Junior Miss Labor Day 1st - Brenna Navas 2nd - Paidan Farrow 3rd - Violet Layman --- Little Miss Labor Day 1st - Mary Anne Bear 2nd - Finnleigh Robertson 3rd - Emilia Frankum --- Petite Miss Labor Day...

When historian Wayman Lewis talks about Okmulgee’s Black history, he doesn’t recite timelines - he revives heartbeats. And this weekend, those heartbeats will rise again through the Hidden Histories E...

The Okmulgee City Council met Tuesday working through a full agenda of ordinances, property issues and community development proposals. An exciting presentation came from Okmulgee Main Street board me...

The Muscogee Nation Supreme Court denied a motion to hold a rehearing on the court’s July 23 order that requires the Muscogee Nation Citizenship Board to enroll descendants of Muscogee Freedmen as tri...

The City of Beggs will hold a public hearing to review and approve the budget for the city on Monday, Aug. 25, at 6 p.m. at Beggs City Hall. The public is invited to attend. The budget summary was pub...

Greater Jones Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church, 1226 E. Smith Street in Okmulgee, will host a fried fish dinner Sunday, Aug. 31, from 1-3 p.m. The $20 meal will feature fried cat fish, corn, baked beans, hus...

Okmulgee County Emergency Management has announced that 300 Road, located north of Highway 266 and south of Cedar Road, will be closed for approximately 45 days to allow crews from District 3 to compl...

Congressman Josh Brecheen will be making a stop in Okmulgee later this month as part of a busy slate of in-person town hall meetings across Oklahoma’s 2nd Congressional District. The Okmulgee event is...

The Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Board has recently awarded a total of $16.6 million in grants to communities and school districts across the state as part of ongoing efforts to address the state’s opioi...

The Okmulgee County Genealogical Society will hold its monthly meeting Monday, Aug. 25, at 1 p.m. at the Okmulgee Public Library, featuring a presentation by Darrell Lewis on ‘Revisiting Basic Researc...

ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 This week you are unstoppable, Aries. Your confidence will be shining brightly for all to see, and the right people are bound to take notice. Expect to tackle some projects. TAUR...

The search for a missing woman has been suspended following a week-long operation. On Monday, the Okmulgee County Emergency Management (OCEM), in coordination with multiple local, state, tribal and vo...

Last week, the Mobile Smiles of Oklahoma unit made its impactful presence known at the Okmulgee County Criminal Justice Authority (OCCJA), delivering essential dental services in a specially outfitted...

Boldly go where no pet has gone before! Local pet lovers are invited to set their phasers to “fun” for an evening of fur, fandom, and a whole lot of wagging tails as Okmulgee celebrates Star Trek Day ...

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has taken the unusual step of deploying state agents to maintain law enforcement in Okemah after the abrupt departure of five city police officers, including...

Dear Editor, Concerning our community, I think most citizens, myself included, can agree there’s a long list of problems we have in Okmulgee. Our schools, our rundown houses and buildings, city street...

Okmulgee-area families have a unique opportunity this fall as Troop 102G, an all-female scouting troop for grades 6-12, kicks off its first school-year meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 6:30 p.m. The m...

Attorney General Gentner Drummond has strengthened government accountability in Oklahoma by launching an online complaint form that allows citizens to seek help when open records requests are denied. ...

This report is a summary of activities Okmulgee County Emergency Management participated in and does not reflect all activities performed by or participated in by Okmulgee County Emergency Management....

The Okmulgee County Genealogical Society will hold its monthly meeting Monday, Aug. 25, at 1 p.m. at the Okmulgee Public Library, featuring a presentation by Darrell Lewis on ‘Revisiting Basic Researc...