns & Opinion
National Newspaper Week
October 11, 2024
“We are the first line of defense for people to find out what’s going on.” This belief has guided me throughout my career, and it’s one that continues to drive everything we do here at the Okmulgee Ti...
Teen keeps bedroom door shut when girlfriend visits
Columns & Opinion
Teen keeps bedroom door shut when girlfriend visits
October 11, 2024
DEAR ABBY: My 18-year-old stepdaughter has decided to date another female. She has dated boys in the past, but that’s not the issue. We have nothing against the LGBTQ community. (My husband’s brother ...
For the Love of Cherries
Columns & Opinion
For the Love of Cherries
October 11, 2024
The marasca cherry is a small fruit that is said to grow with the best flavor only on the lands of coastal Croatia. While Croatia produces the most marasca cherries, Italy, Slovenia, southern Hungary ...
Humane Society to be present at Chili Festival
Columns & Opinion
Humane Society to be present at Chili Festival
October 9, 2024
The Okmulgee County Humane Society invites the public to join them at the Okmulgee 2024 Harvest Spoon Chili Festival this Saturday, Oct. 12, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please make plans to attend this fun...
Handyman’s new job puts marriage at risk
Columns & Opinion
Handyman’s new job puts marriage at risk
October 9, 2024
DEAR ABBY: My wife and I are both in our mid-50s. Due to a medical issue she has, we rarely have sex. I don’t really think about it very often anymore. Meanwhile, I have a friend, “Edie.” We have been...
Most homeschooled children thrive, but some use the law to hide abuse
Columns & Opinion
Most homeschooled children thrive, but some use the law to hide abuse
October 9, 2024
As a longtime advocate for children’s success, I have grown accustomed to conversations from multiple perspectives which shed light on aspects of policy. I have also been the target of frustration fro...
Columns & Opinion, News...
Tulsa Together to host events
October 4, 2024
Tulsa Together will host a series of events this Sunday. Rev. Darren Williams of First Baptist Church Central in Okmulgee and Rev. Davison Cole Fields of Sand Springs Methodist Church will trade pulpi...
Boyfriend’s ex-wife likes to stir the pot
Columns & Opinion
Boyfriend’s ex-wife likes to stir the pot
October 4, 2024
DEAR ABBY: I am dating an older man with two ex-wives. I have met both of them. I don’t mind them. The last ex-wife and I get along. She usually calls me because he won’t answer his phone for her. The...
Unexpected Power
Columns & Opinion
Unexpected Power
October 4, 2024
My wife Connie was astounded. There it was, a whole house floating down river. This wasn’t a houseboat or a barge, it was a regular house that had been torn from its foundation by the flooding caused ...
Is My Loved One in Heaven?
Columns & Opinion
Is My Loved One in Heaven?
October 4, 2024
While his hands gripped the casket and tears streamed down his face looking at his daddy, little Jimmy was devastated, along with many others. He did not understand what was happening. His dad had bee...
Watershed Moment
Columns & Opinion
Watershed Moment
October 4, 2024
As with many spouses of TU scholars, she had adopted a western nickname (less daunting to the American tongue). Gwen and her graduate- student husband, ‘Daniel’, had been in Tulsa about two years. The...
Readers weigh in on pets joining us for eternity
Columns & Opinion
Readers weigh in on pets joining us for eternity
October 2, 2024
DEAR ABBY: “Missing My Cat in Georgia” (June 20) was told by his Catholic friend that his cat wouldn’t be joining him in the afterlife. I have been an ordained pastor for 27 years. Last summer my cat,...
OICA partners with 4-H for Kid Governor
Columns & Opinion
OICA partners with 4-H for Kid Governor
October 2, 2024
Inspiring youth to engage in policy is an important facet of the mission undertaken by the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA). Through our more than four decades of work in creating awarenes...
Worry Is a Thief That Robs Us!
Columns & Opinion
Worry Is a Thief That Robs Us!
October 2, 2024
What do we do with grief? How do we handle a tornado called Death that has ripped through your family? Why are you left numb and stunned? We often feel we will never be the same. Not sure we will ever...
10 Years Ago (2014)
Columns & Opinion
10 Years Ago (2014)
September 27, 2024
A fight broke out at the Okmulgee County Jail, prompting the Sheriff ’s Office tactical team to intervene. The incident resulted in burned mattresses, broken glass and flooding, causing approximately ...
En Route
Columns & Opinion
En Route
September 27, 2024
Any novice square dance student just learning the “grab-your-partner and do-si-do” moves soon pays attention to distance and space. The night of Bear Trap’s special hoedown witnessed one couple stagge...
A Matter of Pennies
Columns & Opinion
A Matter of Pennies
September 27, 2024
I pick up pennies. I don’t apologize for it, I delight in it. Pennies can amount to riches if used wisely. I remember reading an article once in which a not rich person was sharing an incident he once...
Man feels threatened by friend’s new girlfriend
Columns & Opinion
Man feels threatened by friend’s new girlfriend
September 27, 2024
DEAR ABBY: I’m a gay man who is best friends with “Carl,” a man who is straight. We are everything you’d expect of a normal friendship. On a surface level, there is no difference. He goes well out of ...
Prayer at the Pole
Columns & Opinion
Prayer at the Pole
September 27, 2024
A group of Beggs students and adults met Wednesday morning around the flagpole at Golden Demon Stadium to share a moment of prayer for their friends, families, teachers, school and nation. According t...
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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...
GCTC students bring Okmulgee Christmas Marketplace to life
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GCTC students bring Okmulgee Christmas Marketplace to life
December 5, 2025
Downtown Okmulgee has officially transformed into a Winter Wonderland as Christmas on the Square opens for its inaugural season - complete with a festive Christmas Marketplace, sparkling lights and ha...
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...
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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