“If God wanted me to be a morning person, he would cause the sun to rise later in the day.” A good sampling of humanity may share the sentiment. And, while the amusing line can strike an empathetic ch...

Members of the Greater Jones Chapel in Okmulgee work during a fundraising dinner last week at the church as members prepare to travel to New Orleans in July for their National Convention. Another dinn...

Tuesday’s Okmulgee Lions Club program was a new story for a middle-age agency that has been around for quite some time now - the Okmulgee-Okfuskee County Youth Shelter, commonly referred to as the Ann...

The Okmulgee Lions Club once again hosted the breakfast for the Okmulgee High School Class of 2023 Wednesday morning at the First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. The seniors, sporting their class...

The Okmulgee Times and Henryetta Free-Lance are pleased to introduce some new employees to help continue as your most-trusted news source in the county. “We welcome Luwana Cowell, Elizabeth Ponthieux,...

Tuesday’s Okmulgee Lions Club program brought back memories of a song in a 1950 movie, “Annie Get Your Gun,” where Annie Oakley (played by Betty Hutton), and Howard Keel were squaring off for a sharps...

‘Clue’ opens tonight at Orpheum Who is the killer? Find out this weekend as the Okmulgee Community Theatre shares its presentation of “Clue” with the public. “Clue” opens tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the O...

Conversion Ministry will hold Prayer Before the Bell Friday, Jan. 27, at 7:15 a.m., weather permitting. Rev. Gregory Richardson is pastor. City Council Candidate Forum | A Candidate Forum for City Cou...

Oklahoma Human Services announced this week that emergency payments intended to increase households’ monthly Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in response to the pandemic are c...

Okmulgee High School has announced the Superintendent and Principals Honor Rolls for the fall semester, 2022-23 school year. Students having All A’s with a 4.0 grade point average are listed on the Su...

Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma kicked off the 2023 Girl Scout Cookie season Jan. 21, as Girl Scouts and their troops are rallying their communities to support the world’s largest entrepreneurial prog...

Gerard A. Alexander, longtime coach at Bristow and Beggs Schools, was one of the 2023 inductees in the Oklahoma Track Coaches Hall of Fame. The event was held Jan. 13 at Grand Hotel and Resort in Shaw...

Tuesday was a prime example of why I try not to schedule out-of-town programs for January and February, because we never know what the weather might bring. And, sure enough, true to its calling, it br...

So ... “Let your light so shine before men (others), that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven (Matthew 5:16).” Remember when, “God said, let there be light: and th...

Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, welcomed 1,085 new initiates from 45 universities during November 2022. Area students welcomed were Anna Hamilton of Morris -Oklahoma Baptis...

“Be a peace maker and not a mean maker,” says Kaira, 10. Words that come too quickly out of our mouths are the main way most people become “mean makers.” “Death and life are in the power of the tongue...

While most of us living in the good ole’ U.S. of A. are basking in the glory of unlimited freedoms and of a plentiful supply of basic-needs products (as long as we have the funds to pay for them), the...

I imagine most all of us have a spilled milk (or some other substance) story we could tell. I have two. In one, my nephew was watching TV when he was about ten years old. It was in black and white in ...

The Okmulgee Indian Community Elders Winter Fundraiser will be held Friday, Jan. 20, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 2900 Osage Place. The fundraiser meal will include stew, chili, cornbread, dessert and a ...

Veteran and post member Pete Rogers has been researching the early history of the post and will be providing a brief history over the next few months in advance of the 100 year celebration. According ...