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Directional Shift
Columns & Opinion
Directional Shift
September 5, 2025
Choice calls for taking action. Once I decide that I am to lay aside unhelpful patterns of living in favor of conduct and speech that radiates God’s life in Christ, I must take some kind of action. I ...
Can holy communion and baptism forgive sins?
Columns & Opinion
Can holy communion and baptism forgive sins?
September 5, 2025
Jesus was constantly at odds with the religious leaders of His day. They regularly tried to entrap Him to disobey their laws and turn the public against Him. Each time though, Jesus masterfully refute...
Rest, Reflection & Farewells
Columns & Opinion
Rest, Reflection & Farewells
September 3, 2025
I hope your Labor Day weekend was full of relaxation. I schedule a vacation each year with friends to get away over this holiday which allows me to “charge up the batteries” for upcoming work. I hope ...
Family dog casts shadow over baby’s imminent arrival
Columns & Opinion
Family dog casts shadow over baby’s imminent arrival
September 3, 2025
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I just found out we are to become grandparents in seven months. We are very excited, and I can’t wait to spend time with my new grandchild. The plan is for me to spend two to...
Put ‘Love Your Neighbor’ into Action
Columns & Opinion, Lifestyle
Put ‘Love Your Neighbor’ into Action
August 29, 2025
Dear Editor, This is addressed to Congressman Brecheen following his town hall this week in Okmulgee. “Congressman, as someone who repeatedly states that the Bible is a source of truth and guidance, I...
Interesting
Columns & Opinion
Interesting
August 29, 2025
Part of the experience of living in a different culture, as we did in Brazil, is encountering things dissimilar to that which we are accustomed. Some of those new things are good and we enjoy them. So...
Wife’s view of herself shrinks after discovery
Columns & Opinion
Wife’s view of herself shrinks after discovery
August 29, 2025
DEAR ABBY: About eight months ago, I stumbled on my husband watching online porn. He admitted to habitual use but said it was just a stress reliever and he would stop viewing it. Meanwhile, I am plagu...
Strident
Columns & Opinion
Strident
August 29, 2025
Speaker and author Ruth Haley Barton, a spokesperson capturing something of the nature of the Christian individual - their makeup and their longings - offers this, “Your desire for more of God than yo...
Lawmakers study critical children’s issue
Columns & Opinion
Lawmakers study critical children’s issue
August 27, 2025
Interim study season at the Oklahoma State Capitol is kicking off this week, and the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) is not only monitoring several, but we are engaging with authors for s...
The Ugly Hand of Death
Columns & Opinion
The Ugly Hand of Death
August 27, 2025
It’s crazy to think that we are assured tomorrow. Why? We will honestly never know when our time will come. Death is no respecter of persons. The best and worst, the poor and the rich, the young, midd...
Parents should take a back seat at couples’ nuptials
Columns & Opinion
Parents should take a back seat at couples’ nuptials
August 27, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I felt compelled to write to you after reading the “plight” of the parents of the bride of “Ruined Wedding in New York” (April 23). As someone who’s worked in the hospitality field for more...
Nunn enters OPS board race with vision for change
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Nunn enters OPS board race with vision for change
By Patrick Ford Editor 
August 22, 2025
Meet the Candidate Community Q&A with Chase Nunn • When: Sunday at 2 p.m. • Where: Tavern 56 in Okmulgee • What: Chase Nunn, Okmulgee School Board candidate for Seat 4, will answer questions, share hi...
Wife is going it alone dealing with alcoholic
Columns & Opinion
Wife is going it alone dealing with alcoholic
August 22, 2025
DEAR ABBY: My sister-in-law is her alcoholic husband’s enabler. He has health conditions that make walking difficult. He falls down often and can’t make it to the bathroom. Being drunk all the time (h...
Those Old People
Columns & Opinion
Those Old People
August 22, 2025
I’m sure many of us have heard the story of the person who went to their 50th high school reunion. That’s a good amount of years since they had graduated. They bought special clothes and “spruced” the...
On the Chase
Columns & Opinion
On the Chase
August 22, 2025
“Practice makes perfect.” So goes the saying. Aiming for Christlikeness, in the sense of fully mirroring Jesus’ faultless nature, will likely be a reach too far. Still. Every believer can go a distanc...
Back to school means a new beginning for children, families
Columns & Opinion
Back to school means a new beginning for children, families
August 20, 2025
On Saturday, Aug. 9, the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) partnered with the Foster Care Association of Oklahoma (FCAO) to hold a back-to-school bash for more than 350 foster youth and car...
Surviving family member comes to bitter realization
Columns & Opinion
Surviving family member comes to bitter realization
August 20, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I recently spent weeks caring for my mom in hospice. I was holding her hand when she took her last breath. I had announced to family and friends her choice to enter hospice. They knew her d...
Buddies
Columns & Opinion
Buddies
August 15, 2025
Growing up, I had several friends, the majority of them were from church. There was Bub, David, Marvin, Tom, Dicky, Bryan and Brian. Some were from the neighborhoods where we lived. (We moved several ...
Husband’s hazy new habit has wife eyeing the exit
Columns & Opinion
Husband’s hazy new habit has wife eyeing the exit
August 15, 2025
DEAR ABBY: My husband is going to be 70 next month. He is in good physical shape but has taken up smoking marijuana every day. He says he is addicted. I have told him how much I hate that he uses dope...
Starting Point
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Starting Point
August 15, 2025
My friend Mark is a poster boy to love’s power. Abused and then abandoned by his drug-dependent parents, Mark afterward did the foster-care “tour.” Years later, languishing on city streets and in alle...
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A Salute to Our Hometown Heroes
By Patrick Ford Editor 
January 30, 2026
As the Okmulgee Times and Henryetta Free-Lance recognize the men and women of law enforcement and first responders across Okmulgee County in today’s special Salute to Hometown Heroes section included ...
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Good News for Local Schools
By Patrick Ford Editor 
January 30, 2026
A wave of encouraging news is rippling through Oklahoma’s education community, and several schools in Okmulgee County are among those being celebrated. According to a memorandum released by the Oklaho...
OSU Extension welcomes educators
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OSU Extension welcomes educators
January 30, 2026
The Oklahoma State University Extension Office in Okmulgee County is welcoming two new educators whose backgrounds and passion for service are expected to bring added value to local youth, families an...
Okmulgee’s ‘film-friendly’ status brings jobs, dollars and creative possibilities
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Okmulgee’s ‘film-friendly’ status brings jobs, dollars and creative possibilities
By DAWN CARTER REPORTER 
January 30, 2026
When people think about filmmaking, they often picture big cities, sound stages and distant studios. But in recent years, Okmulgee has quietly been building something different, a reputation as a plac...
MN, University of Edinburgh team for first international repatriation
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MN, University of Edinburgh team for first international repatriation
January 30, 2026
A Scottish university has completed what is believed to be the first-ever international repatriation of ancestral remains to mainland United States. More than 150 years after they were taken, the Univ...
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