Pictured are the Morris High School Academic Team, who finished 5th at the OSSAA State Championship Saturday at Rose State College. Members of the Morris High School Academic Team include (not in orde...

Congratulations to this Morris Middle School 6th grade Academic team. They are the 2022 5/6 grade Class B OJABA state champions.They went in as the number one seed and swept all four games to bring ho...

Beggs Band of Demons recently earned its 5th OSSAA Sweepstakes Award. So, what is a Sweepstakes, you might ask? The OSSAA Band Sweepstakes award is the highest award a high school band in Oklahoma can...

Morris High School Senior and FFA and Horticulture student, Brylie Owen, signed a letter of intent with Eastern Oklahoma College in Wilburton last week. She was joined by family, instructors and schoo...

The Oklahoma Health Care Authority is preparing for the end of the Public Health Emergency (PHE) by asking all SoonerCare members to update their contact information and documentation. This will help ...

The Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) launched a new group vaping cessation intervention this month for teens and young adults. Quit the Hit is a free, web-based program designed to r...

Twin Hills School will be having a Johnson O’Malley Indian Education Committee Election and Meeting, on Monday, April 18, at 6 p.m. in the Conference Room. The Twin Hills Indian Education Committee fo...

The Okmulgee Chamber of Commerce held ribbon cuttings Monday for two of Historic Downtown Okmulgee’s newest businesses. The Merc on Mort, 106 S Morton, as well as Lumberjack Attack, 108 S Morton, open...

Okmulgee Dunbar School has joined Parent Guidance as the newest district in Oklahoma to offer free therapist-led mental health resources for parents and guardians through the ParentGuidance.org progra...

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. This month and throughout the year, the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) and its community partners encourage all individuals and organization...

Approval of Okmulgee County Barns obtaining Purchase Cards (P-Cards) were approved during Monday’s meeting of the board of commissioners. This item was tabled from last week’s agenda, pending further ...

The death penalty is being sought by Okmulgee County District Attorney Carol Iski in the case of Keegan Kelley Harroz and Barry Roland Titus II. The two defendants are accused in the 2019 slayings of ...

A summer basketball camp is slated to begin May 30 thanks to Okmulgee’s own Gwen Parker. “1-2-3 Parker’s First Basketball Camp” is the culmination of 20 plus years of coaching experience and Parker sa...

Two staff members of Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology were recently honored for their contributions. Fran Colombin and Beth Rogers received recognition by the Oklahoma Career and Tech...

You never knew which way the ball was going to bounce, particularly if your name happened to be Lucille (Ball), as in the I Love Lucy TV show. Tuesday’s Okmulgee Lions Club program was presented by Wa...

Part II 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. Ac...

Congratulations to the Pride of Morris High School Band on a great performance. On Wednesday, they competed at OSSAA State Contest and received an Excellent rating on Stage and in Sight-Reading. The b...

The Beggs Band of Demons won Sweepstakes at the OSSAA Contest on Wednesday. Congratulations to the students and director Matt Caldwell. COURTESY PHOTO

Last week, several Okmulgee FFA members put on gloves, grabbed some trash bags, and headed to the banks of Okmulgee Creek to pick up trash and debris in order to promote a safer environment for both h...

Congratulations to Okmulgee FFA Chapter Secretary, LeAundre Delonia, for being selected as one of three finalists for the Oklahoma FFA Secretary Award program. LeAundre submitted a secretary’s noteboo...