100 years ago: Three gunman escaped capture following a shootout with law enforcement. Two of the gangsters were in jail. Featured movies playing in Okmulgee at the Orpheum was “Out of the Dust,” whil...

Do you have a talent you wish to share? Next weekend, the Okmulgee Community Playhouse will hold an open ‘mic’ night at the Orpheum Theatre beginning at 7:30 p.m. Admission at the door is $5. Director...

Classes taught by Julie Bryant have moved to the Okmulgee Fairgrounds. Classes are on Tuesdays and offer tap, ballet and jazz for children 3-10. “We are extremely happy that the Fair Board is allowing...

St. Michael Catholic Church 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) (Is. 62:1-5/1 Cor. 12:4-11/Jn. 2:1-12) (Is. 62:1-5/1 Cor. 12:4-11/Jn. 2:1-12) As we begin the Ordinary Time, the Church invites us to hear a...

Tuesday’s Okmulgee Lions Club meeting was not an actual program, per se, but was more of a report to the entire club of board action and the upcoming events for the next six months to close out our fi...

There is something refreshing in the knowledge that we are given opportunities to start over and begin with a clean slate. When we approach a new year, most of us look back at the previous year and re...

How do we know information that we are reading, watching, listening to or being told is accurate? Maybe we will say, “Because it comes from my mom”, “It sounds believable”, “Everyone is saying it”, “I...

John Neal, center, of Neal’s Furniture, is shown with Okmulgee School staff and their classroom grants made possible by funds raised by the Dodge Brawl Tournament sponsored by the business during last...

Here is a look back over the years at some of the headlines in the Okmulgee Daily Times/Okmulgee Times: 10 years George N. Miller was selected the new CEO for the Okmulgee Memorial Hospital. The Oklah...

January 7 Legislative Forum | The first Legislative Forum of the year will take place Friday, Jan. 7, at 8 a.m. on the 6th floor of the McCulloch Building. Forums are open to the public and will be li...

Are you ready to be onstage? The Okmulgee Community Playhouse will hold an open ‘mic’ night at the Orpheum Theatre on Jan. 22, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Feel free to share your talent, wheth Feel free to...

St. Michael Catholic Church The Baptism of the Lord (Is. 40:1-5…/Titus 2:11-14…/Lk. 3:15-22) Last Sunday, We celebrated the Solemnity of the Epiphany. The word of “Epiphany” means “manifestation.” The...

There must be something in the water, or maybe it just might possibly be that ole’ down-home feelgood feeling that we Okies offer these “transplants.” This is the third program in the past two months ...

Cornerstone Foursquare Church “Cornerstone is a place for young “Cornerstone is a place for young people to come know Jesus and express themselves,” lead pastor Rev. Mickey Baldwin said. He continues,...

What’s a year? This may be a question most of us don’t think too much about, but is really important. A year is 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days (unless it’s leap year), 8,760 hours, 525,600 minutes and ...

With 2021 about to end, the staff at Oklahoma Farm Bureau Insurance in Okmulgee County is celebrating a successful year. This year, the agency celebrated Agent Jim Hall’s 20 year anniversary with Okla...

December 31 New Year’s Eve Watch Meeting | Conversion Ministry, 1330 E. Martin Luther King Drive, will hold a New Year’s Eve Watch Meeting Friday, Dec. 31, from 6 to 8 p.m. The public is invited to at...

All City Hall offices and Public Works operations will be closed on Friday. Emergency service operations, police and fire departments, will remain operational during that time. Sanitation service for ...

The Okmulgee Young Professionals congratulates the winners of the Light Up Okmulgee Christmas Light Contest. Pictured above, Residential First Place was Billy Hannon and Second Place went to Ken Ander...

Midwestern State University recognized 1,036 honor students for the Fall 2021 semester. The President’s Honor Roll included 369 students, the Provost’s Honor Roll included 302 students and the Dean’s ...