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...

Okmulgee Middle School held a groundbreaking ceremony for the library expansion, which cost $326,500 and was financed by a school bond approved in 2011. Jaylan Mayfield was named the 2013 recipient of...

The Okmulgee County Humane Society will hold a Pics with Santa event Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 1239 N. Okmulgee Ave. Pictures will be printed while you wait. Second Baptist Clothes C...

Congratulations to the 1st and 2nd grade Beggs Little League Football Cheerleaders (pictured above), who placed first at the recent Sapulpa Cheer Competition. Below, the Beggs 5th and 6th grade cheerl...

March 2, 1966 - November 21, 2023 Mary Lee Pinkston, a resident of Henryetta, died November 21, 2023, in Henryetta at the age of 57. She was born March 2, 1966, to Howard and Iva (Brown) Carder. Funer...

October 24, 1933 - November 21, 2023 Phyllis Berniece Wasson, 90, of Weleetka, died Tuesday, November 21, 2023, in Weleetka. Phyllis was born on October 24, 1933, in Lincoln, Neb. to Melvin and Bernie...

May 23, 1960 - November 25, 2023 Glenell “Glen” Wayne Todd, 63, died Saturday, November 25, 2023, in Okmulgee. Service arrangements are pending with the Okmulgee Chapel of Keith D. Biglow Funeral Dire...

Michael Wayne Wesley was born on September 12, 1948, in Holdenville to Joseph and Wanda M. (Buck) Wesley. He passed November 20, 2023, in Tulsa at the age of 75. Michael enjoyed a good game of billiar...

Joe Dan Acton passed away Thursday, November 23, 2023, in Okmulgee at 77 years of age. He was born January 27, 1946, in Dewar to A.J. Winter and Ramell (Acton) Rhodes. He graduated from Okmulgee High ...

Bobby Claud Fain, longtime Morris resident, was born on October 19, 1954, in Morris to Claud Loren and Reatha Ledean (Young) Fain. He passed November 22, 2023, at the age of 69. Bobby had a love for h...

November 26, 1944 - November 23, 2023 Ray Brison was born November 26, 1944, in Hoffman to Floyd Brison and Ethel (Huff) Brison. He passed away peacefully in his Muskogee home on November 23, 2023. Gr...

July 25, 1952 - November 22, 2023 Funeral services for Harriett Ann Franklin will be held Thursday, November 30, 2023, at 1 p.m. at Parks Brothers Funeral Home Chapel in Okemah. Harriett Ann Franklin ...

June 26, 1940 - November 24, 2023 Barbara Jean Dedmon, 83, died November 24, 2023, in Tulsa. She was born on June 26, 1940, in Idabel to Ruby Marie (Smith) and Claude Thomas Adkins. Funeral Service is...

June 18, 1922 - November 22, 2023 A memorial service for Raymond Lee Overall will be held Wednesday, November 29, 2023, at 2 p.m. at Parks Brothers Funeral Home Chapel in Okemah. Raymond Lee Overall, ...

July 8, 1937 - November 22, 2023 Sue Carol Marolf, 86, homemaker and resident of Okmulgee, passed away Wednesday, November 22, 2023. She was born Thursday, July 8, 1937, in Snomac to Charles E. Allen ...