Okmulgee Cub Scout Pack 102 is collecting new or gently used sweatpants and t-shirts for the Okmulgee County Family Resource Center. Any size ladies sweatpants and t-shirts are needed, and any size bo...

Carlisle Mabrey III was recently appointed to the Board of Trustees at the Oklahoma Historical Society. The Oklahoma Historical Society is governed by a 25-member board of directors. Thirteen are elec...

It was November 17, 1980, when the mother-daughter duo Barbara Pollard and Glenda Chastain opened their doors for business as co-owners of Ye Olde Lamp Post Antiques. The antique store has been a stap...

In America it is virtually impossible to ignore what is probably the most celebrated season of the year. The familiar and festive sights and sounds are almost everywhere. Beautiful decorations are in ...

Woodlands Skilled Nursing & Therapy is inviting the public to come visit Santa on Monday, Dec. 12, from 5-7 p.m. Woodlands is located at 1701 East 6th Street in Okmulgee. As a special treat, Santa wil...

This Sunday, Dec. 11, is the 3rd Sunday in Advent. The readings are from Isaiah 40:1-9(9-11), 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 and Matthew 11:2-10(11). Way for the Lord The voice of the Baptizer cried out in the w...

The Okmulgee Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors held a ribbon cutting for Hometown Treasures Flowers, Gift and Amish Market in Morris recently. Though it has been open for a time, an official ribbon-cutt...

Donna Wilson, Mandi Atwell and Donna Stephanie of Okmulgee County Farm Bureau are shown with some of the items already donated for the annual Collection Drive, which continues through Dec. 16. Farm Bu...

An OIC Indian Taco Sale will be held Friday, Dec. 9, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the OIC Indian Community Center, 2900 N. Osage Place. The meal will include an Indian Taco, drink and dessert for $10 and...

Okmulgee Cub Scout Pack 102 is practicing caroling. The Pack will be caroling at area nursing homes for Christmas. The Pack is having a Baked Ziti Lunch on Saturday, Dec. 10 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at ...

The late Rev. Preston Jackson Sr. will be among those honored on Sunday, Dec. 11, at 6 p.m. at Timothy Baptist Church, Tulsa. This event is sponsored by the Christian Ministers Alliance and The Empowe...

‘Listen my children and you shall hear, a much better tale than the midnight ride of Paul Revere.’ No, the British aren’t coming, but something much, much better - the Oklahoma Broadband Office. And I...

“Cornerstone Foursquare is a place to celebrate and anticipate the birth of Jesus,” pastor Mickey Baldwin said. “Celebrating Christmas is more than Jingle Bells, wassailing, decorated trees and presen...

Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ 700 S Liberty • Okmulgee 918-756-2662 Apostolic Life Church 1512 E 13th • Okmulgee 918-756-0313 Greater Praise & Worship Center 13425 Loop 56 • Okmulgee 918-756-0965 J...

Isn’t it a bit ironic how just a simple twist of fate has saved some historic old buildings from the wrecking ball? Such was the destiny for the oldest hospital building in Oklahoma to be built to exc...

Three Morris Middle School Academic Team players were selected to the all-conference team for the Academic Elite Conference this week. The students are Caleb Colwill, Trevor Butler, and Max Frazier. M...

All of us probably have seen programs on television which feature houses that experience an “extreme makeover.” It is always quite interesting to see the total difference in a house that has undergone...

Okmulgee High School Drama students will perform at the Orpheum Theatre, 210 W. 7th Street, next week. Under the direction of Mr. Nicholas Teague, the OHS Drama department presents the one act play “R...

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 ...

This week, students from county schools were on the Green Country Technology Center campus for the ‘Winter Wonderland’ themed campus tours. Students met with instructors as well as current GCTC studen...