Early voting begins Thursday for the Morris mayoral election for those who live within Morris city limits. Early voting continues Thursday through Friday from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. at the Okmulgee County Co...

A recent drug take back event at OSUIT collected 64 pounds of prescription drugs. The OSUIT campus police department and counseling office partnered with the office of OSUCommunity Wellness and Preven...

The 2nd annual Last Stop Christmas Shop Craft Fair, sponsored by Okmulgee First United Methodist Church, is planned for Friday and Saturday, Dec. 8-9. The fair takes place in the Rowe Family Life Cent...

What does it all mean and what can we do to help these animals? Foster Fostering is available to animals coming directly out of the Okmulgee City Animal Shelter as well as animals currently in boardin...

Tickets are available for the upcoming Okmulgee County Homeless Shelter Baked Potato & Bake Sale Fundraiser, which will take place Thursday from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. and 4:30-6 p.m. at the First Met...

Events planned to honor military Veterans Day is Nov. 11, and this date is set aside to honor the men and women who have served in the various branches of the United States Armed Forces. Many activiti...

Health department remodeling project approved Chief Lee Johnson of the Liberty Fire Department attended the Okmulgee County Board of Commissioners meeting on Monday with questions about the expenditur...

Green Country Technology Center (GCTC) proudly welcomed distinguished Instructional Leadership administrators from Oklahoma CareerTech last Thursday and Friday. The event was privileged to host Brent ...

The Okmulgee Times is excited to announce the return of the Cookie Crawl, in conjunction with Okmulgee Main Street and Small Business Saturday, Nov. 25. “Last year, the event was a great success with ...

PATRICK FORD NEWS EDITOR Homelessness is something that has been around for years. Finding solutions to the problem is no easy feat - eradicating homelessness completely is virtually impossible. For m...

The Schulter varsity basketball program kicked off its 2023-2024 campaign on Thursday evening with a trip to Bokoshe. The season opener at Bokoshe was scheduled to begin with girls action at 6:30 p.m....

Dewar travels to Caddo for B-5 title showdown The high school regular-season football schedule concludes this weekend with lots of teams still battling for a spot in the 2023 postseason. In Okmulgee C...

To remember is to have an event, a thing or a person, etc., in our life to come to mind again. It can be a random thought that seems to come back to us out of nowhere or it can be something we bring b...

Now that Halloween is past us and Thanksgiving is right around the corner, I thought I would do a column I have refused to do for the last 7 years - pumpkin. I am not a fan of pumpkin myself and I don...

10 Years Ago: Open Gate Meals Ministry held a spaghetti dinner benefit to help the program at the Okmulgee Elks Lodge. Employees from PolyVision, who were members of the United Steelworkers Union Loca...

“Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous”. Einstein’s quip leaves me wondering whether the renowned Physicist had a family of returning missionaries in mind. With us no longer living and servi...

I was leading a service club board meeting. We had received a request for some financial assistance and I was bringing the issue to the board for their consideration. I took the letter out of the enve...

DEAR ABBY: My sister, who is quite a bit older than me, was married to a man for more than 20 years. He was a part of my family from the time I was 3. When I was a teenager, he made a “move” on me, wh...

I am beginning the process of retiring. I will admit this is not my first attempt at going into full time fly fishing. I’ve saved up enough equipment to hopefully keep me out of the workforce for a fe...

Okmulgee Schools All breakfasts are served with juice, and 1% or fat free milk are offered at breakfasts and lunches. For OHS, juice and a salad bar are offered for lunches and a fruit bar is availabl...