Candidate filing for the Oklahoma Presidential Preferential Primary begins Monday, Dec. 4, at 8 a.m. Candidates must file with the Secretary of the Oklahoma State Election Board Dec. 4, 5, or 6 betwee...

At Bixby High School, students have at least 19 Advanced Placement courses available, including four physics options, three art classes, and a slate of others. Those A.P. classes can boost students’ g...

OSUIT Student Club’s Mission to Save Okmulgee Shelter Animals - A group of compassionate students from OSU Institute of Technology is rewriting the stories of the animals housed at the Okmulgee Humane...

Sparkle Spree, Henryetta Hallmark, parade events set December will be a busy month around Okmulgee and the county with lots of holiday festivities in store. With Okmulgee Main Streets Sparkle Spree un...

The Okmulgee Public School Board of Education met on Tuesday to discuss a bond issue that aims to address some structural improvements at several sites, including safety improvements to the primary, m...

New official thankful for privilege to serve Morris native Joe Berryhill was sworn in Tuesday afternoon as the new mayor, with Javier Ramirez giving the oath of office. Berryhill was joined by numerou...

Stay focused and take care of responsibilities swiftly and without drama. Communicate explicitly to ensure nothing gets misconstrued. Examine your options and handle others with respect. Rely on yours...

Pictured on this page are action shots from last Tuesday’s season-opening battle at historic Brock Memorial Gymnasium in Okmulgee between the host Okmulgee Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs and the visiting ...

Senior Jaxsun Fulton (23) and the Okmulgee Bulldog varsity basketball team kicked off their 2023-2024 season last Tuesday with an 81-53 win at home against the Tulsa Webster Warriors. Fulton and the B...

Wrestlers from 16 different Oklahoma schools competed last Monday at the Warner Eagle Classic at Warner High School. Amongst the huge tournament field, three Okmulgee County schools sent several wrest...

Funny how a title or ‘position’ can play to one’s sense of identity. We may even wear an educational or vocational label as a badge of validation for our existence - “I am credentialed! I qualify as a...

Part 1 of 3 Recently, I was invited by state Rep. Judd Strom and Labor Commissioner Leslie Osborn to testify at an Oklahoma House of Representatives interim study examining child labor laws and what i...

DEAR ABBY: I went to visit a man I was dating and there was no visitor parking available. He told me to park in any space, even though there were signs stating non-residents would be towed. He said no...

We were talking with a friend recently. This friend was expressing the desire she had to learn how to play piano. It was mentioned that Connie, my wife, taught piano in the past. At first, she taught ...

Remember to bring kids and friendly pets to the Okmulgee County Humane Society Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to get your pics with Santa! Pictures will be printed while you wait. The Okmulg...

8th & Seminole • Okmulgee www.fumcokmulgee.org Please come join us this Sunday morning! Sunday School for all ages begins at 9:30 a.m. Our combined Traditional/Contemporary Worship Service begins at 1...

“For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at last he will stand upon the earth.” (Job 19:25) How often we seek God’s help in times of stress! We call on Him, knowing for certain that relief is coming in...

“To be wise means to be very smart, and you know everything,” says Rachel, age 6. “And when someone wise says something, and it comes true, that means they are really wise and really smart. The wisest...

As a 6th grade student in Alva, our classrooms for Horace Mann Elementary were located in a building on the campus of Northwestern State Teacher’s College (of course, now it is Northwestern Oklahoma S...