The Morris varsity cross country team came away with a pair of Top 10 finishes last Saturday in Kiefer. The Lady Eagles finished ninth in the team standings at the Kiefer Trojans Meet with a team tota...

The 2022 varsity football season reached its halfway point last week. In the final five weeks of the regular season, teams will be doing their best to fight for a Top 4 spot in their respective distri...

The junior high football teams from Okmulgee and Morris went to battle with each other this past Monday evening at historic Harmon Field in Okmulgee. Pictured on this pages are action shots of Monday’...

The Okmulgee Junior Football Association will be at the friendly confines of historic Harmon Field in Okmulgee for the next two Saturdays. The Junior Bulldogs will host the Guthrie Bluejays in a 4-gam...

The Oct. 11 meeting will feature Sen. Roger Thompson and Reps. Scott Fetgatter and Logan Phillips. They will give an update looking back on 2022 and looking forward to 2023. Also, the group will honor...

Veteran and post member Pete Rogers has been researching the early history of the post and will be providing a brief history over the next few months in advance of the 100 year celebration. According ...

Tuesday’s Okmulgee Lions Club meeting was one of those required programs, the at-least one-time visit from the District Governor. And, whenever a club has a member who has been a Past District Governo...

Covington Aircraft is celebrating 50 years of business. Last week, a special celebration was held at the Okmulgee Airport, as owners Paul and Betty Abbott were honored by current leadership and staff....

The Okmulgee Lions will hold their Pancake Day event on Tuesday, Oct. 11, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, 401 S. Seminole. Tickets are now available from any Lions Club member,...

Growing up where I did - in the Zinn household, that is - there was very little pouting going on. A warning that my five brothers and I often heard was, “Straighten up that face right now, boy!” If on...

I recently had the opportunity to sit down to lunch with some of my cousins. This time, it was just one family - one boy and two girls. We are all retirement age now, but in our remembering together w...

DEAR ABBY: My niece, “Amanda,” is 19 and fairly close with my daughter “Hayley,” who is 18. Since graduating from high school and through her first year away at college, Amanda has been going out of t...

It’s a great time of the year for reflecting. Beautiful sunsets, cooler weather, sweaters, shopping for said sweaters you know fall is an entire vibe right? Well to help with that, the Okmulgee County...

So last week, I had a friend ask if I knew anyone who would take some rabbit. Someone had given it to her and she had no one to cook it for her. Not going to lie, at first, I thought of my nephew and ...