The Muscogee Nation has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Henryetta, alleging the city is unlawfully prosecuting tribal citizens for crimes committed within the Muscogee reservation - a dire...

Law enforcement professionals across Oklahoma are invited to attend the Environmental Law Enforcement Officers Workshop on Friday, Aug. 29, hosted by Keep Oklahoma Beautiful (KOB) in partnership with ...

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....

Most Oklahoma counties reported jobless rates decreased during May, according to the latest news from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commissioner. During the month, in Okmulgee County, the unemploym...

Dog Days of Summer will be held Saturday, July 12, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at VFW Post 1189, 1427 N. Okmulgee Ave. in Okmulgee. The event will feature dog races, vendors, treats and games for pups and f...

The City of Okmulgee is set to receive a significant honor on Saturday, July 19, as it will officially be designated a Purple Heart City. The public ceremony, at First Baptist Church (5th & Seminole) ...

A sweeping restructuring of FEMA, the federal government’s main disaster agency, could be on tap when Congress returns from its July 4 recess, an outcome for Oklahoma that could redefine what disaster...

The National Severe Storms Laboratory sits on a campus of radar equipment and office buildings at the University of Oklahoma, off State Highway 9 in Norman. It’s responsible for radar breakthroughs in...

ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Fill your mind with positive and motivational thoughts and you’ll be much happier in the long run, Aries. It’s easy to focus on negatives, but a change of perspective is liberati...

April 10, 1953 - July 9, 2025 James “Jimmy” Boerstler died July 9, 2025. Services are pending with the Rogers Funeral Home.

March 21, 1999 - June 16, 2025 Ron’ El Eugene Fultz, Jr. was born on March 21, 1999, to Tara Davis and Ron’ El Fultz, Sr. in Tulsa. He passed away June 16, 2025, at the age of 26. He was a member of t...

April 18, 1937 - July 8, 2025 Beverly J. Massey, 88, homemaker and resident of Okmulgee, passed away Tuesday, July 8, 2025. She was born Sunday, April 18, 1937, in Victoria, Texas, to Caspar Ballard a...

June 25, 1963 - July 8, 2025 Samuel Lovett, III, 62, passed away Tuesday, July 8, 2025 in Oklahoma City. Better known as “Space Mountain,” Sammy was a long haul truck driver and a 1981 graduate of Okm...

November 8, 1953 - July 9, 2025 Rev. Luddie Bernard Thompson, age 71, minister, a resident of Okmulgee, died Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Hillcrest South Hospital, Tulsa, surrounded by family. Arrangem...

March 7, 1966 - July 2, 2025 Dwight Anthony Evans, age 59, laborer and resident of Okmulgee, died Wednesday, July 2, 2025, in his home. A celebration of life is scheduled Saturday, July 12, 2025, at 1...

DEAR ABBY: I am 57 and have been married for 32 years to my husband, who retired from his fulltime job last year. I still work full time. Since his retirement, he has been going to a bar once a week o...

Give me liberty or give me death! Patrick Henry’s declaration - heralded in his impassioned speech of March 23, 1775 - ignited courage enough among a gathering of oppressed colonists to help launch a ...

Have you ever noticed what most of us do when we get caught in a spot that makes us look clumsy? Maybe we try to jump a puddle and don’t quite make it. We hit the slippery ground on the edge of the pu...

The 17th-century French philosopher René Descartes famously said, “I think, therefore I am.” What Descartes meant by that was that he knew he existed because he was conscious of himself, which is what...

Trinity Lutheran Church will host a pastor-led bi-monthly outreach Bible study Saturday, July 12, at 10 a.m. at Shoney’s, 610 E. Main St. in Henryetta.