November 27, 1932 - April 18, 2025 Funeral services for Clifton Ray Thomas will be held Friday, April 25, 2025, at 1 p.m. at Castle Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Castle Cemetery with full m...

Alice Manning Zahn was born to William Gibbs and Eunice Phelps in Siloam Springs, Ark. She was raised in northwest Arkansas and northeast Oklahoma. Alice married Stauss Manning in 1950. They had three...

Graveside services for Johno William Thompson were held Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at 12 p.m. at Yeager Cemetery. He is preceded in death by his brother, Carwyn Thompson. Survivors include his parents, ...

April 17, 2025 Harvey Lee Tate, age 83, U.S. Navy veteran, retired glass laborer and longtime resident of Beggs, answered the Master’s call on Thursday, April 17, 2025, at Ascension St. John in Tulsa ...

January 29, 1929 - April 20, 2025 Inez Cravens (Carson), age 96, passed away Sunday, April 20, 2025, in McAlester. Born on January 29, 1929, in Hitchita, Inez was the daughter of Myrtle A. (Dillie) an...

August 12, 1950 - April 15, 2025 Patricia Lynn Justiss, affectionately known as Trisha, passed away on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, at her home in Little Elm, Texas. She was born on August 12, 1950, in He...

August 6, 1938 - April 18, 2025 Max Crosby, a resident of Okmulgee, died April 18, 2025, at the age of 86. He was born August 6, 1938, in Sasakwa to William and Pearlie Marie (Thornton) Crosby. Max re...

April 25, 1949 - April 16, 2025 Services for Mr. Skaggs will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, April 25, 2025, at Lake Eufaula Christian Church in Eufaula.

July 4, 1962 - April 20, 2025 Mark Anthony “Peabody” O’Guin, 62, died Sunday evening, April 20, 2025, in Okmulgee. A service of memory for Mr. O’Guin will be held Saturday, April 26, 2025, at 2 p.m. a...

DEAR ABBY: I’m 58 and five years into my second marriage. We lived together a little over a year before getting married. I spent seven years as a caregiver for my parents before marrying my current hu...

The 2025 Oklahoma legislative session is almost three-fourths of the way done for the year with adjournment occurring in late May, and a good number of positive bills are moving forward. The Oklahoma ...

April 23-26 Keep Okmulgee Beautiful Week | The City of Okmulgee will hold a Keep Okmulgee Beautiful Week April 20-26. Apply for a free burn permit from April 14-18. Participants must provide a current...

Patsy This adorable 9-week-old terrier mix is ready to find her forever home! Patsy is playful, feisty, affectionate, gentle and full of personality - with a scruffy little face that’s impossible to r...

After hearing a speech in the House of Commons, Winston Churchill remarked, “I should think it hardly possible to state the opposite of the truth with more precision.” Whether lies are told with preci...

1 Kings 8:56-61 - “Praise be to the Lord, who has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses. May the Lord ...

Okmulgee High School held its 2025 Prom last week. Pictured are some of the attendees at the event.

A longtime friend of mine, Bob, passed away two weeks ago. He was a dedicated Christian and a skilled servant of Christ Jesus. Everyone who knew him spoke well of him. Unfortunately, over the past few...

Despite torrential rain over the weekend, the Okmulgee Service League still held their annual hunt, but at a different venue, on Saturday. The event took place at the Okmulgee Community Center, with t...

The 2025 Heartland Conference spring softball awards have been announced, with Preston High School leading the pack in both team standings and individual honors. Preston claimed the top spot in the fi...

Seminole 14, Okmulgee 0 The Seminole Chieftains erupted for 11 runs in the third inning en route to a 14-0 shutout of the Okmulgee Bulldogs on Thursday. Seminole opened the game with a three-run first...