The Okmulgee County Board of Commissioners covered a brief agenda during their Monday session. The members did approve an amendment to the Clearwater Enterprises Gas Agreement (Contract #23077) as nat...

Okmulgee Cub Scout Pack 102 is having a Towel Drive to benefit the Okmulgee County Resource Center Safehouse. Chair of the drive is Ashly Arney-Nelson. “We thought about a coat drive or something but ...

Okmulgee Main Street is gearing up for the annual Festival of Lights Parade. The downtown parade will kick off at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 9. A pre-show will set the stage for “An Okmulgee Christmas” sta...

Ericson Robinson, left, a member of the OJFA’s 6th grade football team, earned a prestigious honor this past Saturday evening during the OJFA awards banquet at the Dunbar Elementary cafeteria. Robinso...

We all remember or, at least, have heard or read of the great en masse migration of the Okies to California during the Dust Bowl years, but rarely do we hear of nor experience a Californian becoming a...

All City Hall offices and Public Works operations will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 25-26, in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday. Emergency service operations, police and fire depart...

The Okmulgee Young Professionals (OYP) are hosting their annual Christmas lighting contest for residents and businesses. Registration is now open and you can enter your home or business by Dec. 15. Th...

Trinity Lutheran Church This Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, is the Last Sunday of the Church Year. The readings are from Isaiah 65:17-25, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 and Matthew 25:1-13. By Faith We Are Prepared f...

Is Thanksgiving just a holiday with family gatherings, a day off work and scrumptious food, or is there really more to it? I am so glad that our country has a day on our calendar set aside to remember...

Okmulgee’s own Coleman’s Burgers has seen an increase in customers over the past several months thanks to their once-in-a-lifetime honor of being named the “Best of the Best Burger” in Oklahoma as par...

Over this past weekend, Preston High School performed “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” by William Shakespeare, to a sold out audience at Preston First Baptist Church. The performance was a two-act play wi...

The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from July business. The monies they reported this period represent sales fr...

The Annual Morris Christmas Bazaar & Craft Show, sponsored by Prairie Bell OHCE, will be held this Saturday, Nov. 20, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Morris High School gym. Pictured above, vendor Hazel ...

The Masonic Charity Foundation of Oklahoma (MCFOK) has gifted the Oklahoma 4-H Foundation $800,000 to bolster support for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) project work within th...

Victoria Palacios and Shannon Rhone are ready to assist the public at the Farmers Insurance office, located at 116 E. 6th Street in downtown Okmulgee. A ribbon cutting was held Wednesday afternoon as ...

Your Okmulgee Times is excited to invite shoppers to participate in the their first Cookie Crawl. In conjunction with Shop Small Saturday, Nov. 27, shoppers that have one of these boxes will be able t...

The Schulter Bulldogs Middle School Cheerleading Squad received a once-in-a-lifetime donation earlier this season thanks to the Justin J. Watt Foundation and Cheerleading Coach Chelsye Brown. The Just...

The show must go on and on it did as fourth grade students at Beggs Elementary School performed “It’s a Jungle Out There” for their school and their families. The show, directed by BES music teacher M...

The Okmulgee City Council approved action seeking funds for a water improvement project. Allan Brooks from The Public Finance Law Group, addressed the members present about the plan. According to Broo...

It is time once again for the Harlan Ford Annual Toy Drive. This year, Harlan Ford has partnered with Stephanie Morris Chevrolet for their Toy Drive from Nov. 22 through Dec. 17. Drop-off locations th...