Okmulgee First Free Will Baptist Church and Second Baptist Church are coming together to host a special bean dinner Thursday, Nov. 6, from 6-7:30 p.m. The event will take place at Okmulgee First Free ...

Livestock producers, ranchers and agricultural professionals across Okmulgee County are invited to a vital educational workshop focusing on emerging disease threats in livestock health. The event, tit...

“You can really tell right from wrong because when you hit someone, you feel sorry for them,” says David, age 9. “Like if you kick someone in the knee, you feel bad,” adds Paul, 10. “I feel a feeling ...

The Rotary Club of Okmulgee brought fun and community spirit to downtown Friday night as part of this year’s Scare on the Square celebration, hosting a lively costume contest in Rotary Pocket Park. Th...

Isaiah 66:1-2 - This is what the Lord says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place? Has not my hand made all these t...

Delta Dental of Oklahoma (DDOK) and the Delta Dental of Oklahoma Foundation recently announced its scholarship fund recipients at the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry (OUCOD). Twin Hills re...

Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Okmulgee Times & Henryetta Free-Lance Halloween Art Contest. Pictured are drawings created by this year’s winners: Lilah Dowdy - Sharpe’s Department Store...

The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History invites Oklahomans from across the state to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its construction with a special free admission event, Curiousiday: Celebr...

This Nov. 3 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 Mana...

As the holiday season approaches, community members across Eastern Oklahoma are being encouraged to visit residents in nursing homes, assisted living centers and residential care facilities. For many ...

ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 This is a great week to start a new project or hobby, Aries. Your energy is very high right now. Just be careful not to bite off more than you can chew. TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Th...

Services are pending for Merna Faye Jones, 44, of Henryetta, with Integrity Funeral Service. She August 4, 1981 - November 3, 2025 passed away Monday, November 3, 2025, in Henryetta.

Carrie Dean Simmons, a resident of Okmulgee since relocating after Hurrican Katrina, passed away on October 28, 2025, at the age of 90. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, September 21...

April 26, 1923 - October 26, 2025 Frederick A. Behn, age 102, laborer and resident of Henryetta, died Sunday, October 26, 2025, at Henryetta Community Skilled Healthcare & Rehab surrounded by family. ...

June 27, 1935 - November 2, 2025 Josephine Ward, age 87, homemaker, a longtime resident of Okmulgee, died Sunday, November 2, 2025, in her home surrounded by family. A funeral service is scheduled Sat...

February 26, 2001 - October 26, 2025 Tanner Jefferson Collins, of Fordoche, La., passed from this earth at the age of 24 on October 26, 2025. Services will be held at a later date in his hometown. Cre...

February 27, 1958 - October 29, 2025 Wayne Ray Clark, of Okmulgee, passed away October 29, 2025, at the age of 67. Cremation services have been entrusted to Schaudt’s Okmulgee Funeral and Cremation Se...

November 8, 1990 - October 29, 2025 Jerry Lester Russell, Jr., a resident of Preston, passed away Wednesday, October 29, 2025, in Weleetka, at the age of 34. He was born on Thursday, November 8, 1990,...

Albert Alexander Sutton was born November 26, 1977, from the union of Yvonne C. (Cottrell) Lewis and Albert Alexander Sutton. Better known as Marcus, he spent most of his life in Okmulgee, and a perio...

November 7, 1950 - October 29, 2025 Donald Paul England, 74, oil and gas trader and resident of Okmulgee, passed away Wednesday, October 29, 2025. Donald was born to Paul Thurman England and Martha Jo...