Thursday was an action-packed day for area baseball and softball teams, with multiple squads taking the field in hard-fought matchups. From big offensive innings to strong pitching performances, local...

Residents from across Okmulgee are being called to come together in faith and unity this Friday, Aug. 15, at 6 p.m. for a community prayer walk aimed at confronting violence and cover- ing the city in...

Okmulgee High School students will begin classes on Tuesday, Aug. 19, at the C.A.A.T. (formerly Eastside Elementary) campus after structural issues at the historic OHS building prompted an urgent relo...

The Okmulgee County Board of Commissioners met Monday, addressing a full agenda of routine approvals, infrastructure projects, and operational updates. The meeting opened with an invocation that inclu...

Members of the Okmulgee County Community Garden and the Okmulgee Chamber of Commerce celebrate the dedication of the Children’s Garden to longtime garden advocate Dr. Ann Alexander with a ribbon-cutti...

During its Aug. 11 meeting, the Beggs City Council approved the 2025-26 budget, along with entering into an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with Okmulgee County Emergency Management, and took action ...

The third installment of the lecture series on the History and Development of Contemporary Mvskoke Government will be held Tuesday, Aug. 19, from 6:308:30 p.m. at the College of the Muscogee Nation Le...

The Morris Public Schools Board of Education convened for its regular meeting Monday addressing a full agenda of financial reports, policy revisions, staffing changes, and preparations for the 2025-26...

The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from June business. The monies they reported this period represent sales fr...

Football fans will have a chance to meet a college football icon up close, as Jamelle Holieway, the legendary quarterback who led the Oklahoma Sooners to the 1985 NCAA National Championship, will be i...

The streets of downtown Okmulgee were lined with spectators for the annual rodeo parade Saturday afternoon. The 70th annual Roy LeBlanc Okmulgee Invitational Rodeo was held Aug. 8-9 at the Bob Arringt...

September 25, 1947 - August 11, 2025 Services are pending for Rosa Lee Turner, 77, of Okmulgee, with Integrity Funeral Service. She passed away Monday, August 11, 2025, in Tulsa.

September 25, 1947 - August 11, 2025 Services are pending for Diann Turner, 77, of Okmulgee, with Integrity Funeral Service. She passed away Monday, August 11, 2025, in Tulsa.

September 11, 1943 - August 11, 2025 Phyllis Dailene Murphy was born September 11, 1943, in Henryetta to the late Dale and Eula (Watson) Hastey. She passed away Monday, August 11, 2025, in Okmulgee at...

Virginia Dean (Murrell) Cline, of Sherman, Texas, died on August 9, 2025, at the age of 93, in Bonham, Texas due to complications from vascular disease. Funeral services will be held at McClendon- Win...

August 20, 1979 - August 8, 2025 Shevon Vatne of Okmulgee passed away peacefully at the age of 45 on August 8, 2025. She was born August 20, 1979. Care is under the direction of Schaudt Funeral Servic...

April 11, 1950 - August 10, 2025 Charles Tommy “Thom” Ruth was born in Henryetta on April 11, 1950, and passed away August 10, 2025. Thom owned and operated Rocky’s for 40 years, Rochelle Ruth Propert...

Margaret Gene Cooper Newendorp, age 82, of Tulsa, passed away on August 9, 2025, from failing health. She was surrounded in love by her children, granddaughter, siblings, nieces, nephews and friends, ...

Creighton Wayne Barnoski, a resident of Henryetta, passed away Thursday, August 7, 2025, in Tahlequah at the age of 32. He was born on February 23, 1993, in Ada. February 23, 1993 - August 7, 2025 Wak...

Growing up, I had several friends, the majority of them were from church. There was Bub, David, Marvin, Tom, Dicky, Bryan and Brian. Some were from the neighborhoods where we lived. (We moved several ...