Hard to Define, But Easy to Recognize If you want to start an interesting discussion on social media, just put out a press release or flyer about a seminar discussing the economic benefits of climate ...

Last week, I detailed some key facts and statistics regarding human trafficking. With the conversation going on surrounding the release of the movie The Sound of Freedom, I wanted to share some essent...

DEAR ABBY: Can people in this society please stop assuming that everyone has a smartphone? Not everyone is willing - or able - to spend $1,000plus for one. Some of us carry older, less-expensive phone...

The OHS FFA program hosted their Agricultural Education Open House event Tuesday evening. The community was invited to some free ice cream and the chance to learn more about the program, its instructo...

August 28, 2023 • Monday: Attended BOCC meeting. Worked at office on Inventory and Emergency Operations Plan for remainder of day. We had our monthly volunteer meeting at the office at 6:30 p.m. • Tue...

The Okmulgee Farmers Market is held each Friday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of the Creek Council House in downtown Okmulgee. Greater Jones Chicken Dinner Fundraiser | Greater Jones Chapel, 1226 E. ...

The Muscogee Nation is pleased to announce the appointment of Del Beaver, Second Chief, to the Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency f...

OCC to distribute medication lock boxes, opioid rescue med The Okmulgee County Consortium (OCC) will hold a drive thru event Thursday, Aug 31, where they will be handing out free medication lock boxes...

East Central Oklahoma Electric Cooperative (ECE) Director Jim Hall recently became the first in the co-op’s history to receive the Director Gold credential from the National Rural Electric Coopeartive...

Harlan Ford Paper Drive for Okmulgee Schools is wrapping up this week. The company is rounding up the last of donations this week for the drive and thanks the community for their support of the event....

Okmulgee High School Counselors and therapy dog handlers Michelle and James Quinn visited the Times office last week with Leo (Okmulgee Schools) to pick up the snacks donated as part of the Give a Dog...

Carnival opens Aug. 31 Henryetta Labor Day Celebration has added even more events as the city prepares for a weekend of family and rodeo events next weekend. To kick off the celebration, Great Plains ...

If you’re looking for some live music this weekend, local artist Winnie Cooper has you covered. She’ll be performing various songs, spanning a number of years and genres during a night of family-frien...

Preston routs Mounds in 20-0 victory The Preston Lady Pirate varsity fastpitch softball team improved to 2-0 in district play this past Monday with a 20-0 victory over the Mounds Lady Eagles in Mounds...

The Dewar Lady Dragon varsity fastpitch softball team improved to 10-0 on the year with a 22-0 victory over the Weleetka Lady Outlaws this past Monday. The 10th win of the 2023 campaign came at Al Kes...

The Wilson Lady Tiger varsity fastpitch softball team continued their winning ways this past Monday evening with a decisive 22-3 win on the road against the Wewoka Lady Tigers. The run-rule win puts t...

Aalaijah Drone paces Okmulgee at season-opening meet The cross country programs from Okmulgee and Henryetta opened their 2023 season last Saturday in Holdenville. The Henryetta cross country program e...

The Morris Lady Eagle varsity fastpitch softball team suffered twostraight district losses earlier this week. The first District 3A-7 setback this week came Monday evening in Chandler in a 5-0 loss to...

Beggs fastpitch sits at 6-11 after home loss to Okemah The Beggs Lady Demon varsity fastpitch softball team is currently competing at the Sue Treloar Memorial Tournament in Depew. The Lady Demons were...