First United Methodist Church 8th & Seminole • Okmulgee www.fumcokmulgee.org Plan to join us this Sunday morning! Our traditional worship begins in the Sanctuary at 9 a.m. followed by Sunday School fo...

The months of December and January are traditionally more difficult to get programs for the Okmulgee Lions Club because of the holidays, and everybody is busy and don’t want to be bothered by us. Such...

I like black licorice. I always have. I think that as a child, it was probably my favorite candy. If I found a penny, or a soda pop bottle that I could trade in for two cents, I would immediately be o...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married nine years and have four children, ages 5, 3, 2 and 9 months. For the past three years, my husband has been attending a weeklong music festival where he c...

What is Financial Exploitation? Financial Exploitation occurs when a person misuses or takes the assets of a vulnerable adult for his/her own personal benefits. This frequently occurs without the expl...

Oxymoron: a figure of speech in which words appear to contradict one another. “Pilgrimage of a downward ascent” is probably a phrase that qualifies. And gives us a fitting description of a person’s jo...

First United Methodist Church 8th & Seminole • Okmulgee www.fumcokmulgee.org Plan to join us this Sunday morning! Our traditional worship begins in the Sanctuary at 9 a.m. followed by Sunday School fo...

I figured this week I would use some easy recipes that wouldn’t cost much to make. While rice also works as a cheap meal, I concentrated my efforts on pasta. Rice leaves me hungry again a lot sooner t...

Okmulgee Schools All breakfast served with juice. Choice of 1% or Fat Free Milk offered each day at breakfast and lunch. For high school, juice, fruit and salad bar is also offered daily for lunch.   ...

The Jan. 10 meeting of the Okmulgee County Republicans will feature newly elected District 24 Representative Chris Banning and two of the four Okmulgee City Council Ward 2 candidates: Steven Baldridge...