DEARABBY: After 17 years of marriage, I learned, to my dismay, that when he was 22, my husband had a long-term relationship with a 16-year-old. He insisted that she had lied about her age and told him...

“Hi Jerry! I’m Yuli!” The cheery voice streaming from the phone line of what sounded like a young Far Easterner seemed to pulse with excited urgency. “I’ve just recently come to Tulsa from California ...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Steven Esquivel Martinez, age 48, of Ada, was sentenced to 20 months in prison for Theft in Indian Country, to b...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that David Lawrence Hudson, age 67, of Ardmore, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for one count of Assault with a ...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Tyler Jay Mullins, age 45, of Ada, was sentenced to concurrent life sentences in prison for one count of Murder ...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Gregory Allen Talley, age 53, of Muldrow, was sentenced to 12 months in prison for possessing a firearm after a ...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Mitchell Dale Thompson, age 26, of Westville, was sentenced to 41 months in prison for one count of Robbery in I...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Tristen Riley Cawhorn, age 26, of Gore, was sentenced to 38 months in prison for Accessory After the Fact to Kid...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Dakota Shay Fox, age 27, of Idabel, was sentenced to 210 months in prison for Murder in Indian Country - Second ...

Editor’s Note: Dr. Kenneth White is a graduate of Okmulgee High School, and is the son of Jane Laxton and the brother of Brenda Wilson of Okmulgee. A lengthy and accomplished career transitioning, Whi...

Okmulgee Community Theatre welcomes Preston Drama, under the direction of Devin Doupe, to the Orpheum Theatre Friday and Saturday, Feb. 2-3, at 7 p.m. for a performance of “The Play That Goes Wrong.” ...

Enter the Junior Duck Stamp, a free youth art contest, by Feb. 15. The Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest is a free, K-12 art contest that connects to environmental conservation and stewardship with an edu...

Tuesday’s Okmulgee Lions Club meeting was almost like the nursery rhyme story of Little Bo Peep, who had lost her sheep but didn’t know where. But in this case, one lost sheep was found, and in the fo...

Sextortion a troublesome trend among teens OSU Extension held an informational discussion with the FBI, OSBI and surrounding junior high and high school students at the Muscogee Nation Dome from 9:30-...

April 26, 1946 - January 31, 2024 Services are pending with Wilbert Lowe, 77, of Henryetta, with Integrity Funeral Service. He passed away Wednesday, January 31, 2024.

Clay Cowans was born on May 27, 1943, in Schulter to parents Johnnie Lee Cowans and Essie Mae (Bledsoe) Cowans. He passed away January 27, 2024, in Tulsa. Visitation will take place at the Chapel of P...

September 17, 1946 - January 29, 2024 Marian Osmond was born September 17, 1946, in Weleetka to Dr. Ivan Wilcox and Arzella “Tootsie” Graham Wilcox. She attended local schools and graduated in 1964, a...

October 12, 1939 - January 28, 2024 Robert Guy Mason, 84, was born October 12, 1939, in Mound Valley, Kansas, to Robert and Edith (Hively) Mason. He died January 28, 2024, at home in Okemah. Funeral s...

Charles Wayne Foster, a proud veteran and a devoted family man, passed away peacefully at his home in Muskogee on Monday, January 29, 2024, at the age of 88. He was born on July 16, 1935, in Henryetta...

October 10, 1943 - January 24, 2024 Services are pending with McClendon-Winters Funeral Home for Richard Kent Spring, Jr., who passed away January 24, 2024.