Okmulgee Schools All breakfast served with juice. Choice of 1% or Fat Free Milk offered each day at breakfast and lunch. For high school, juice, fruit and salad bar is also offered daily for lunch.   ...

Eddy Rice was honored Wednesday as the longest running sheriff in Okmulgee County history - 18 years and one day. It took a fabricated ‘meeting’ and a well-timed truck repair, along with the assistanc...

Beck Freeman, Community Relations Manager and Drake Harper, Parts Specialist at Windy Chevrolet of Okmulgee recently delivered numerous items to the Okmulgee County Homeless Shelter, and were gracious...

At the end of South 210 Road lies a small cemetery that is the final resting place for many loved ones. Southwest Cemetery is located off Sharp Road, marked only by a hand painted sign near the road p...

January 7 Hoffman Fellowship will host dinner and great gospel music Saturday, Jan. 7, at 5 p.m. The public is invited to attend. January 12 NARFE Chapter 0730 will meet Thursday, Jan. 12, at 11 a.m. ...

The Okmulgee Times will be featuring local residents who are making a difference in the community. These individuals don’t seek accolades for themselves, but go about their day doing all they can to c...

Service Oklahoma (SOK), a division of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, began administering vehicle registrations and renewals to citizens starting Jan. 1. Previously, these services w...

The OSU Department of Wellness and the Okmulgee County Consortium are holding a Community Winter Coat Drive on Jan. 14, in the Walmart parking lot, 1800 S. Wood Drive. This is a same-day donation and ...

As we enter into a new year, the lyric “Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind” reminds me of public servants who have worked for Oklahoma. I, for one, do not like the thought of...

The Okmulgee Chamber of Commerce will hold the first Legislative Forum for 2023 this Friday. The meeting, open to the public, will be held at the Mabrey Meeting Room, Jan. 6 at 8 a.m. Senator Roger Th...

Oklahoma parents and grandparents have an extra reason to start saving early for their baby’s future education with Oklahoma 529’s Smart Steps bonus offer. This week, Oklahoma 529 relaunched the popul...

Morris Public Schools welcomed Brian Hayes as the new elementary music and percussion instructor. Hayes has been a music educator at various districts in northeast Oklahoma for the past 24 years. He c...

Okmulgee County’s jobless rate dropped in November, according to the recent figures from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. During November, Okmulgee County reported a 4.1 percent jobless ra...

The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE) Chapter 0730 will meet at 11 a.m. in the Shoney’s Restaurant, 619 E. Main St. (across the street from the WaImart) in Henryetta, o...

Dan Artussee, former District 3 County Commissioner, is facing a long road to recovery following an accident Dec. 30 in Okfuskee County. Artussee was able to thank a retiring long-time employee for hi...

The Okmulgee County Board of Commissioners closed out 2022 with their final meeting Friday, where an long-time employee was honored for his work. The board recognized Nakia (Dion) Brownfield, who has ...

A Beggs teen tragically lost his life in an accident early Saturday morning involving two vehicles. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported the crash about 4:54 a.m. on Dec. 31, 2022, on Highway 75, abou...

Tucked away in the southeast corner of the state, McCurtain County residents receive television news from Shreveport, Louisiana. Shreveport is a slightly closer drive than Oklahoma City or Tulsa, and ...

Okmulgee City Hall offices and Public Works operations will be closed on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, in observance of the New Year holiday. Emergency service operations, police and fire departments, will re...

REI Oklahoma, an economic development nonprofit, was recently awarded a $10,000 grant from the Women’s Foundation of Oklahoma. The purpose of this grant is to help propel the launch or growth of small...