Muskogee County resident sentenced for sexual abuse of a child Bradley Wayne Morris, age 36, of Muskogee, was sentenced to 420 months, per count, for two counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse in Indian Co...

Magician John Pansze entertained a full crowd of children from both the Okmulgee Public Library’s Summer Reading Program and the YMCA’s GO Club last Wednesday. Panze, who’s been performing magic since...

Newspaper staff works to keep community informed (Part 1 of 3) Okmulgee Times recently had the honor of being nominated as one of Okmulgee County’s Unsung Heroes. To be honest, everyone was pleasantly...

Festival parade is 10 a.m. Saturday Talk Local, the midweek networking event, was back in action this week. Community members and entrepreneurs gathered at Midge and Millie’s Bookstore on Wednesday mo...

A county man was taken into custody last week after he was accused of taking items belonging to a delivery driver. According to district court information from the Okmulgee County Sheriff ’s Departmen...

The City of Beggs received approval for $1,000,000 in funding Tuesday from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) to improve the City’s infrastructure. Improvements to the dam will be financed by t...

Hears from public on possible cooling centers The Okmulgee City Council voted to approve the budget for the 2023-2024 fiscal year during their meeting Tuesday evening. Each board member was provided a...

The Bob Arrington Rodeo Arena at the Claude Cox Omniplex in Okmulgee was the site of last weekend’s INFR Automatic Qualifier All-Indian Rodeo. Pictured on this page are action shots from the Bareback,...

Kids across the county beat the heat and inclement weather during Thomas Lott’s annual football camp at historic Harmon Field. Thomas Lott was the starting quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners from 19...

A participant in the Saddle Bronc event attempts to stay on for the full eight seconds during Friday’s action at the INFR All-Indian Automatic Qualifer Rodeo at the Bob Arrington Rodeo Arena at the Cl...

Four county softball teams battle for state title Four Okmulgee County Little League softball teams will battle other talented teams from across the state this weekend at three different OK Kids State...

Team from Preston, Morris and Henryetta to battle for State berths at four different tournaments Okmulgee County Little League teams will be well represented this week at four different OK Kids region...

Church services include Sunday School at 9:45 a.m., Morning Worship at 10:55 a.m. and Evening Bible Study at 5 p.m. Wednesday evenings, we have D.O.C.K. (Discipleship of Calvary’s Kids) 1st-5th grade,...

“He who guards his mouth and his tongue, guards his soul from troubles.” (Proverbs 21:23) I recently watched a short video that a friend of mine shared on Facebook. That’s right, sometimes good comes ...

“Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside,” quipped Mark Twain. So much about our lives revolves around food. This column examines one of Jesu...

rate increase of $1 per 1,000 gallons of water used. The Okmulgee High School and Middle School cheerleaders attended Spirit Camp at OU. Both squads won trophies for “Most Improved.” The Okmulgee Coun...

Supreme Court weighs in on ICWA Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 7-2 ruling affirming as constitutional the Indian Child Welfare Act. This ruling validates what data shows for preserving stab...

DEAR ABBY: Regarding “Tall Person Sympathizer” (Feb. 28), whose very tall husband and son hate the comments they receive, I am 6 feet, 8 inches tall, so I can relate. One does feel like part of a frea...

November 15, 1948 - June 18, 2023 Services are pending for Estella Francis, 74, of Dewar, with Integrity Funeral Service. She passed away Sunday, June 18, 2023, in Dewar.

The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from December business. The monies they reported this period represent sale...