South County Law held their Veterans Day Dinner and Light Display to honor local military veterans and their families. The dinner was catered by OSUIT’s Culinary Arts department. Pictured above is Dru...

The Okmulgee Times has begun accepting donations for our annual “Giving Tree” to assist the Okmulgee County Homeless Shelter and CASA during the winter months. Anyone wishing to donate is encouraged t...

The Okmulgee County Sheriff ’s Office, in conjunction with the District 25 Violent Crime Task Force, is investigating a shooting that occurred in the Dentonville area during the morning hours of Nov. ...

With Christmas quickly approaching, the Okmulgee County Salvation Army is in need of volunteers to sign up to ring the bells at Walmart. Donating just two hours of your time will make a difference in ...

The Annual Fred Gragg Veterans Appreciation Luncheon was held Saturday, Nov. 6, in Langston. Mrs. Archietta Burch James, Author of ”Francis Clinton: A Buffalo Soldier, and American Hero” was the guest...

Dan Artussee was sworn in as District 3 commissioner, after winning last week’s special election. Artussee replaces James Connors who retired in June. Connors was in attendance to support his former e...

The Morris School football field has a new name, following last week’s meeting of the board. The board approved naming the field as “Larry Bookout Field.” A longtime coach at Morris, Bookout was prese...

Two men who escaped the Moore Detention Center in Okmulgee Friday are back in federal custody following a weekend long search in Rogers County Ṁembers of the U.S. Marshalls as well as the Rogers Count...

Your Okmulgee Times is excited to announce the First Annual Cookie Crawl. The Cookie Crawl will be held Saturday, Nov. 27 in conjunction with Shop Small Saturday. Those wishing to participate are aske...

“You are in for a treat today,” Superintendent Renee Dove said, in welcoming the Okmulgee High School student body, along with community guests last week. OHS Assistant Principal David Dunlap opened t...

Eight Seconds. That was the amount of time the Dewar Dragons needed to begin their rout of the Cave Springs Hornets last Thursday night at Dr. Ted Lewis Stadium in Dewar. The Dragons scored on the fir...

The Beggs Golden Demons began their journey towards snapping their 44-year championship drought this past Friday night at Golden Demon Stadium in Beggs. The Demons used a 30-point first half en route ...

The Schulter varsity basketball program hosted the Hanna Dragons and Lady Dragons to town for a regular-season showdown. The host Schulter cage squads came away with a split decision last Friday with ...

Jubilee Christian Center Shekinah Glory to Minister Nov. 21 Pastors Dale and Colleen Litsey of Jubilee Christian Center invite the public to a special meeting with Shekinah Glory of Tulsa Sunday, Nov....

“Let us be thankful for the fools,” wrote Mark Twain. “But for them the rest of us could not succeed.” Is there more to thankfulness than this rather cynical view expressed by one of America’s most be...

DEAR ABBY: A lady friend of mine I’ve known for more than 20 years and I recently lost our spouses to COVID in the same hospital, four rooms apart from each other. During the 2 1/2 weeks that our spou...

A warning to readers: this column contains graphic details. Oklahoma inmate John Grant was executed at 4:21 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28. On Nov. 13, 1998, Grant, serving time for armed robbery, fatally sta...