First responders worked the scene of a two-vehicle wreck Thursday morning at the junction of Highway 75 and Loop 56 diverting traffic in the southbound lane. The accident, involving a Muscogee Lightho...

Beggs High School’s National Honor Society Chapter inducted 17 new members last night during ceremonies held in the performing arts center. As part of the ceremony, four young ladies were also introdu...

Candidates for the Board of Education in 10 Okmulgee County school districts will file Declarations of Candidacy beginning 8 a.m. Monday. Also, candidates for the City of Okmulgee Councilmember at Lar...

The Okmulgee County Home & Community Education held their winter meeting Thursday and made a special presentation to the Okmulgee Police Department. The bears will be given to children in Okmulgee Cou...

The Okmulgee Festival of Lights Parade returns on Thursday. The downtown parade, sponsored by Okmulgee Main Street, will kick off at 7 p.m. Dec. 9. This year’s theme is “An Okmulgee Christmas.” Line-u...

The Beggs Area Chamber of Commerce is ready to kick off Jingle Bell Days tomorrow morning with activities for the family lasting throughout the day. “This is our biggest event of the year,” Ali Goebel...

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol is investigating two crashes that happened Wednesday in Okmulgee County. The first accident, reported at 2:38 p.m., took place on Gun Club Road and Mission Lane. A Chevy pi...

A preliminary hearing was held Tuesday afternoon at the Okmulgee County Courthouse before the Honorable Judge Deborah Reheard. The case involving Joshua Jay Carl Coale was among those on the docket. C...

Morris and Henryetta renewed their basketball rivalry Tuesday evening at the Don Shoemake Fieldhouse in Morris. Both county cage programs came away with a victory in Tuesday’s meeting, which was also ...

The Okmulgee varsity basketball program kicked off their 2021-2022 season Tuesday evening at home against the Hilldale Hornets and Lady Hornets. The host Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs were unable to begi...

The annual Wilson Tiger Classic basketball tournament will take place next week at the Tiger Den at Wilson (Henryetta) High School. The annual week-long tournament will feature 16 talented teams (8 gi...

The Beggs Golden Demon varsity football team is two wins away from snapping its current 45-year championship drought. The latest obstacle in the Demons’ dreams of winning their first state championshi...

If the Dewar Dragon varsity football team is to have the chance to defend their state championship in 2021, they will need to overcome one final obstacle this Friday night. The only hurdle left for th...

The varsity basketball teams from Wilson and Schulter met Tuesday evening in Schulter to conclude the home-and-home regular-season series between the two Okmulgee County schools. The Wilson squads too...

The Preston varsity basketball program notched their first sweep Tuesday at Kellyville. The Lady Pirates evened their season record at 2-2 with a 55-42 victory over the host Kellyville Lady Ponies in ...

Okmulgee Schools Superintendent Renee Dove is pictured above left with the district’s Child Nutrition Director Chef Jim Price and his trophy after the USA BMX Grand Nationals last week at Tulsa’s Expo...

Whether we realize it or not we all face many giants of various kinds in life. Our giants are things that challenge or oppose us and we see them as being bigger and stronger than we are. When we look ...

Tuesday’s Okmulgee Lions Club meeting was a much-anticipated program because it possibly had answers to questions you wanted to know but were afraid to ask, or didn’t know who to ask. The program was ...

The Cultural Center & Archives Department, along with the Creek Nation Council House, is holding their Light Up Council House Square event. This week, Muscogee Nation departments and community organiz...

The Okmulgee Salvation Army is needing the community’s help with the Angel Tree, located at Walmart. According to board member Pat Wilson, “On our Angel Tree, someone took the tags - the bottom part -...