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10 Years Ago:
Columns & Opinion
10 Years Ago:
March 1, 2024
OHS Cultural Heritage Club held their annual Talent Show in the high school auditorium, featuring several performances from students and community members. Okmulgee Masonic Lodge #199 held a bean dinn...
Foundational
Columns & Opinion
Foundational
March 1, 2024
Memories of early childhood are at best scattered, brief, and in some ways, unreliable. Sometimes when I am remembering certain happenings, I wonder if they are actual, real events, or remembrances of...
Taste Sampling
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Taste Sampling
March 1, 2024
Puzzling or Amusing. Which is it? Both, perhaps? Cross-cultural workers meet up with the quandary often, leaving one off balance enough to keep the journey intriguing. The slight-of-body PhD scholar s...
In-laws keep spouses off family-only text thread
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In-laws keep spouses off family-only text thread
March 1, 2024
DEAR ABBY: I recently married and was excited to be part of my husband’s family. My own siblings and I are not particularly close. During COVID, one of my husband’s sisters started a family text chain...
10 Years Ago:
Columns & Opinion
10 Years Ago:
February 28, 2024
Okmulgee native and retired Master Sgt. 1st Class Melvin Morris received the Medal of Honor during a ceremony at the White House. OSUIT received an award as a Certified Healthy Campus and Business. --...
A Matter of Life and Death
Columns & Opinion
A Matter of Life and Death
February 28, 2024
On February 7, children in an Oklahoma school got into an altercation which became violent. The day after, one of the children, 16-year-old Nex Benedict, died. The initial result of a preliminary auto...
Husband’s new dog is the apple of his eye
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Husband’s new dog is the apple of his eye
February 28, 2024
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been together almost 20 years. I used to be happy in our relationship, but over the last year or two, he has changed. He gives me no physical affection and constantly ...
Grief Is Selfish
Columns & Opinion
Grief Is Selfish
February 23, 2024
I sat down the other evening with a good friend and got lost in my feelings for a bit. It was unintentional but it was so close to my husband’s death anniversary I guess I should have expected it. The...
Eventful Venue
Columns & Opinion
Eventful Venue
February 23, 2024
“There! That should do it.” Sigh. Word-smithing a half-decent mission statement can be a daunting venture. While, in our case it surely was, we felt gratified in the outcome. The Lord’s fingerprint se...
Relatives left off family wedding guest list
Columns & Opinion
Relatives left off family wedding guest list
February 23, 2024
DEAR ABBY: I have one sister I love. Our parents passed away 12 years ago. We don’t have a good relationship, although I try. Recently, we have been texting again. Her son is being married in a few mo...
Honesty
Columns & Opinion
Honesty
February 23, 2024
After I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior, I wanted to be honest about it. I didn’t want to be one of those who say they are a Christian and then act or live in ways that make people doubt that. I wa...
Girlfriend of three years learns horrible truth
Columns & Opinion
Girlfriend of three years learns horrible truth
February 21, 2024
DEAR ABBY: For nearly three years, I have been seeing a man who later asked me to move in with him. He abruptly stopped emailing me four months ago. I waited several weeks and then emailed him, tellin...
Family support critical for children of incarcerated Oklahomans
Columns & Opinion
Family support critical for children of incarcerated Oklahomans
February 21, 2024
Last week, I toured Mabel Bassett Correctional Facility led by my former legislative colleague Kris Steele, now the director of The Education and Employment Ministry (TEEM) in Oklahoma City. TEEM is a...
Mother can’t understand why son has walked away
Columns & Opinion
Mother can’t understand why son has walked away
February 16, 2024
DEAR ABBY: I’ve always been close to my children, but now that they are adults, it seems I’m losing my connection with one of them. He married a girl of a different race, and while that doesn’t bother...
I Quit!
Columns & Opinion
I Quit!
February 16, 2024
I once heard the story of how the great preacher and author Charles Swindoll once showed up to one of his church’s board meetings looking all disheveled and downtrodden. As his church leaders looked a...
Hang onto Your Things
Columns & Opinion
Hang onto Your Things
February 16, 2024
Resident shares thoughts on trash left at lake area Dear Editor, To all the folks that love and enjoy the lake and want to keep it beautiful - greetings. I live out here by the water on some land my G...
Man may have skipped coursework on decency
Columns & Opinion
Man may have skipped coursework on decency
February 14, 2024
DEAR ABBY: Our wonderful daughter has her doctorate. She’s a hardworking professor, a job she loves. Her husband, “Phil,” has three master’s degrees and also his doctorate. In their 20 years of marria...
OICA mourns loss of child advocates
Columns & Opinion
OICA mourns loss of child advocates
February 14, 2024
Over the past week, Oklahoma lost two individuals who did much for our state’s children in their own ways. Most people are aware of the passing of Toby Keith, the Oklahoma country music performer with...
10 Years Ago:
Columns & Opinion
10 Years Ago:
February 9, 2024
The Okmulgee Country Club & Golf Course held a karaoke contest every Friday during the month of February. OSUIT Chef Aaron Ware was the recipient of the 2013 Roueche Excellence Award. Ware was the onl...
Overflow
Columns & Opinion
Overflow
February 9, 2024
Who comes up with street names beginning with the letter ‘X’? Turning onto Xanthus Ave. that Thursday evening, I glanced at my watch. “How will this go? Who will show up? Will I be on my game ... what...
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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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