The Okmulgee County Board of Commissioners held their first meeting of the year Tuesday morning. The members reviewed and signed the Plan Cover Page for the Dentonville Road Project Phases I and II. A...

Okmulgee County Treasurer Vonna Lampkins, right, and staff member Genny Mooney, collects mail from the drop box in front of the courthouse. Residents wishing to make their property tax payments can us...

The Town of Grayson will hold a nonpartisan General Election at a Special Town Meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 1. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. with voting at 6:30 p.m. It will be held at the Grayson Communit...

The Okmulgee Chamber of Commerce’s first 2022 Legislative Forum will be Jan. 7 at 8 a.m., says Chamber Executive Director Kay Rabbitt-Brower. The forum will be held on the 6th floor of the McCulloch B...

The jobless rate in Okmulgee County was reported at 2.6 percent for the month of November, according to figures from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. This number was unchanged from Septemb...

Tamara Fleming Laughlin, left, and Mable Fleming of Randy’s Foods in Okmulgee presented Leman Lewis a check to assist in the restoration project for the former Black Hospital, now called the Landmark ...

Okmulgee County Election Board Secretary Ashley Carnes is issuing a reminder to citizens about upcoming deadlines. The Voter Registration Deadline for the Feb. 8 election is Jan. 14. “All absentee app...

The Okmulgee varsity basketball program began the second-half portion of their 2021-2022 season Monday evening at Hilldale High School. The OHS cage squads suffered a pair of double-digit setbacks to ...

The Henryetta Event Center will be the site for the 2022 Henryetta Invitational Basketball Tournament. The annual 3-day tournament will take place Thursday-Saturday and will feature 16 talented teams ...

Two Okmulgee County basketball programs had scheduled games for the 2021-2022 season pushed back due to the high school football playoffs. The Dewar and Beggs varsity basketball programs were schedule...

Seven of the eight high school basketball programs in Okmulgee County will be competing at various tournaments this coming weekend. The only county school not competing at a tournament this weekend wi...

St. Michael Catholic Church The Baptism of the Lord (Is. 40:1-5…/Titus 2:11-14…/Lk. 3:15-22) Last Sunday, We celebrated the Solemnity of the Epiphany. The word of “Epiphany” means “manifestation.” The...

Before we look at what my friends had to say about hope, consider this newspaper ad: “Hope chest: Brand new, half price, long story.” Instead of a long story, try a long time, says Megan, age 7: “I th...

DEAR ABBY: Our daughter has been married for three years to a wonderful guy she dated for 10 years and loves dearly. Because she doesn’t like his last name, she chose to maintain her maiden name. He u...

Dear Editor: It takes a village to provide a service which the Okmulgee Salvation Army Advisory Council can attest to year after year in sponsoring the many charitable acts in our community. The Angel...

Happy New Year! I hope your celebration of the beginning of 2022 was fun, and in these current times, safe! Like so many of you, I contemplated my New Year’s resolutions. Doing that made me curious ab...