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What’s Ahead?
Columns & Opinion
What’s Ahead?
May 16, 2025
Today, we, (The Lions Club) served breakfast to our Okmulgee High School graduating seniors. As I looked out at them, I couldn’t help but think, “They have no idea what is in store for them, or what t...
Okmulgee Schools
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Okmulgee Schools
May 9, 2025
Monday: Breakfast: Primary: Maple Burstn’ Pancakes, Peaches; Dunbar/HS: Cereal Lunch: Primary: Cheese Quesadilla, Corn, Salsa, Pears; Dunbar: Nachos, Refried Beans; HS: Steak Sandwich, Corn Tuesday: B...
Parent, daughter still struggle to find balance
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Parent, daughter still struggle to find balance
May 9, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I haven’t had a holiday with my grown daughter, “Charly,” since she left the state 12 years ago. When she came out as a lesbian, I wasn’t very accepting and didn’t handle it well. I have si...
Full Circle Friends
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Full Circle Friends
May 9, 2025
The world of social media, with its myriad features ranging from terrific to terrifying, has brought forward in our day some wondrous surprises to so many. The Rockies and the Great Northwest started ...
Columns & Opinion
A Mother’s Love
By JUSTUS MOSCO STAFF WRITER 
May 9, 2025
In every town and every street, Where laughter rings and hearts still beat, There stands a woman, brave and true The kind the world looks up to, too. With hands that mend and hearts that guide, She wa...
Seeing Clearly
Columns & Opinion
Seeing Clearly
May 9, 2025
Los Angeles has smog. I grew up in Los Angeles County and we had smog. It was bad. It made it hard to breathe, and burned your eyes. I sometimes walked home from school in tears because of the smog. I...
Wife values gambling over her 10-year marriage
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Wife values gambling over her 10-year marriage
May 7, 2025
DEAR ABBY: The woman I’ve been married to for the last 10 years is spending her time away from home. She isn’t seeing another man or hanging out in bars. She leaves at any time of the day and goes to ...
Join our classes and trainings to be an effective advocate
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Join our classes and trainings to be an effective advocate
May 7, 2025
In 1983, advocates from across our state saw the need for an organization to “raise awareness, take action, and support policy for the health, safety and well-being of Oklahoma’s children” through out...
Columns & Opinion
The Big Picture
By JULIA KIRT SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER 
May 7, 2025
We’re now in the final month of the 2025 legislative session. We’re also in the most dangerous period for severe weather in Oklahoma. April’s flooding and tornadoes came with a heavy price, with seven...
May 14 Fitness 4 Kids Fun & 5K Run |
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May 14 Fitness 4 Kids Fun & 5K Run |
May 7, 2025
May 14, at 8:30 a.m. at the Jim Waller Sports Complex in Preston. The registration fee is $25 and all participants will receive popsicles at lunch. Visit www.prestonps. com to register. May 15 Okmulge...
‘Relationship’ involves sending money in one direction
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‘Relationship’ involves sending money in one direction
May 2, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I have been in a text relationship for nearly a year. I call it a text relationship because we communicate solely through texting. Because I’m not a video chat person, it doesn’t bother me ...
A Tethering
Columns & Opinion
A Tethering
May 2, 2025
Looking back to the era, I realize I had made note of it, even then. At nine years of age, fighting for survival those long months in a hospital’s polio ward, I could sense (though not in every moment...
What Are We Waiting For?
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What Are We Waiting For?
May 2, 2025
There is a popular Christian song playing on the radio right now written by Amelia. The title of the song is: What Are We Waiting For? Part of the words of this song say: “I guess the crisis is, We’ve...
The federal budget will impact state and its families
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The federal budget will impact state and its families
April 30, 2025
As May is upon us, it is the time of year when the state budget picture begins to clear as state legislators put the finishing touches on the budget for the fiscal year beginning on July 1. This year,...
Daughter’s estrangement brings more questions for parent
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Daughter’s estrangement brings more questions for parent
April 30, 2025
DEAR ABBY: A few years ago, my daughter went “no contact” with both sides of our family - grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles, as well as cousins. Since then, I have been struggling with how I sho...
Columns & Opinion
EODD to host Caregiver Conference May 16
April 30, 2025
The EODD Area Agency on Aging is thrilled to announce its annual Caregiver Conference 2025, set to take place Friday, May 16, from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Muskogee Church of Christ, located at 3206 N. Yor...
Columns & Opinion
Honoring Oklahoma’s law enforcement professionals
April 30, 2025
Earlier this month my office opened the nomination process for the Attorney General’s 2025 Oklahoma Officer of the Year Award. My office launched the initiative last year to recognize the best and bri...
Second marriage deteriorates as reality becomes clearer
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Second marriage deteriorates as reality becomes clearer
April 23, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I’m 58 and five years into my second marriage. We lived together a little over a year before getting married. I spent seven years as a caregiver for my parents before marrying my current hu...
Many positive youth policies continuing forward at State Capitol
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Many positive youth policies continuing forward at State Capitol
April 23, 2025
The 2025 Oklahoma legislative session is almost three-fourths of the way done for the year with adjournment occurring in late May, and a good number of positive bills are moving forward. The Oklahoma ...
Columns & Opinion
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
April 23, 2025
April 23-26 Keep Okmulgee Beautiful Week | The City of Okmulgee will hold a Keep Okmulgee Beautiful Week April 20-26. Apply for a free burn permit from April 14-18. Participants must provide a current...
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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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