The Preston Lady Pirate varsity fastpitch softball team improved to 5-0 in district play Tuesday with a 21-0 rout of the visiting Mounds Lady Eagles. The shutout win was the 12th-straight for the Lady...

Late rally earns Henryetta 14th consecutive victory The current winning streak for the Henryetta Lady Knight varsity fastpitch softball team reached 14 games Tuesday evening with a 6-2, come-frombehin...

Annual event to begin with elementary races The annual Henryetta Invitational cross country meet is scheduled to take place this Saturday at historic Nichols Park. The event will begin with the elemen...

Bulldogs continue search for first win Friday vs. Tulsa Central Week 2 of the 2023 varsity football schedule will feature tough challenges for all six Okmulgee County squads on Friday night. The highl...

Have you ever attended a church revival at one of the “up-tempo” churches (Pentecostal- type), where the speaker is just “faunching at the bit” for his turn to take over the podium, and it seems like ...

We need to get ready for it because the costs are real “Insurers pull back as U.S. climate catastrophes intensify.” That was the headline of a story that ran in the publication “The Hill” earlier in A...

Oklahoma Human Services is seeking public comment about the federally-funded Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, (LIHEAP). LIHEAP is dependent upon the availability of federal funds and helps i...

Gov. Kevin Stitt appointed Wes Nofire, former Cherokee Nation tribal councilor for District 3, to the post of state Native American liaison on Sept. 5. After the announcement was made, several tribal ...

Felonies CF-2023-00149 08/30/2023 State of Oklahoma vs. Shaver, Richard Shane Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle --- Divorces FD-2023-00121 09/01/2023 Bicskey, Zsolt vs. Bicskey, Brenda FD-2023-00122 09/06...

Burning --- 08/22/2023 10:39 p.m. - Behind McDonald’s - Brush or Brushand-Grass Mixture Fire 11:55 p.m. - 100 Block N Kern Ave. - Smoke Scare, Odor of Smoke --- 08/16/2023 8:15 p.m. - 400 Block S Semi...

08/28/2023 10:25 p.m. - E Hectorville Rd - Suspicious Person - RP advised of a white female in a green shirt walking down the road appearing to be covered in blood. --- 08/29/2023 2:11 a.m. - Hwy 52/B...

This Sunday, Sept. 10, is the 15th Sunday after Pentecost. The readings are from Ezekiel 33:7-9, Romans 13:1-10 and Matthew 18:1-20. Living as Humble Little Children of the Father True greatness is no...

When all hope seems lost, what do you do? When a problem arises, trials or storms come, or whenever you are downcast, where do you turn? In Psalm 42:11, it says, “Why are you cast down, O my soul? And...

The Bible, of course, is the subject at hand and, undoubtedly it is by far my favorite book. When my wife was a teenager, she discovered the word “bibliophile” (lover of books) and she immediately exc...

Last week’s column “For the Dogs” meant I had a lot of applesauce left over. So, in order to get rid of it, I decided this week’s column would be all about applesauce. I doubled the muffin recipe, but...

10 Years Ago: Okmulgee County Pageant Director Wade Hall rode in the Miss America Parade alongside Miss Oklahoma. Coordinators Kim Morrison and Jeremy Pitts of Okmulgee-Okfuskee County Youth Services,...

DEAR ABBY: Two years before he met me, my husband of four years did something I feel was morally repugnant: He solicited a prostitute. When he committed this act, he was going through a dark period in...

Just a Thought Sweet the Sound I was not well prepared for it, seeing my father in this state. Since my last in-person visit with him five months back, the relentless villain labeled mesothelioma had ...

Lost in the Dark - Can’t See I had a dream. And in this dream, I couldn’t see anything. I had never seen anything - ever. Everything was blackest night. Or maybe I was blind. I couldn’t tell, one way ...

Just a Thought Wrapped up in Wonder Sometimes songs speak to me so very powerfully. They often remind me of the glory of God. I love nature and at times the words of songs bring back memories of times...