The Vian Wolverines kept their impressive 2025 campaign rolling Friday night with a commanding 49-6 victory over the Morris Eagles, improving to 8-1 overall and 6-0 in district play. With the win, Coa...

Fifty years after the legendary 1975 Beggs Golden Demons captured the state championship, Tate Field shimmered under the Friday night lights - literally. Beggs took the field in dazzling all-gold unif...

A bright mural of encouraging words now greets passersby along Main Street in Beggs - a colorful invitation to a new kind of space where imagination, healing and family connection come together. Insid...

The heartbeat of Oklahoma history has long been fueled by the sacrifice and service of its veterans and now, a new campaign seeks to honor one of its most distinguished and often overlooked groups: Na...

Okmulgee Bulldog pride will be on display this weekend as alumni from across the decades return for Homecoming Weekend, set for Friday and Saturday. Among the many returning graduates, special recogni...

The Okmulgee Board of Education wrestled with one of the most emotional and costly issues in recent memory this week, ultimately voting unanimously to demolish the century- old Okmulgee High School bu...

The Beggs Lady Demons secured a convincing 13-3 victory over the Wetumka Lady Chieftains on Tuesday, powered by an outstanding offensive performance from Abby Yandell. Yandell drove in four runs on tw...

Aug. 22, 2025 - Photos courtesy of Tiffany Bell Season Opens Friday, Sept. 29th at Verdigris, 7 p.m.

Patrick Ford, News Editor Okmulgee High School students will begin classes on Tuesday, Aug. 19, at the C.A.A.T. (formerly Eastside Elementary) campus after structural issues at the historic OHS buildi...

Green Country Technology Center (GCTC) has once again earned the prestigious Oklahoma CareerTech Gold Star School distinction for 2025, marking the third consecutive year the district has received thi...

Mabrey Bank is proud to announce two internal promotions that further solidify the bank’s footprint in Okmulgee and the surrounding communities of East Central Oklahoma. Tim Davis, who has spent the l...

E. Dayle James OHP Baker 52 - Okmulgee County 10 has finished his watch. E. Dayle James, of Okmulgee, was born in Muskogee, OK, June 21, 1948 to Kenneth Edward James and Maxine (Elsey) James. He passe...

As the sun rises on a new chapter for the Class of 2025, the excitement is palpable across Okmulgee County. This is more than a graduation - it is a tribute to perseverance, hard work and the unbreaka...

In a storybook ending to an already incredible season, Morris High School has captured its first-ever National Championship - seizing the Very Small School title at the 2025 NAQT Very Small School Nat...

East Central Electric Cooperative will be hosting a candidate forum for the three candidates for Senate District 8 on Monday, May 5, at 6:30 p.m. at their Okmulgee headquarters. Candidates Nathan Brew...

The Okmulgee Area Development Corporation (OADC) is set to launch a major infrastructure project at the Okmulgee Business Complex (OBC), marking a major step in revitalizing a historic site and drivin...

When Josh Crutchmer, a proud Okmulgee native and New York Times editor, says he hasn’t lost his “Okmulgee state of mind,” you can believe it. That hometown heartbeat shows up in every part of his stor...

Green Country Technology Center (GCTC) is seeking voter support for a Building Fund Levy Increase on May 13 to aid the expansion and modernization of career training programs for students and adults i...

If you’ve ever misplaced your keys, needed a bandaid, felt lost in life, or just needed someone to look you in the eye and say, “You’ve got this,” there’s a good chance that person was a woman. And, i...

Okmulgee residents, business leaders, and educators came together on February 27 at Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology (OSUIT) to celebrate a major step forward in the city’s digital tr...