The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces the availability of Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge (NWR/refuge) Orphaned Well Program Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for public review a...

DEAR ABBY: I’m a woman in my early 50s who has been through two divorces. This may make me sound like a bad person, but I’m really nice and quite conservative. I just make poor choices when it comes t...

Oklahoma Human Services announced this week that emergency payments intended to increase households’ monthly Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in response to the pandemic are c...

Every time there is a City Council election, the Okmulgee Area Development Corp. invites the candidates into our conference room for a briefing on who we are, what our mission is and what the status i...

Candidates interested in filing for a municipal office for the City of Beggs, Henryetta, Morris, and Town of Dewar in Okmulgee County will file Declarations of Candidacy at 8 a.m. Monday, Feb. 6. Ashl...

Okmulgee High School has announced the Superintendent and Principals Honor Rolls for the fall semester, 2022-23 school year. Students having All A’s with a 4.0 grade point average are listed on the Su...

Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma kicked off the 2023 Girl Scout Cookie season Jan. 21, as Girl Scouts and their troops are rallying their communities to support the world’s largest entrepreneurial prog...

Gerard A. Alexander, longtime coach at Bristow and Beggs Schools, was one of the 2023 inductees in the Oklahoma Track Coaches Hall of Fame. The event was held Jan. 13 at Grand Hotel and Resort in Shaw...

Tuesday was a prime example of why I try not to schedule out-of-town programs for January and February, because we never know what the weather might bring. And, sure enough, true to its calling, it br...

The winter storm that hit Oklahoma Tuesday brought several inches of snow to the southern part of the state, while most of Okmulgee County saw no precipitation. Meteorologists had predicted approximat...

As quoted in a recent column, Philippians 4:8 reminds us, “Whatsoever things are true ... honest ... just ... pure ... lovely ... of good report, if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, th...

The Okmulgee Times and the community recognize the men and women who are at the forefront of keeping our cities safe. Be sure to look inside for the special edition in honor of the various police, fir...