Bob Walker and Ethan Warren invite you to visit the Okmulgee First United Methodist Church Pumpkin Patch. The event opens daily throughout the month of October. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday ...

St. Michael Catholic Church 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) God’s Wisdom The readings this Sunday Mass emphasized the Wisdom, not human wisdom but divine wisdom only God can give us if we know how to...

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Caldwell, III of Okmulgee recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. On Oct. 3, 1971, 50 years ago, Deniece Fay Ross and Joseph Preston Caldwell, III said “I Do!” They met...

Tuesday’s Okmulgee Lions Club meeting was more of a historical lesson of one man’s passion, but could almost chronicle the “taming of the West,” or maybe more appropriately, “claiming of the West”, al...

Beginning this month, the City of Okmulgee will begin a leaf collection program for residential customers. This will help keep storm drains and catch basins clean to prevent localized flooding and imp...

Many times those that are part of the foster care community find they are in need of specific items they don’t always have the extra funds to purchase. Foster families in the Okmulgee County area have...

The OSSAA State Cheerleading Competition saw three teams from Okmulgee County compete this past weekend. Though no one came away with the title of State Champion, each athlete put on a show for their ...

Mayor Leon Anderson of the Town of Grayson, invites the public to attend their annual Gumbo Fest this Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. The festival is the town’s main fundraiser to help maintain the town...

The Okmulgee YMCA recently joined the Greater Tulsa YMCA family. The new partnership was celebrated with a tailgate party this past Thursday with games and giveaways for the whole family. Mother Tucke...

Protestors gathered in front of the Muscogee Nation Council House Friday, Sept. 24 to show their concerns with the Nation’s Indian Child Welfare Act. The protest, organized by Brenda Golden, allowed c...

The Okmulgee Public Library is excited to announce the return of the mystery grab bag book sale. The book sale will begin Oct. 4th, and will end Oct. 18th. The cost for the bags are $5, and we will be...

The 2021 Morris Field House Fixer Upper & Football Fundraiser Steak Cookoff was held Saturday at the Claude Cox Omniplex. Twenty chefs put out their best steak in this SCA-sanctioned event. The cookof...

St. Michael Catholic Church 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) A Stumbling Block or a Stepping Stone Our world today has become a lot smaller. Today people live closer to each other than ever before. He...

“God created me very pretty. No one looks just like me,” says Alexis, 5. “Beauty is transcendent. It is our most immediate experience of the eternal,” write authors John and Stasi Eldredge in “Captiva...

Three local cheerleading squads have earned their way to the OSSAA State Cheerleading Competition at Union High School this Saturday. The high school cheerleading squads from Preston, Morris and Henry...

Oklahoma Human Services (OKDHS) has been notified of a text messaging scam targeting Oklahomans that specifically mentions benefits received through OKDHS, including the Low Income Home Energy Assista...

Those attending the Morris High School football games may have seen this tent set up. The Morris Athletic Booster Club is actively seeking more members to join in supporting the district’s activities....

The Okmulgee YMCA is having a free event for the community tomorrow, Thursday, evening from 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. Those wishing to join the YMCA will be able to do so at the event for free. There will be YM...

Sometimes the game of life parallels the game of baseball in the bottom of the ninth inning with the bases loaded and the coach is looking for that pinch hitter to come through for the team. When the ...

A former student of a longtime Okmulgee teacher who recently passed is paying tribute and thanking her for the last influence on her life. Wanda Rose Legako passed away July 10. Many Okmulgee school r...