With the start of the fall season, and cooler temperatures expected, it is time to start thinking about the Okmulgee Main Street’s Harvest Spoon Chili Festival. The event will kick off Saturday, Oct. ...

The Henryetta Lady Knight fastpitch softball team closed out district play Tuesday with a 17-0 win over the Beggs Lady Demons. The shutout win for the Lady Knights was the second this week over their ...

Kinsey Maldonado and the Dewar Lady Dragons began their postseason journey Thursday at the Class A district tournament in Stonewall.

Members of the Okmulgee and Morris cross country programs competed last Saturday at the 24th Annual Lamont Frazier Invitational at Tahlequah Sequyoyah High School. Runners competed in three different ...

The Wilson Lady Tigers saw their 2022 fastpitch softball season come to a close Wednesday afternoon with a pair of losses to the Stuart Lady Hornets. The season-ending setbacks occurred in the Class B...

The Okmulgee cross country program will host its annual home meet this afternoon. The annual event, which is being held at the Okmulgee Municipal Park, located behind the Okmulgee County Family YMCA (...

The Morris Lady Eagles notched a pair of shutout wins Tuesday evening over their Okmulgee County foes, the Okmulgee Lady Bulldogs. The two Morris victories took place on the Lady Eagles’ home field an...

LARRY OWEN SPORTS EDITOR The next phase of the 2022 high school football season will get underway for five of the six Okmulgee County teams on Friday night. The next phase of 2022 is district play, wh...

I remember long ago when I was stationed on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and we would pull into a foreign port, we all dreaded hearing the standard message from the medical corps, “bend over and grab ...

Trinity Lutheran Church This Sunday, Sept. 25, is the 15th Sunday after Trinity. The readings are from 1 Kings 17:8-16, Galatians 5:25-6:10 and Matthew 6:24-34 Anxious Bondage vs. Confident Trust “You...

An Okmulgee County woman was injured in a two-vehicle crash near Miami over the weekend. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported the collision Sept. 17 at 1:25 p.m about one mile east of Miami near South...

Town Hall Meeting | A Town Hall Meeting will be held Saturday, Sept. 24, at 4 p.m. at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 1500 N. Miami Ave. Everyone is welcome. Benefit Bike Ride & Poker Run | The 8th annual Be...

The Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding this week advanced a comprehensive slate of projects to the full Legislature for consideration in an upcoming special session. The committee’s approvals,...

Green Country Technology Center has formed their very first sports team. The Green Goblins is the center’s new ESports Team. ESports teams are growing in popularity on school campuses nationwide. The ...

DEAR ABBY: My wife has been away for a while caring for her ill parents. Because I was alone, I decided to experiment with wearing women’s clothes and found that I really enjoyed wearing leggings. The...

Every life lost to suicide is one too many, and the prevalence among our nation’s veterans is alarming. In fact, military suicide rates are four times higher than deaths that occurred during military ...

Breathe in. breathe out. Without the in there can be no out. Many metaphors come to mind. This should probably come as no surprise to Christ-followers. Jesus’ whole language throbbed with allegory and...

As young ranch horses dot fields, and horsemen dream big for their future, one cannot overemphasize the importance of their steps taken during these early years. Bringing up a young horse requires con...

The worst thing a person could experience is not loss of a job, loss of health, loss of wealth or even death itself. The most tragic life one could experience is to live and die without Christ. Before...

This past weekend, I was not feeling well. Adrian took it upon himself to help me. He decided to plan my column based on foods that would help me feel better faster. He created the grocery list, went ...