Eastern Oklahoma State College is expanding its academic offerings with the launch of a new associate degree in Native American Studies, beginning in the upcoming academic year. The new program will p...

Patrons Bank is urging the community to be on high alert as phone scams targeting bank customers continue to rise across the country - and right here at home. Scammers are spoofing legitimate bank pho...

A pivotal era in the evolution of the Muscogee (Mvskoke) Nation’s self-governance will be the focus of Part 2 in a four-part historical lecture series set for Monday, July 29. The session, titled “198...

This report is a summary of activities Okmulgee County Emergency Management participated in and does not reflect all activities performed by or participated in by Okmulgee County Emergency Management....

Hoffman Fellowship Center will hold a dinner and fellowship featuring Gospels by The Oasis Saturday, July 25, at 5 p.m. at 25206 Main Blvd.

Planning is in full swing for the much-anticipated 2025 Okmulgee County Fair, with the event officially set to take place Sept. 4-6 at the Okmulgee County Fairgrounds. Members of the Fair Volunteer Co...

March 18, 1960 - July 21, 2025 Debbie Lynn Bliss was born March 18, 1960, in Henryetta to James and Alida (Woods) Baker. She passed away Monday, July 21, 2025, at her home in Dustin at the age of 65. ...

September 24, 1939 - July 17, 2025 Elinor Mae Scott, 85, of Alma, Ark., passed away Thursday, July 17, 2025, at her home. She was a former employee of Anchor Glass in Henryetta. Elinor was born Septem...

April 2, 1944 - July 21, 2025 Myrtle Nettie Hall, a resident of Okmulgee, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 21, 2025, at the age of 81. She was born on April 2, 1944, in Booneville, Ark. Visitati...

July 18, 2025 Wilma Elizabeth Brown, longtime Okmulgee resident, passed away Friday afternoon, July 18, 2025, in Broken Arrow. She was 83 years of age. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, July...

July 22, 2025 Ricky Dennis Creason, 81, of Okmulgee, passed away on Monday, July 22, 2025, in Tulsa. Funeral services are scheduled for Friday, July 25, 2025, at 10 a.m. at The Refuge Church in Okmulg...

June 27, 1945 - July 18, 2025 Lucille Dixon, a resident of Okmulgee, passed away peacefully on July 18, 2025, at the age of 80. She was born June 27, 1945. Viewing will be held Friday, July 25, 2025, ...

Patsy Coleen Poindexter was born July 17, 1941, in rural Jenksto the late Sam and Etta Pearl (Rideout) Reed. Patsy Poindexter passed away at her home on Sunday, July 20, 2025. She was 84 years of age....

With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Carolyn Sue Palmer, a cherished resident of Okmulgee, who peacefully departed this life on July 17, 2025, surrounded by the love and warmth of her family....

September 28, 1955 - July 20, 2025 Janet Marie Nelson passed away Sunday, July 20, 2025, in Okmulgee at 69 years of age. She was born September 28, 1955, in Clovis, N.M. to Thelma M. Barnes and Walter...

DEAR ABBY: I am a divorced man in my 60s. Twelve years ago, a neighbor woman who I’m attracted to popped into my house to have a smoke break out on my back deck. When she arrived, I was in the shower....

When I went off to college, I was not ready. I mean that in the sense that I was not prepared. I had sort of drifted through high school. Sure, I had taken the classes recommended for college bound yo...

This article continues Econ Dev 101, a local series designed to help demystify how economic development really works in a place like Okmulgee. Over the past month or so, we have explored key topics li...

When twenty-seven-year-old Jim Elliott and his friends set out to reach a primitive people group known for their cunning and violence, none of the five missionaries envisioned how great a cost lay ahe...

The Bible assures us in different Scriptures that the Old Testament was written for our “admonition” and “ensamples (or examples)” for us today (I Corinthians 10:11). We are reminded in II Timothy 3:1...