Another good time of fun, friendship, fellowship, food and games (as in Coleman’s pie bingo) took place Tuesday for the 15 pie winners of our annual Lions-Rotary Coleman’s Pie Bingo joint meeting. The...

The program for the Okmulgee Lions Club on Tuesday was listed as Boy Scout Troop 102 but could very well have been listed as freshman college course, Self-Improvement 101. The program was presented by...

Come play Bingo with Morris Community of Christ Church this Saturday, Nov. 11 (Veterans Day), at the Morris High School cafeteria. Doors open at 5 p.m. and dinner starts at 5:30 p.m., with Bingo to fo...

10 Years Ago: The Okmulgee Times held a Reader’s Choice Awards which was announced in a 16-page special section. OSUIT SVA received unexpected assistance in tornado relief from a 10-year old-girl and ...

The Okmulgee Lions Club was privileged to have Carlisle Mabrey III as our guest speaker last Tuesday. Mabrey is well known in Okmulgee, serving as mayor for three terms, as president of the Chamber of...

The Driving Force Behind Okmulgee Main Street Rural America is as complex as it is unique. The complexity is in the systems that keep the cities and towns running, and its uniqueness in the form of th...

When Christin and David Paladin walked into Raising Canes with their daughter Mya, they never would have guessed that she would leave with both a meal and entrepreneurial ambitions. According to Chris...

“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...