Special election is Nov. 14 A Special Election for Mayor of the City of Morris will be held Tuesday, Nov. 14. There are three citizens seeking the post: • Joe Berryhill • Greg Foreman • Nicholas Jindr...

The Okmulgee Pecan Festival and Harvest Spoon Chili Fest are still going on this weekend, despite rain that has already fallen, and more expected before a cold front settles in next week. It will stil...

During a special meeting Monday, the Okmulgee Public School Board of Education discussed their efforts to push more content that will help keep parents and students informed about what’s happening on ...

Stop by the Chamber of Commerce Tent on Friday and Saturday to purchase not only your favorite Pecan Festival merchandise, but yummy Pecan Brittle prepared and packaged by Chef Grady Perryman of the O...

The Okmulgee Bulldog varsity football program had their dreams of a postseason appearance in 2023 fall by the wayside last Friday with a 47-6 loss at home to the Kansas Comets. The double-digit setbac...

The playoff dreams of the Beggs Golden Demon varsity football program took a huge hit last Thursday night at Kiefer High School. The Demons, who have appeared in the postseason the past 15 seasons, fe...

The Henryetta Golden Knight varsity football team kept their playoff hopes alive this past Friday night at the historic Pecan Bowl in Okemah. The Knights improved to even their season record at 4-4 an...

Home mercy-rule win extends streaks for Dewar For the 11th-straight season, the Dewar Dragon varsity football program will make an appearance in the postseason. The Dragons’ 11-consecutive playoff tic...

For the second-straight season, the Wilson Tiger varsity football team will compete in the Class C postseason. The Tigers punched their playoff ticket this past Friday night with a 61-0 shutout win ov...

Morris’ Wilson, Beggs’ Clay to represent county at state cross country meet Two Okmulgee County high school runners will compete this Saturday at the 2023 state cross country championships at Edmond S...

Morris stays alive in postseason race with 50-22 win The Morris Eagle varsity football team kept their dreams of competing in the postseason in 2023 alive last Friday with a 50-22 win over the Westvil...

DEAR ABBY: I’m a cross-dresser who is able to enjoy wearing women’s clothes in private at home. With Halloween around the corner, I want nothing more than to be fully dressed as a woman and go outside...

Over the years, I have written several articles about how livestock can help save the planet. Take cows for example - they help with nutrient cycling, they reduce wildfire danger by eating the undergr...

I usually start each weekday morning by flipping channels on the four main networks to catch up on local and state news, then continue that during the time I have before work. One of my favorite segme...

So what is Jesus not only saying to the Pharisees but to us - a very profound question - and an application of that question to us not only individually but to us collectively as a parish. Those are t...

“I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with immoral men; not at all meaning the immoral of this world, or the greedy and robbers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world....

“God likes people because he made them on the last day,” says Sarah, age 6. I suppose Sarah’s idea is that God saved the best for last. “God enjoys us because we are quiet people,” says Kasey, 6. I wo...

More than 20 Okmulgee FFA members took an hour out of their virtual day to clean up their community at Okmulgee Creek last week. These members are living out the FFA motto: Living to Serve. Okmulgee F...

A Medication Take-Back Event will take place Wednesday, Oct. 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the OSUIT Student Union parking lot. October 27-28 The Rocky Horror Show | Okmulgee Community Theatre present...

1:14 a.m. - 1500 Block E. 4th St. - Gas Leak (Natural Gas or LPG) 1:38 a.m. - N. Bryan St. - Smoke Scare, Odor of Smoke 3:10 a.m. - 900 Block E. 13th St. - Brush or Brushand-Grass Mixture Fire 5:55 a....