“No matter what type of business you’re in, good customer service is vitally important,” Kay Rabbitt-Brower, executive director of the Okmulgee Chamber of Commerce, said. “That is why the Chamber is s...

Morris Schools are gearing up for their annual Homecoming festivities next week. A Homecoming Parade will be held on Thursday, Sept. 23, beginning at 1:30 p.m. The parade begins at the Morris Church o...

A man was hospitalized following an accident Tuesday afternoon in northern Okmulgee County. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported the crash at 2:30 p.m. on U.S. 75 southbound at 281st Street. Injured i...

Half of the Okmulgee County varsity football teams will be in action Friday night with two of the three gridiron squads hosting their Week 3 opponents. The original regular-season schedule had only tw...

The Beggs high school cross country program will compete Friday at Mohawk Park in Tulsa at the Owasso Invitational. The Demon and Lady Demon runners will be looking for good placement at the event tha...

The Beggs Lady Demon varsity fastpitch softball team dropped a pair of district contests earlier this week to the Eufaula Lady Ironheads. The district doubleheader loss to the Lady Ironheads keeps the...

The battle for the District 3A-7 title got a little bit tighter earlier this week with the Morris Lady Eagles taking two narrow wins over their arch rivals, the Henryetta Lady Knights. The Lady Eagles...

The Okmulgee Lady Bulldog fastpitch softball team saw their dreams of a postseason appearance in 2021 fade away with a pair of double-digit losses to the Holdenville Lady Wolverines earlier this week....

Three Okmulgee County cheerleading squads will compete in Stroud this weekend. The teams will be vying for the OSSAA Cheer Regional Championships for 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A and 6A, as well as Small Co-Ed and ...

Think you have what it takes to cook the perfect steak? There is an opportunity this Saturday to do so, along with helping raise money for the Morris School football program. On Sept. 18, a Steak Cook...

Sometimes the game of life parallels the game of baseball in the bottom of the ninth inning with the bases loaded and the coach is looking for that pinch hitter to come through for the team. When the ...

A former student of a longtime Okmulgee teacher who recently passed is paying tribute and thanking her for the last influence on her life. Wanda Rose Legako passed away July 10. Many Okmulgee school r...

Okmulgee Dunbar Principal Clayton Vaughn congratulates the September Support and Certified employees of the month, Marcus Jeffrey and Buffy Daniels. A big thanks to them for their hard work and dedica...

Given the unpredictability of Oklahoma weather, homeowners may still be running air conditioners and fans for several more weeks. However, energy management adjustments should begin now. Nearly half t...

The state’s pecan producers are expecting a larger harvest than last year, but still below average due to a cold snap in April, according to an Oklahoma State University Extension specialist. Weather ...

September 17 Schulter Methodist Church Benefit Yard Sale | Schulter Methodist Church continues Friday, Sept. 17, beginning at 8 a.m. The sale will feature all sorts of items - stop by and shop. Septem...

It was Christmas. The family had gathered. The presents had been opened and preparations for the big family dinner were underway. We had planned a simple worship time at the church for that morning, f...

DEAR ABBY: I am a guy who is 27. I have always been somewhat shy and reserved, but I do like people and I like mixing. After more than a year of being “locked down” during the COVID-19 pandemic, altho...

Who on earth wants to enter a profession or trade they will come to hate? Training for a life as a bull rider when you are wired to work with spread sheets for an accounting firm is a path that just m...

Fall is just around the corner and the days will soon be cooling down. Fingers crossed because it’s supposed to happen next week! YAY! People walking by the windows of our downtown office will go from...