Several county residents began filing their Declarations of Candidacy on Monday at the Okmulgee County Election Board office. The filing period ends today at 5 p.m. for school board posts and the City...

Have you been searching for a career change but are unsure what industries are growing in our area? Are you interested in learning more in order to move up in one of the largest growing industries in ...

The Wilson Tiger varsity basketball team suffered a 61-31 defeat to the Webbers Falls Warriors. The 30-point setback came Monday evening in the opening round of the 2021 Wilson Tiger Classic. The open...

The Dewar Lady Dragon varsity basketball team kicked off their 2021-2022 season Monday afternoon at the 2021 Wilson Tiger Classic. The Lady Dragons were unable to begin their campaign on a winning not...

The Okmulgee Bulldog varsity basketball team scratched and clawed for their first win of the 2021-2022 season this past Friday night at the McAlester High School gymnasium. The Bulldogs evened their s...

Okmulgee senior Brendan McCall attempts to pin an opponent’s shoulders to the mat during this past Saturday’s Okmulgee Bulldog Classic wrestling tournament at historic Brock Memorial Gymnasium in Okmu...

The annual Preston Basketball Tournament will take place this Thursday-Saturday at the Jim Waller Event Center in Preston. The 3-day event will get underway Thursday at 10 a.m. with a girls first-roun...

The Dewar Dragon varsity football team’s hopes for a repeat state championship came to an end this past Friday night in Enid. The defending Class B state champion Dragons suffered a 40-28 defeat to th...

The championship drought for the Beggs varsity football team extended to 46 seasons this past Friday night. The Demons’ championship drought continued following their heartbreaking 14-8 loss to the to...

The Morris varsity basketball program took to the road for the first time in 2021-2022 this past Friday, traveling to Kiefer for a meeting with the host Kiefer Trojans and Lady Trojans. The Morris cag...

The Wilson varsity basketball program suffered a pair of road losses this past Friday evening at Paden High School. The Lady Tigers attempted to overcome a double-digit halftime deficit, but was unabl...

The Okmulgee Lady Bulldogs dropped their second-straight game to begin the 2021-2022 campaign this past Friday evening at McAlester. The second-straight loss of the season came to the host McAlester L...

The Henryetta varsity basketball program began the home portion of their 2021-2022 regular season schedule this past Friday, hosting the Kellyville Ponies and Lady Ponies. The Henryetta cage squads we...

St. Michael Catholic Church 3rd Sunday of Advent (Zep. 3:14-18/Phil. 4:4-7/Lk. 3:10-18) Luke’s Gospel message on the Third Sunday of Advent is: “What Must We Do?” The people of today’s Gospel seemed t...

DEAR ABBY: I was in a relationship (nine months) up until about a month ago. Without going into a lot of detail, the guy I was seeing ghosted me without any warning. We had a great conversation on a T...

Over the weekend, I drove down to Arlington to watch some college football with friends from my days at Oklahoma State. While the game did not end the way I had hoped, it was still a great time and a ...

A family program in Okmulgee County will benefit from additional funding announced this week. Oklahoma Human Services (OKDHS) announced Wednesday the investment of $27 million of Temporary Assistance ...