Hopes to instill hair love in upcoming generations When Hailey Robinson graduated from Morris High School in 2013, she had not planned to become an author - not even after a master’s degree and becomi...

New official thankful for privilege to serveMorris native Joe Berryhill was sworn in Tuesday afternoon as the new mayor, with Javier Ramirez giving the oath of office.Berryhill was joined by numerous ...

Shop Small Saturday, Cookie Crawl also aheadLet the shopping begin.Okmulgee Main Street is encouraging residents to support local businesses during the holiday season, which will officially kick off w...

The 3rd annual Okmulgee Times Cookie Crawl will be held in conjunction with Okmulgee Main Street’s Shop Small Saturday. Besides the regular boxes used to collect cookies from various participating mer...

Annual event is Thursday at noon at RFLCThis Thursday, the Rowe Family Life Center of Okmulgee’s First United Methodist Church will host the annual Okmulgee Thanksgiving Feast, an event that transcend...

Okmulgee County Farm Bureau was presented with the 2023 Oklahoma Farm Bureau John I. Taylor Award on Saturday, Nov. 11 during the organization’s annual meeting in Oklahoma City.Named after OKFB’s firs...

The Prairie Bell OHCE will raffle off this special quilt at the end of their Christmas Bazaar & Craft Show this Saturday, Nov. 18, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Morris High School gymnasium. Displaying...

ATF, MN Lighthorse investigating fireThree people have died after flames engulfed an apartment building at 6th and Taft in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Okmulgee Fire Chief Dewayne Hurt told r...

5th annual Dodgebrawl Tourney returns SaturdayA night of Fun, fundraising, and flying dodgeballs returns to Okmulgee High School’s Brock Gymnasium this Saturday.The 5th annual Neal’s Dodgebrawl Tourna...

Schools across the area recognized our Okmulgee County veterans last week with various assemblies and events. Pictured above, veterans attended Preston Schools’ program at the Jim Waller Event Center ...

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...

Okmulgee County residents gathered at First Baptist Church last Thursday for an educational meeting aimed at addressing the alarming rise in fentanyl addiction and overdoses. The event, featured speak...

The Okmulgee Young Professionals (OYP) give thanks to all in the community who helped make the 2023 Roll Off Day a success. A special thanks to the dedicated volunteers from OYP, Okmulgee Service Leag...

Tickets are available for the upcoming Okmulgee County Homeless Shelter Baked Potato & Bake Sale Fundraiser, which will take place Thursday from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. and 4:30-6 p.m. at the First Met...

Wednesday was an exciting day for Okmulgee Public School teachers as the Okmulgee Education Foundation surprised the recipients with their ‘wish’ that had been submitted earlier in the year. Making th...

Congratulations to this year’s winners of the Harvest Spoon Chili Festival, who braved the rain and cold temperatures to compete.There were 22 entries despite the gloomy weather.Winners of the chili c...

Special election is Nov. 14 A Special Election for Mayor of the City of Morris will be held Tuesday, Nov. 14. There are three citizens seeking the post: • Joe Berryhill • Greg Foreman • Nicholas Jindr...

Stop by the Chamber of Commerce Tent on Friday and Saturday to purchase not only your favorite Pecan Festival merchandise, but yummy Pecan Brittle prepared and packaged by Chef Grady Perryman of the O...

The Okmulgee County District 1 Barn in Beggs was dedicated last Friday as the “Ballard Barn” in recognition of District 1 Commissioner Ron Ballard’s years of dedicated service to Okmulgee County. The ...

Chief Joe Prentice and the Okmulgee Police Department hosted a recognition ceremony on Oct. 13 to honor a few of the dedicated officers who safeguard our community. The ceremony, held at the OPD headq...