The Preston Pirate fall baseball team crossed off the first item off their postseason checklist this past Friday afternoon. The Pirates edged past the Drummond Bulldogs by a 10-7 margin Friday to capt...

or foster homes to help save precious lives. At the city pound and running out of time are these sweet beauties. If interested in one of these faces, please visit our website to fill out an applicatio...

DEAR ABBY: My co-worker takes advantage of our employer’s generous sick leave policy and calls in sick frequently. She will return the next day with no outward sign of illness and has, on several occa...

Coming Oct. 8th, the Okmulgee First Church of the Nazarene is having a Free Candy Land Adventure. Located at 711 N. Okmulgee Avenue, this adventure will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. It is for all childre...

It’s that time to pick up the pumpkin spice coffee, pumpkin spice Cheerios, and yes even pumpkin spice biscuits! Take a deep breath, in through the nose, and breathe out through the mouth. Did you sme...

Two subjects were arrested last week in connection with a home burglary. On Sept. 20 around 7:06 p.m., Henryetta police officers were dispatched to a home in the 800 block of North 5th Street in refer...

The history books for the Wilson Tiger varsity football team had two new additions this past Friday. The latest additions are as follows: • First 3-0 start • First district win The Tigers earned their...

Okmulgee County District 1 Commissioner Ron Ballard will officially retire at the end of the month. Ballard’s final day will be Sept. 30, after more than 15 years of county service. During Monday’s bo...

Oct. 14 is the last day to apply to become a registered voter in order to be eligible to vote in the Nov. 8 Federal, State, and County Mid-Term, General Election, Okmulgee County Election Board Secret...

The Salvation Army will be taking applications Oct. 3-14, for this year’s Angel Tree, which is for children ages 0-12. Applications will be accepted from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the Salvation Army Thrif...

East Central Oklahoma Electric Cooperative invited state senators and representatives for an afternoon of celebration at their newly expanded headquarters in Okmulgee Friday. The expansion project beg...

Okmulgee FFA officers attended the NE Area Chapter Officer Leadership Training in Glenpool last week. The chapter was recognized as a 3-Star State Superior Chapter, 3-Star National Chapter, and as a f...

Over 25 of Beggs High School’s students will represent various organizations in the 2022 Homecoming ceremonies before the football game tonight. Homecoming festivities will begin at 6:30 p.m tonight b...

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.3 million grant to the Muscogee Nation in Okmulgee for critical wate...

Officers of the Morris FFA chapter participated in the 2022 Oklahoma FFA Chapter Officer Leadership Training Conference Aug. 30 at the LifeChurch in McAlester. The eight state FFA officers planned and...

The State of Oklahoma is in a child welfare crisis. Oklahoma has 6,663 children in state care and of that number, 1,639 children are out of their county of origin and 180 are separated siblings. Right...

The Okmulgee Police Department is one of 58 agencies that were recipients of the 2023 Safe Oklahoma Grant, announced this week by Attorney General John O’Connor. The OPD also received grants in 2021 a...

Part 1 Members of the Okmulgee School board heard numerous department reports, and considered a lengthy meeting during their session Tuesday. Superintendent Renee Dove updated the board on the start o...

Businesses in the Beggs area have partnered to bring the ‘big screen’ to town. A new 15’x25’ big screen mural is being painted on the east exterior wall of NAPA, in the Kanokie Coffeehouse parking lot...

This action designates the Muscogee Nation to serve as the recipient for FEMA public assistance, allowing local communities to submit as sub-applicants through the tribal government. The Muscogee Nati...