The annual Okmulgee Bulldog Invitational cross country meet will take place Friday at 2 p.m. at the Okmulgee Municipal Park, located behind the Okmulgee County Family YMCA (106 W. 13th). There will be...

The Dewar Lady Dragon fastpitch softball team saw their 2021 season come to an abrupt end Wednesday evening with back-to-back 8-0 losses to the Strother Lady Yellowjackets. The shutout setbacks to Str...

Henryetta’s Avery Miller proved to be a dominating force in the circle against the Beggs Lady Demons earlier this week. The senior hurler allowed just one baserunner in six total innings, racking up 1...

The Preston Pirate fall baseball team closed out their regular-season schedule on Monday evening with a trip to New Lima High School and a showdown with the New Lima Falcons. The Pirates, who began po...

Three Okmulgee County cross country programs were in action last week, competing at three different meets. The Okmulgee cross country squad competed at the Inola Invitational last Tuesday, while the B...

The Morris Lady Eagle fastpitch softball team came away with a pair of double-digit victories over their county rivals, the Okmulgee Lady Bulldogs, Tuesday evening in Okmulgee. The Lady Eagles came ou...

The junior high school football teams from Okmulgee and Henryetta met Monday evening at Henryetta’s historic Cameron Field for a county showdown. Pictured on this page are action shots from Monday’s c...

The Preston Lady Pirate fastpitch softball team earned a split decision in their final two regular-season games earlier this week. The last two contests of the Lady Pirates’ regular-season schedule ca...

I’m hoping that most of the residents of Okmulgee County know that the Okmulgee Area Development Corp. (OADC) is your local resource for economic development services. I know many of the residents thi...

DEAR ABBY: When I found out a few months ago that my husband of 24 years had been having affairs with several men, it devastated me. I have gone to counseling to try to deal with the pain and depressi...

I don’t know if levitation is exactly the right word. I’m looking for a word that fits with something that happened to me one day that is kind of a wondrous thing, at least to me. You see, we were on ...

I’m not completely sure what caused me to pray a certain prayer. But through my young adult years, I routinely came to God with this one request. “Lord, please increase my desire for you.” There was o...

Fall really announced itself nicely this week with a cool down. It was so nice Tuesday and Wednesday. The evenings were just beautiful. I opened the door Wednesday morning and it was so crisp and cool...