Okmulgee Main Street’s annual Harvest Spoon Chili Festival returned to downtown Okmulgee this past weekend. Pictured above, First National Bank’s Sharla Stephenson and Missy Peeler brought out their f...

Concrete for the sidewalk and base for the new Okmulgee County Veterans Memorial was poured on Monday. The new monument will be located on the northwest corner of the Okmulgee County Courthouse lawn, ...

Okmulgee Chamber staff and directors are busy preparing for the Chamber’s annual banquet Thursday, at the Historic Okmulgee Mansion. “We have been planning the banquet for a few months now, with the g...

The Morris City Council approved a contract for the GeoSafe program during last week’s board meeting. Chief Richard Phillips, Deputy Chief Daniel Wind, and Officer Keith Jackson of the Muscogee Lighth...

The Okmulgee County Board of Commissioners approved a short agenda during their session Monday morning. The members approved the Okmulgee County Health Department’s Year Contracts. Those agreements ar...

An Okmulgee man is facing a court date this Friday following his arrest on a weapons complaint. Cameron Williamson, 36, was taken into custody by Okmulgee police Oct. 12, following a call of a unwante...

Okmulgee Main Street’s annual Harvest Spoon Chili Festival returned to downtown Okmulgee this past weekend. The winner of this year’s People’s Choice was Debrah Motte. In addition to a check for $500,...

Never fear! The Army’s here. Tuesday’s Okmulgee Lions Club program was a recap of the recent grand reopening of the Oklahoma National Guard Readiness Center expansion and revamped headquarters on Gun ...

The Okmulgee Lions Club will hold its annual Pancake Day event Tuesday, Oct. 19, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, located at 401 S. Seminole in Okmulgee. Tickets are now available f...

The Oklahoma State Health Department (OSDH) will host its second annual Minority Women’s Health Forum from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 23 via Zoom. The virtual forum is open to the public and fre...

My, what a joy and thrill it is to know that the God of the heavens and earth knows me! It is a truth beyond human comprehension. He knows the color of my eyes, He has counted the hairs on my head, He...

Two Okmulgee County students were recently honored by the Oklahoma State University Ferguson College of Agriculture with academic scholarships for the 2021-2022 academic year. The scholarships are par...

Fall is one of the favorite seasons to decorate around the Square, and this week, Okmulgee Main Street and its partners completed the project. Thanks to the Muscogee Nation for purchasing the pumpkins...

Children from violent homes learn to believe that: It’s acceptable for men to hit women; Violence is the way to get what you Violence is the way to get what you want; Big people have power they misuse...

Above left, Dr. Bill Path, President of Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology, spoke last Friday at the college’s 75th Anniversary Employee Celebration. OSUIT is celebrating its 75th anniv...

October is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month. Despite significant improvements in reducing infant mortality in Oklahoma in recent years, SIDS-related deaths continue to be the third ...

The community is invited to the OCHS Thrift Store Customer Appreciation Day this Friday, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Clerk Charity Compelleebee, Executive Director Brenda Brewer and Clerk Brittany Stienbarg...

Okmulgee County Treasurer Vonna Lampkins, will auction off 26 parcels or tracts of lands all situated in Okmulgee County to the highest bidder on Oct. 18, beginning at 9 a.m. The auction will be held ...

The Oklahoma Department of Commerce recently received $36 million in federal grant funding to assist the 27 affected counties in recovering from the May-June storms of 2019. These storms caused signif...

October 16 Harvest Spoon Chili Festival | The Harvest Spoon Chili Festival will return to downtown Okmulgee Saturday, Oct. 16, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, visit the Okmulgee Main Stre...