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10 Years Ago (2014)
Columns & Opinion
10 Years Ago (2014)
September 25, 2024
A mysterious spill was reported in the Deep Fork River. Authorities, including the Oklahoma City Fire Department and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, were investigating the source of the unknown substa...
Confrontation with mom doesn’t go as expected
Columns & Opinion
Confrontation with mom doesn’t go as expected
September 20, 2024
DEAR ABBY: I am in my late 20s. My mom and dad will soon have been married for 30 years. I accidentally found evidence recently that Mom is having an extramarital affair. When I confronted her, she sa...
Happy Tears
Columns & Opinion
Happy Tears
September 20, 2024
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named* Before their December visit to Colorado’s Bear Trap Ranch, a number of the students had never ...
Failed Expectations
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Failed Expectations
September 20, 2024
Have you ever noticed that sometimes things just don’t turn out the way you expected them to? They can be good ideas, but at the moment they are first introduced, they don’t produce the expected or ad...
Columns & Opinion
FFA plans Rock-A-Thon fundraiser
September 20, 2024
Okmulgee FFA members are preparing for a Rock-A-Thon fundraiser, slated for Saturday, Oct. 12. There are several ways to get involved and support Okmulgee FFA in traveling to the National FFA Conventi...
A Special Project for Centennial of Indigenous Americans’ Voting Rights
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A Special Project for Centennial of Indigenous Americans’ Voting Rights
September 18, 2024
With National Voter Registration Day occurring on September 17, which is also Constitution Day, there has been much excitement geared around ensuring people are able to cast a vote, not only in the up...
Online romance nears critical moment
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Online romance nears critical moment
September 18, 2024
DEAR ABBY: I met a young man on Facebook. He is a philanthropist, and we have been talking for more than six months. He’s kind and sweet, and he tells me he loves me. He works around the world as an i...
A Special Project for Centennial of Indigenous Americans’ Voting Rights
Columns & Opinion, Commentary...
A Special Project for Centennial of Indigenous Americans’ Voting Rights
For the Children
By Patrick 
September 17, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY – With National Voter Registration Day occurring on September 17, which is also Constitution Day, there has been much excitement geared around ensuring people are able to cast a vote, no...
Woman’s unorthodox romance has consequence
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Woman’s unorthodox romance has consequence
September 13, 2024
DEAR ABBY: A close male friend, “Will,” ended our friendship without warning. I didn’t know he had such strong feelings about my current arrangement. I have been dating a married man, “Bart,” whose wi...
Lions welcome Okmulgee Main Street Director
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Lions welcome Okmulgee Main Street Director
September 13, 2024
The Okmulgee Lions Club welcomed Okmulgee Main Street Executive Director Melinda De Santo as their speaker Tuesday. Melinda moved to Oklahoma June 1st and hit the ground running by starting her first ...
Wardrobe Check
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Wardrobe Check
September 13, 2024
Family. Few stand-alone words carry greater force in rallying the emotions. All kinds of feelings often lie poised to percolate in an instant at the mere mention of “family life.” Feelings we all know...
Guarantees
Columns & Opinion
Guarantees
September 13, 2024
People who live in Alaska are often there because they love the great outdoors. They come to hunt, fish, and hike. Those very things can become a business for some, but most people in Alaska just like...
Slow Cooked Game Foods
Columns & Opinion
Slow Cooked Game Foods
September 13, 2024
Football season is officially here. That means cooler weather, gatherings in homes and parking lots and rivalries to match no other. Football can bring us together as well as divide a house for a few ...
Advocacy often begins with voting
Columns & Opinion
Advocacy often begins with voting
September 11, 2024
We are just about one week away from National Voter Registration Day, which is celebrated on September 17. Voting is regarded as one of our Constitutional rights and obligations as citizens of the Uni...
Growing Old Is Not for Sissies
Columns & Opinion
Growing Old Is Not for Sissies
September 11, 2024
A couple of years ago, I attended a banquet for “Senior Citizens” at church. My knees and hips let me know that for sure at times. The banquet was well planned, food and entertainment were great and m...
Silence from relatives deepens loss of mother
Columns & Opinion
Silence from relatives deepens loss of mother
September 11, 2024
DEAR ABBY: Two years ago, my mother developed a small nagging cough, and her overall health started to decline. She entered the hospital on a Monday and by the end of the week, she had passed away fro...
Major life change requires a new ‘normal’
Columns & Opinion
Major life change requires a new ‘normal’
September 6, 2024
At fifty-five years old, I was a widower and a minister at a local church in Oklahoma, so I had to plan my return to work. But first, there were thank you notes to write, business matters to settle an...
Jack
Columns & Opinion
Jack
September 6, 2024
We have often heard the expression, “Jack of all trades, but master of none.” I fear that expression is an accurate description of who I am: always dabbling in one thing or another, but never doing we...
Man suddenly smitten with woman he’s known for years
Columns & Opinion
Man suddenly smitten with woman he’s known for years
September 6, 2024
DEAR ABBY: I have been around “Kendra” since she was 4. I am 59 and not married to her mother, although we are good friends. Kendra is 36 now and has an 8-year-old son. She lives with her boyfriend, w...
Bear Trap
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Bear Trap
September 6, 2024
Apart from a precarious moment or two when navigating Mt. Kilimanjaro’s steeps, it was the nearest I have come to sliding off a mountain. Heavy snows had fallen across the Rockies. The drivers of the ...
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Kirby’s Cafe builds ‘Wall of Honor’
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Kirby’s Cafe builds ‘Wall of Honor’
By Patrick Ford Editor 
March 20, 2026
In a time when headlines are often dominated by uncertainty across the globe, one small-town cafe in Okmulgee is choosing a different focus - one rooted in gratitude, unity and remembrance. At Kirby’s...
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Filing period begins April 1
March 20, 2026
Statewide election activity officially begins at 8 a.m. Wednesday, April 1, when the candidate filing period opens. Candidates for state offices file with the Secretary of State Election Board, while ...
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Federal changes ripple down to county programs
By DAWN CARTER REPORTER 
March 20, 2026
In rural Oklahoma, for small towns like Okmulgee, a housing program isn’t just about building homes. It’s about keeping families in place, keeping jobs local and keeping communities intact. When one o...
A Lucky Day for Okmulgee Cemetery
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A Lucky Day for Okmulgee Cemetery
March 20, 2026
It was the Okmulgee Cemetery’s lucky day Tuesday, as donations were received from two businesses that provided much-needed assistance. Stewart Martin Kubota donated a Kubota zero-turn mower along with...
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Council hears Main Street update
By Patrick Ford Editor 
March 20, 2026
In a meeting that reflected both the promise of progress and the weight of preservation, the Okmulgee City Council gathered Tuesday evening inside City Hall to tackle a wide-ranging agenda that touche...
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