I don’t know why an ages-old cheer from the long-ago Morris cheerleaders has anything to do with Tuesday’s Okmulgee Lions Club program, presented by Morris resident Kathi Seamans, but it does. And her...

12:38 p.m. - Behind Johnny Appleseed’s - Outside Rubbish Fire, Other 1:56 p.m. - 1500 Block E 1st St. - Medical Assist, Assist EMS Crew 10:15 p.m. - 400 Block S Porter Ave. - Outside Rubbish Fire, Oth...

CF2023-00153 09/20/2023 State of Oklahoma vs. Kudryavsky, Rebecca Lynn Computer Fraud/Unlawful Use of Computer System --- Misdemeanors CM-2023-00260 09/20/2023 State of Oklahoma vs. Jones, Richard Ald...

7:00 a.m. - 18100 Block Forbes St - Fire - RP advised their neighbors RV was on fire. 9:34 a.m. - 3000 Block Alt U.S.-75 - Domestic - RP advised of a domestic between husband and wife in their front y...

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...

DEAR ABBY: I have been married to a man I’ll call “Ed” for 15 years. We are seniors, but he is 17 years older than I am. I have three children from a previous marriage who are grown and on their own. ...

I had a dream. And in this dream I was on fire. I was burning alive. Every part of me was screaming in pain. I was being consumed. I had tried to stop the fire. I had looked for water or a fire exting...

In the 1990’s when I was pastoring in Iola, Kansas, a pastor friend in a neighboring town handed me a cassette tape one day and commented that I might enjoy listening to it. The title was, “The God of...

Fall is officially here and the days will soon be cooling down (not that you can tell it with our temperatures this week). People walking by the windows of our downtown office will go from shorts and ...

Meeting Steve Blahut, allowing him to graciously engage me in dialogue regarding several painful, hidden chapters of my past, became the precursor for major gamechangers in my health. Mental - spiritu...

The story was of a journalist who encountered a young street urchin as he was walking through the city. The young boy was hungry and said so as he asked for help. The journalist was inclined to ignore...

According to a recent poll, 75 percent of Oklahomans are in favor of eliminating the state’s 4.5 percent grocery sales tax. That is more than those favoring cutting the state’s income tax. So as with ...

Ten Billion People are Coming I really like this poster. I love history. I am one of those weirdos who would rather watch a documentary about the Mongol conquest of Asia than waist time on the latest ...

A few months ago, one of the public speakers at an Okmulgee City Council meeting commented: Why do economic development projects have to be secret? They always seem to be discussed in executive sessio...

October 31, 1936 - September 15, 2023 Herbert Lewis, Sr., age 86, resident of Okmulgee, died Friday, September 15, 2023, in Okmulgee. A Home Going Celebration will be conducted Saturday, September 30,...

April 22, 1965 - September 25, 2023 Gregory Dale “Greg” Cameron passed away in Tulsa on September 25, 2023. He was born on April 22, 1965, in Okinawa, Japan. A memorial will be held at Integrity Chape...

April 26, 1939 - September 25, 2023 Larry Ralph Ford was born April 26, 1939, in Wichita, Kansas to Edward and Irene (Ullum) Ford. He passed away Monday, September 25, 2023, in Okemah at the age of 84...

July 29, 1935 - September 27, 2023 Funeral services for Vera Mae Hinkle will be held Monday, October 2, 2023, at 2 p.m. at the Parks Brothers Funeral Home Chapel in Okemah. Interment will follow at Ca...

March 13, 1954 - September 26, 2023 Services are pending for Berna Dean Barrick, 69, of Henryetta, with Integrity Funeral Service. She passed away Tuesday, September 26, 2023, in Tulsa.

March 28, 1941 - September 23, 2023 Mary Alice Byrd was born from the loving union of Mose Byrd and Adine Figurs Byrd on March 28, 1941, in Okmulgee. She was the oldest of four daughters in the family...