As the Fiber Technician Training program prepares to begin it’s fourth class, Instructor Tim Caudle says he is looking forward to seeing the new students begin training in a growing, life changing car...

The Okmulgee varsity basketball program suffered a pair of setbacks Tuesday evening at historic Brock Memorial Gymnasium. The host Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs found themselves on the losing end in thei...

Three Okmulgee County football players will compete in one final high school football game this summer. Two players from Dewar and one player from Beggs, who both reached the semifinal round in their ...

Three Beggs senior football players earned postseason honors recently. Standouts Kyron Grayson, Maliek Bogard, and Charlie Mason were named to the Oklahoma Coaches Association’s All-Star By Class Team...

Okmulgee residents will have four more chances to sign up their children for this summer’s Okmulgee Youth Baseball and Softball League action. In order for their children to participate in this summer...

100 years ago: Investigators were looking into a shortfall of $34,614 at the Preston Bank. Jurors are quizzed in a Henryetta election scandal case. “Mayor of Wildcat Breaks into Jail” - Marion Porter’...

DEAR ABBY: My ex-wife and I were divorced seven years ago. It was my doing. I had two affairs, the second of which resulted in my current marriage. I have always regretted my actions and the pain it c...

Tiny, our wire-haired-terrier mutt dog was a rascal. We got him from the animal shelter in Alaska. Even though he was smaller than other dogs in the neighborhood, he would back them down in confrontat...

Our friendship with Ed and Bonnie stretches back some 44 years and got its launch a mere stone’s throw from the equator. My wife and I, having lived in East Africa some years were relocating to Kenya’...

After working all day and then working out at the YMCA after work, when I get home, I don’t want to cook an elaborate meal. I spend my weekends cooking the largest meals, but I tend to take it easy du...

At a recent banquet, the Wilson Volunteer Fire Department honored recent retirees John Ritter and Kenneth Billbe. Chief David Kennedy says while both men retired after their many years of service from...

St. Michael Catholic Church 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Is. 6:1-8/1 Cor. 15:1-11/Lk. 5:1-11) In today’s Gospel, the Lord Jesus asked Simon Peter to do something that at first looked pretty stupid! Ev...

“God’s love is so big, almost nobody can explain it,” says Jamie, age 8. “It’s bigger than 999,999,999 gallons of chocolate milk. No one really knows how big his love is, but all I know is that he lov...

We will start February with some sweetheart deals. All cat adoptions have been reduced to $35 and our dogs will be $65 each. All are totally vetted and up-to-date on shots, flea and heartworm preventi...

The Okmulgee Chamber of Commerce Pecan Festival Committee is accepting submissions for the 2022 Pecan Festival T-Shirt Design. Deadline for submissions will be Friday, Feb. 4. “The winner will receive...

The third class of Fiber Technician Training students gathered before friends, family and instructor Tim Caudle during their graduation ceremony Friday evening. The course is provided through a partne...

Rogers State University and Connors State College have announced their Fall 2021 Honor Rolls. Listed below are Okmulgee County recipients. RSU President’s Honor Roll • Ashely Brown, Beggs • Skyler Dri...