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Economic Development: It’s More Than Just Big Business
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Economic Development: It’s More Than Just Big Business
August 15, 2025
This article continues “Econ Dev 101,” a local series aimed at demystifying how economic development really works in a place like Okmulgee. -Over the past few months, we’ve explored key topics like wo...
Representatives to study myriad issues
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Representatives to study myriad issues
August 13, 2025
A few weeks ago, I highlighted the interim studies approved by the state Senate. This week, I want to cover some from the House of Representatives. Interim studies are officially filed reviews of spec...
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A Special Edition for Special People
By LYNN ADAMS SPECIAL TO THE TIMES 
August 13, 2025
If you’re right-handed and you’ve made it to this page, you’re surely wondering what you’ve gotten yourself into. And why. Today (Aug. 13) is International Left-Handers Day, an obscure “holiday” that ...
Niece tried to conceal her cross-country move
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Niece tried to conceal her cross-country move
August 13, 2025
DEAR ABBY: My sister, “Jenny,” and I have had a falling-out and no longer speak. She’s upset with me because she found out her adult daughter, “Paisley,” had moved without telling anyone. I discovered...
Inmate suspects girlfriend of affair with his brother
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Inmate suspects girlfriend of affair with his brother
August 6, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I have been incarcerated for 21 months. I stay in contact with my immediate family, except for my brother. I suspect that he slept with my girlfriend a couple of weeks before I came to pris...
Good Guy, Good Governor, Oklahoma Legend!
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Good Guy, Good Governor, Oklahoma Legend!
August 6, 2025
I first became acquainted with Governor Nigh not directly because of politics, but through a college program called the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature (OIL). This organization allows students to...
Husband’s about-face may have come too late
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Husband’s about-face may have come too late
August 1, 2025
DEAR ABBY: For nearly 30 years, my husband and I shared a close, trusting marriage. Months ago, I caught him lying about meetings he was having with a 35-year-old colleague. Then I discovered months o...
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
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Row, Row, Row Your Boat
August 1, 2025
Youth Camp season is just about over for this year. Most often the camping experience is a joyous few weeks for the participants. Being outdoors, swimming, games, worship time and making new friends a...
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Senior services public hearing
August 1, 2025
Two opportunities to attend a public hearing to discuss issues, challenges and opportunities facing seniors aged 60+ over the next four years will be held Tuesday, Aug. 12, from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the...
Best Thing Ever
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Best Thing Ever
August 1, 2025
The artificial intelligence “experts” are the first to confess in these early stages that AI is not always the ideal source of garnering accurate information. That said, in curiosity we floated a phra...
Son’s interests, appearance have changed
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Son’s interests, appearance have changed
July 30, 2025
DEAR ABBY: Our 23-year-old son, “Ed,” was clean-cut, into working out and staying healthy, watched his diet - he even joined a gym and was going every week. Ed has been dating a girl, “Emily,” who is ...
Closing the door on corruption
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Closing the door on corruption
July 30, 2025
When I took the oath as Attorney General, I made a commitment to the people of our state that I would fight for transparency, accountability and ethical governance. Today, I’m proud to highlight two c...
A Night of Heroes & Hope
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A Night of Heroes & Hope
July 30, 2025
On Saturday, July 26, the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) held our annual Heroes Ball Gala at OKANA Water Park and Resort. The event drew nearly 500 people who support our mission of rais...
Change encounter still burns in divorced neighbor
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Change encounter still burns in divorced neighbor
July 25, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I am a divorced man in my 60s. Twelve years ago, a neighbor woman who I’m attracted to popped into my house to have a smoke break out on my back deck. When she arrived, I was in the shower....
Didn’t See That Coming
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Didn’t See That Coming
July 25, 2025
When I went off to college, I was not ready. I mean that in the sense that I was not prepared. I had sort of drifted through high school. Sure, I had taken the classes recommended for college bound yo...
How Communities Compete for Industrial Projects
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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
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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...
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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...
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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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