Morris Community of Christ Church Fundraiser and Bingo will be held this Saturday night, Nov 5. at the Morris High School Cafetorium. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event has not been held the last...

Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program serves residents in nursing, assisted living and residential care homes. The Program is administered by the Department of Human Services under the authority of the Old...

The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) announced this week the official hard launch of its revamped digital identity verification system, VerifyOK. This new tool will help make the claims ...

Valerie Naumann has been busy sewing for the Prairie Bell OHCE Christmas Craft Show. She will be selling beautiful baby blankets, cloth baby books, quilts and many other handmade items. The craft show...

Julie’s School of Dance in Okmulgee is still taking enrollment for the 2022-23 dance season. Attendees will be able to learn tap, ballet and jazz. Classes are open to 3-10 year olds. Dance offers a di...

A formal groundbreaking ceremony was held Oct. 27 at the Okmulgee Business Complex, located at Highway 75 and Fairgrounds Road. The property, a former oil refinery, went through remediation in the lat...

Okmulgee County precinct locations will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Nov. 8 for the General Election. Early voting at the Okmulgee County Courthouse began Wednesday and ends Saturday. Hours today ...

Katie McElhaney named YMCA Director of the Year Okmulgee County Family YMCA Executive Director Katie McElhaney was recently named Director of the Year by the YMCA of Greater Tulsa. Last week, YMCA pat...

Dr. Lahoma (Hicks) Schultz announced her candidacy for Principal Chief of the Muscogee Nation Thursday at the Bacone College Chapel in Muskogee. Her decision to run for office was based on grass roots...

The Okmulgee County Consortium, in conjunction with the Oklahoma Mental Health & Substance Abuse and OSU Institute of Technology, will hold a Naloxone Training on Monday, Nov. 14 at 10 a.m. The meetin...

The Schulter Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs will open their 2022-2023 varsity basketball season this Tuesday at Butner. Tuesday’s season opener will begin with girls action at 6:30 p.m. followed by the bo...

The Okmulgee Junior Football Association came away with a split decision in last Saturday’s Red Dirt Football League playoff opener. The Okmulgee third and sixth grade squads earned shutout wins to ad...

The 2022 regular-season schedule for all six Okmulgee County varsity football programs concluded Thursday evening. The final regular-season game of 2022 will feature one county team seeking to punch t...

Jervais Goree and the Preston Pirate varsity basketball team will open their 2022-2023 season Friday evening at home against Okarche. Goree and the Pirates will take the court for the first time in 20...

LARRY OWEN SPORTS EDITOR The Henryetta youth football program will begin postseason play Saturday in Eufaula. The Lil Knight gridiron squads, who are competing in the Southeast Youth Football League i...

Once again, Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology (OSUIT), Okmulgee, has come through by receiving a grant totaling over $750,000 to train fiber optics technicians, which was the program f...

When I was just a lad, I lived with my family in Little Rock where I enrolled in first grade and began my formal education. My dad worked for a construction company that erected several large office c...

Okmulgee Primary is hosting a 5K & 1 Mile Fun Run on Saturday, to raise money for additional play spaces with new playground equipment for students. “This is for everyone, walkers and runners,” Assist...

Congratulations to South County Law Firm (above) and Miss Mary’s Market (below) on winning Okmulgee Main Street’s Scare on the Square decorating contests. The winners received baskets from Midge & Mil...

Having had an opportunity to serve on the Oklahoma Transportation Commission, District 1, for the Sate of Oklahoma, I had the privilege of meeting and working with a number of county commissioners ove...