The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from July business. The monies they reported this period represent sales fr...

4-H Results Section 106 • Salad Making - Natalie Norem, Jr. Salad - 1st • Table Setting - Mattie Story, Jr. Picnic - 1st • Table Setting - Natalie Norem, Jr. Casual - 1st --- Section 108 - Tractor Dri...

Beggs coach Rodney Tate was brought to tears last Friday night as the sign was revealed dedicating the Beggs High School football field as “Tate Field” in his honor. Tate, a 1978 Beggs High School gra...

Covington Aircraft has donated an airplane to Okmulgee School’s Center for Aerospace and Advanced Technologies (C.A.A.T.). The King Air A100 by Beechcraft will be housed on the C.A.A.T. campus. Wade L...

Several Memorandums of Understanding were approved during Monday’s meeting of the Okmulgee County board of commissioners. Approved were: • Memorandum of Agreement with Muscogee Creek Nation • Memorand...

With no measurable rainfall during the past seven days and the already dormant vegetation, the current fire danger continues to be at a critical level. The Okmulgee County Commissioners have again iss...

The Henryetta Golden Knight varsity football team awarded head coach Weston McGill his first coaching win this past Friday night with a 46-28 rout of the host Hartshorne Miners. The 18-point win came ...

The Okmulgee Junior Football Association hosted the Cushing Tigers in four junior football games this past Saturday at historic Harmon Field. The host Junior Bulldogs battled their way to a complete 4...

For the first time in 61 games played, the Morris Eagle varsity football team did not allow an opponent to reach the end zone in a contest. The last time the Eagles pitched a shutout on the football f...

The Dewar Dragon varsity football team extended its regular-season winning streak to 37 games this past Friday with a 60-12 thrashing of the host Depew Hornets. The latest regular-season victory came ...

For the first time since October 2020 - and third time overall, the Wilson Tiger varsity football team notched their second-straight win of the 2022 campaign this past Friday night in Bowlegs. The Tig...

The Dewar Lady Dragon varsity fastpitch softball team closed out the home portion of their 2022 regular-season schedule last Thursday evening. The final home opponent for the Lady Dragons in 2022 was ...

The Beggs Golden Demon varsity football team dropped their second-straight regular-season game for the first time since 2015 this past Friday night with a 40-6 loss to the visiting Verdigris Cardinals...

The Preston Lady Pirate varsity fastpitch softball team concluded their district schedule last Friday with a 9-0 victory over the Gore Lady Pirates. Prior to their shutout win over Gore, the Preston d...

The Henryetta Lady Knight varsity fastpitch softball team suffered a 10-6 loss last Thursday evening to the Haskell Lady Haymakers. The 4-point setback came in District 3A-7 action and was the final (...

The Morris Lady Eagle varsity fastpitch softball team notched a pair of home wins last Thursday evening. The Lady Eagles’ latest victories came in a doubleheader showdown with the Weleetka Lady Outlaw...

The Beggs Lady Demon varsity fastpitch softball team overcame an early deficit in this past Friday’s road meeting with Liberty (Mounds) to notch their second win of the 2022 campaign. The Lady Demons ...

“I think the angels wrote the verses, and God helped the angels type it out,” says Sara, 8. That’s a lot of typing, but I think there’s more to the story. Scriptures record messages delivered by angel...

There is hopefully good news coming soon for many Oklahoma expectant mothers. The Helping Every Life and Parent, or HELP Task force was convened by the governor to look at ways to support expectant mo...

DEAR ABBY: I went to college in France. It was my lifelong dream to move here and start my own life in this beautiful country. I succeeded. I married and had a child, but the marriage didn’t work out....