10 Okmulgeeans selected Ten Okmulgeeans were awarded the 2023 Work Ethic Scholarship awarded by the mikeroweWORKS Foundation. According to their website, “Through this program, we encourage people to ...

Okmulgee City Council members took a big step in working to preserve one of our city’s historical landmarks when they voted to donate $5,000 to the oldest Black hospital in Oklahoma. Mayor Mickey Bald...

Democrats will meet Thursday, August 17th at 6 p.m. at the OSUIT Student Union. See their Facebook page for guest speaker or phone 918-313-7437. Everyone is welcome!

A large crowd of supporters and area churches joined together Saturday morning for the annual County Prayer Walk, beginning at Brock Gymnasium. Committee members including Darren Downing, Christy Park...

A Call for Renewed Commitment As a candidate for Principal Chief of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation (MCN), I have shared a platform which includes revisiting the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) issue. In ...

Hoffman Fellowship will hold its Vacation Bible School Wednesday through Friday, Aug. 9-11, from 6-8 p.m. NARFE Chapter 0730 will meet Thursday, Aug. 10, at Shoney’s, located at 619 E Main St. in Henr...

10 Years Ago: Okmulgee County’s employment rates tied for 7th highest in the state. Okmulgee and Okfuskee Counties both had a 7.7% unemployment rate. Sheryl Chapman and her Junior Joeys held clown per...

Okmulgee Quarterback Club will meet Friday, Aug. 11, at 6:30 p.m. in El Avocado’s meeting room. Anyone interested in the football program is welcome to bring ideas and suggestions. The selection of of...

DAWN CARTER & JOSHUA JACKSON | REPORTERS Scrap Happy Guild Holds Quilt Show The community attended a showcase of creativity and craftsmanship last weekend at the Scrap Happy Quilting Guild’s Craft Sho...

Roy LeBlanc Invitational Rodeo returns Editor’s Note: Tickets to the event are only available at the rodeo gates beginning the day of the rodeo. -The nation’s oldest and largest African- American rode...

Despite the extremely hot weather this week, members of the Okmulgee Fire Department were practicing cutting and extraction techniques earlier this week on an old Buick Electra 225 at Holleman’s Iron ...

How can three simple letters on a printed page - I. S. I. - signal a momentous shift in a person’s future? A future to be played out in a land half the world away, in a setting quite unlike any encoun...

May 10, 1959 - July 31, 2023 Douglas Carl Kidwell, a resident of Henryetta, passed away on July 31, 2023, in Henryetta at the age of 64. He was born on May 10, 1959, in Bakersfield, Calif. to Osburn “...

January 1, 1965 - July 31, 2023 Shanna Kay Stafford, 58, a resident of Sapulpa, passed away Monday, July 31, 2023, in Tulsa. A memorial service will be scheduled at a later date. Arrangements are unde...

November 27, 1936 - July 30, 2023 Services are pending for Wilma Prullage, 86, of Okmulgee, with Integrity Funeral Service. She passed away Sunday, July 30, 2023, in Okmulgee.

August 2, 1952 - July 27, 2023 Kathryn M. Pierce passed away on July 27, 2023, at her home in Beggs at the age of 70. She was born August 2, 1952, to Buster Ulester and Chariline Francis (Pierce) Esli...

April 23, 1954 - July 28, 2023 Jimmy Ingram, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother and friend, passed away peacefully at his home in Henryetta on July 28, 2023. Born in th...

November 24, 1938 - August 1, 2023 Jimmie Lee Owens, a resident of rural Henryetta, peacefully passed away on August 1, 2023. He was 84 years old. Born on November 24, 1938, in Henryetta, Jimmie was t...

August 4 Okmulgee Farmers Market | The Okmulgee Farmers Market is held each Friday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of the Creek Council House in downtown Okmulgee. August 4-5 Scrap Happy Quilt Show | T...

• Monday: Attended BOCC [County Commissioner’s] meeting. Went to the office and worked on paperwork. Worked on Inventory - specifically locating items on inventory with the clerk’s office. • Tuesday: ...