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How Communities Compete for Industrial Projects
Columns & Opinion
How Communities Compete for Industrial Projects
July 25, 2025
This article continues Econ Dev 101, a local series designed to help demystify how economic development really works in a place like Okmulgee. Over the past month or so, we have explored key topics li...
Assured Gains
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Assured Gains
July 25, 2025
When twenty-seven-year-old Jim Elliott and his friends set out to reach a primitive people group known for their cunning and violence, none of the five missionaries envisioned how great a cost lay ahe...
Of Heroes and Making Oklahoma a Better Place
Columns & Opinion
Of Heroes and Making Oklahoma a Better Place
July 23, 2025
The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) Heroes Ball will be this Saturday, July 26, and we are excited about the honorees who have been selected this year. The 2025 awards, as chosen by our B...
Lying husband’s announcement leaves wife devastated
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Lying husband’s announcement leaves wife devastated
July 23, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I became ill a few months ago and spent 10 days in the hospital before moving to a rehab center to recover. My husband worked at the facility where I became a patient. Two weeks into my reh...
Columns & Opinion
The Oasis
By DEE HENNIGAN SPECIAL TO THE TIMES 
July 18, 2025
Well I don’t know about you, but I have been in hog heaven over the fabulous weather we’ve been having lately. Oh yeah, we’ve had our share of rain but I can still enjoy the cool breezy mornings on th...
Pregnant wife questions her husband’s honesty
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Pregnant wife questions her husband’s honesty
July 18, 2025
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married for three years. Most of that time, it has been perfect. Six months ago, we received some amazing news: We are expecting a child! This was a miracle. We h...
Emulation
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Emulation
July 18, 2025
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” That was a question adults often asked children when I was growing up. At that time, you could expect the typical answers of “Fireman”, “Policeman,” etc. fro...
Tradeoff
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Tradeoff
July 18, 2025
For most of us, the thought of dying every day does not strike us as very appealing. At least, initially. I was young when the term “fool’s gold” entered my vocabulary. While playing outside one day, ...
Standing up for critical warning services
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Standing up for critical warning services
July 16, 2025
The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) was formed with the primary mission of ensuring the voices of Oklahomans are heard when it comes to developing better policies which benefit the childr...
Uncertainty breeds angst for aging couple
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Uncertainty breeds angst for aging couple
July 16, 2025
DEAR ABBY: My spouse and I are retired and on Social Security. We’ve both worked hard all our lives and are content living a modest retirement. Our house is paid for, and we have little debt. However,...
Husband’s new friendship puts marriage on the rocks
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Husband’s new friendship puts marriage on the rocks
July 11, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I am 57 and have been married for 32 years to my husband, who retired from his fulltime job last year. I still work full time. Since his retirement, he has been going to a bar once a week o...
Death Unto Freedom
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Death Unto Freedom
July 11, 2025
Give me liberty or give me death! Patrick Henry’s declaration - heralded in his impassioned speech of March 23, 1775 - ignited courage enough among a gathering of oppressed colonists to help launch a ...
Looking Foolish
Columns & Opinion
Looking Foolish
July 11, 2025
Have you ever noticed what most of us do when we get caught in a spot that makes us look clumsy? Maybe we try to jump a puddle and don’t quite make it. We hit the slippery ground on the edge of the pu...
Mother doesn’t like son keeping her in the dark
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Mother doesn’t like son keeping her in the dark
July 9, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I am worried about my 21-year-old son, “Travis.” He hasn’t quite left our home that he shares with me and my husband, but he sleeps here only one or two nights. He’s in school part time and...
Calls needed to protect National Weather Service operations
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Calls needed to protect National Weather Service operations
July 9, 2025
We at the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) extend our deepest condolences to families tragically impacted by the recent flooding in Texas. Flooding along the Guadalupe River early Friday c...
Grandpa’s Cigars
Columns & Opinion
Grandpa’s Cigars
July 4, 2025
It was about 1954, near Christmas, and my Grandma and Grandpa Willis from Oklahoma were visiting us in California. Grandpa Willis wasn’t my real Grandpa. He had married my Grandma after she divorced m...
In-laws’ name game is hurtful to son’s wife
Columns & Opinion
In-laws’ name game is hurtful to son’s wife
July 4, 2025
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been happily married for 12 years. We have a beautiful family - a 12-year-old daughter and a 10-year-old son. My husband is not close with his side of the family. We a...
Columns & Opinion
Preventing Dehydration in Long-Term Care Residents
July 4, 2025
Dehydration is a common yet preventable condition that poses a significant health risk for older adults, particularly those living in long-term care facilities. It can lead to serious complications su...
Columns & Opinion
Buying fireworks from a reputable supplier
July 4, 2025
Fireworks are easy to find, with big tents, warehouse outlets, and other retail fireworks stores lining major roads in towns across the country, especially around the 4th of July. But fireworks are po...
Unforgettable Fourth
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Unforgettable Fourth
July 4, 2025
When your mind reaches back to a Fourth of July weekend that is six or seven decades past the memory, details may come in at less than razor sharp focus. But, some events in life feature just enough d...
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OC Sharks to host ‘Cookies with Santa’
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OC Sharks to host ‘Cookies with Santa’
December 4, 2025
The OC Sharks invite the community to a special “Cookies with Santa” event this Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Jim Newport Memorial Pocket Park in downtown Okmulgee, located between Brit’s and Hopper’s on 6...
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Filing period ends today
By Patrick Ford Editor 
December 3, 2025
The filing period ends today at 5 p.m. for residents interested in serving on county school board posts. Prospective candidates must complete and submit a Declaration of Candidacy, along with a Voter ...
Fundraiser to support CASA/Safehouse
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Fundraiser to support CASA/Safehouse
December 3, 2025
As the community gathers in downtown Okmulgee to enjoy the sights and sounds of the Festival of Lights Christmas Parade and Christmas on the Square, a delicious chili dinner fundraiser to benefit CASA...
Christmas on the Square arrives
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Christmas on the Square arrives
December 3, 2025
Downtown Okmulgee is about to transform into a winter wonderland like never before. After months of planning, collaboration and hands-on creativity, Okmulgee Main Street and the Okmulgee Chamber of Co...
OCCJA Hosts Annual Thanksgiving Lunch
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OCCJA Hosts Annual Thanksgiving Lunch
December 3, 2025
The OCCJA held its annual Thanksgiving Lunch last week, providing a slice of holiday warmth to the incarcerated. See the related story and additional photos on page A8.
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