07/16/2023 1:03 a.m. - A1 Mechanics - Welfare Check Trucker picked up a trailer, payment was made, but no further contact. RP last spoke at 11:00 p.m. the night before. 1:26 a.m. - 1700 Block Glennon ...

8th & Seminole • Okmulgee www.fumcokmulgee.org Please come join us this Sunday morning! Sunday School for all ages begins at 9:30 a.m. Our combined Traditional/Contemporary Worship Service begins at 1...

“There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.” - George Orwell, 1984 In 2021, the American Library Association recorded over 1,5...

What a privilege - to walk on this earth with the God of Heaven! I am thinking today of a friend who was injured in a near fatal automobile accident some years ago. After coming out of a month-long co...

Seafood is one of my all-time favorites, as anyone who reads my column should have ascertained by now. I have done two columns on shrimp, a column on crab and I have included many recipes in between f...

I must confess, I have said some pretty stupid things in my life. At times those statements were made simply because I was not well enough informed. What is more disturbing is when those stupid statem...

Empowering People to Influence the Decisions Affecting Their Lives Dear Okmulgee and Okmulgee County Community, One of the hardest things for me to see is a neighbor feeling like they are being taken ...

Dear Editor, On Sunday, July 30, we celebrated ‘Christmas-in-July’ with the clients of Miami Terrace. It was a wonderful, beautiful and blessed event. This letter is written to thank the kind-hearted ...

Patrick Ford Editor The Okmulgee County Criminal Justice Authority suffered a tragic loss last Thursday, July 20. Sgt. Azlan, a three-year-old German Shepherd, Belgian Malinois mix, succumbed to an un...

AG Drummond addresses major issues Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond visited Okmulgee County on a listening tour Monday to discuss issues facing the state. Drummond was in Henryetta Monday mo...

Two people are in custody, after a child welfare check revealed abused children. Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice stated on Monday, June 12, around 6 p.m., deputies responded to the 1300 block of Sou...

Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice stated on Monday, June 12, around 6 p.m., deputies responded to the 1300 block of South Oklahoma Street on a welfare check. Upon their arrival, deputies located three...

My wife inherited a youth choir. It was started by a member of our church, but when his job took him to another city, the choir needed a new leader. My wife was asked to take it over and she agreed to...

FFA shows off new trophies The Morris School board met for their regular monthly meeting on May 8. The meeting was called to order, and the minutes from the regular meeting on April 10, as well as the...

OHS Seniors Kevin Washington and Alexander Armstrong were awarded scholarships of $1,000 each by the Future Farmers of America, in collaboration with Harlan Ford Inc. in Okmulgee. Shawn Morris, Genera...

Lighthorse investigating incident Around 4 a.m. on Tuesday morning, at least three people broke into the Big Dollar Pawn shop, located off Highway 75 south of Okmulgee. The thieves are said to have st...

The Okmulgee Lions Club once again hosted the breakfast for the Okmulgee High School Class of 2023 Wednesday morning at the First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. The seniors, sporting their class...

County officials assess damage to buildings; investigation continues A man was injured following a shooting at the Okmulgee Fairgrounds early Sunday morning. The shooting at the site was during an aft...

Cook, Clark address concerns, issues Earlier this week, the Okmulgee County Board of County Commissioners passed a resolution transferring operations of the Okmulgee County Regional Dispatch Center to...

Okmulgee High School student Brooklyn Scott was honored recently by the VFW District 7 and Post 1189 commander. Brooklyn was the local winner of the Voice of Democracy (VOD) Essay Contest, which quali...