The Preston Pirates traveled to Oktaha on Thursday to continue their journey towards their first fall baseball state tournament appearance since 2005. After capturing the Class A district championship...

The Morris Lady Eagles closed out their regular-season schedule Tuesday evening at home against the Mannford Lady Pirates. Tuesday’s regular-season finale was used as a tune-up for the Lady Eagles pri...

The Henryetta Lady Knight fastpitch softball team finished their regular-season schedule Monday evening in Bristow, battling the host Bristow Lady Pirates. Prior to Monday’s 4-1 loss to Bristow, the L...

Steer wrestler Riley Duvall needed a huge performance at the ProRodeo Tour Finale at California Rodeo Salinas to have any hope of qualifying for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Duvall entered the ...

Tuesday’s Okmulgee Lions Club meeting was more of a historical lesson of one man’s passion, but could almost chronicle the “taming of the West,” or maybe more appropriately, “claiming of the West”, al...

Beginning this month, the City of Okmulgee will begin a leaf collection program for residential customers. This will help keep storm drains and catch basins clean to prevent localized flooding and imp...

Many times those that are part of the foster care community find they are in need of specific items they don’t always have the extra funds to purchase. Foster families in the Okmulgee County area have...

The OSSAA State Cheerleading Competition saw three teams from Okmulgee County compete this past weekend. Though no one came away with the title of State Champion, each athlete put on a show for their ...

Mayor Leon Anderson of the Town of Grayson, invites the public to attend their annual Gumbo Fest this Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. The festival is the town’s main fundraiser to help maintain the town...

The Okmulgee YMCA recently joined the Greater Tulsa YMCA family. The new partnership was celebrated with a tailgate party this past Thursday with games and giveaways for the whole family. Mother Tucke...

Protestors gathered in front of the Muscogee Nation Council House Friday, Sept. 24 to show their concerns with the Nation’s Indian Child Welfare Act. The protest, organized by Brenda Golden, allowed c...

The Okmulgee Public Library is excited to announce the return of the mystery grab bag book sale. The book sale will begin Oct. 4th, and will end Oct. 18th. The cost for the bags are $5, and we will be...

The greatest truth in all the world is to know that God loves us personally. Nothing can compare with this knowledge. It is an awesome thing to realize that love is Who God is, not just what He does. ...

This week, I’m back after taking a break from writing this column for the last few months. My team has had some personal business growth in our insurance office and that has been exciting, but I’m bac...

DEAR ABBY: I recently got back in touch with an old flame from 12 years ago. We never dated in the past because he was an alcoholic and not in a good place. A month ago, he added me on Snapchat, and w...

According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, roughly 40 million American adults have been diagnosed with a variety of anxiety disorders. Of these, only 37 percent are actively recei...

I have heard it said that confession is good for the soul. I’m not sure where that saying came from, but in most cases I believe it is a true statement. We, who are Christians, are even instructed in ...

Imagine the surprise. From childhood, I had never been an early riser, apart from Christmas mornings and the like. Then, at the ripe age of 33, I experimented. I adjusted the alarm hand on my little b...

October 1 is National Homemade Cookie Day!!!! Bakers everywhere rejoice as they fire up ovens around the Nation to bake a few batches of cookies to celebrate. Ok, maybe not so many, but I was so excit...