High School football teams began the first phase in their preparations for the upcoming 2023 season this week with spring football workouts. Pictured on this page are action shots from Monday’s spring...

The Henryetta Golden Knight varsity tennis team came away with a 4-way tie for seventh at the 2023 Class 4A state tennis championships this past weekend in Oklahoma City. The Knights finished the 2-da...

Preston diamond squad shut out for first time in 2023 in quarterfinal loss to No. 1 Silo The Preston Pirate varsity spring baseball team saw their bid for the first-ever state championship end last Th...

Morris senior Jaxen Wright (center) signed a letter of intent to wrestle collegiately at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. Wright is a 4-time state qualifier at MHS and is the first-ever state ...

12:23 a.m. - 1000 Block E Randolph - E911 Miscellaneous - RP advised a subject came in her house with guns. Before officers arrived RP states that the subject left in a black Chrysler 300. 1:52 a.m. -...

Duck Creek Casino planned a ribbon cutting for a freshly renovated dining room and game space. They added to the amount of games they had and they expanded their dining room to seat 1,500 people. The ...

Okmulgee Kindergarten students were presented their certificates at Monday’s graduation ceremony. Principal Jennifer Neal welcomed family members who filled up the facility to cheer on their special g...

OU-TU School of Community Medicine and Okmulgee Primary School held a year-end celebration last week for the PenPal Program. PenPals is a new letter exchange program between the OU-TU med and PA stude...

Before she was a teacher, Kathi Seamans had a passion for fabric and textiles, and began sewing around the age of 3. This interest persisted alongside her career as a special education teacher, which ...

“The Scriptures say, ‘Our lives are like the grass of spring, and any glory we enjoy is like the beauty of a wildflower. The grass dries up and dies, and the flower falls to the ground. But the word o...

I was recently talking with a priest friend of mine about the priesthood and our experiences of it - the joys and the struggles, the disappointments and the surprises. And one of the struggles and dis...

One litter of kittens = 420,000 more cats in 7 years’ time. One litter of dogs = 50,000 more dogs in 7 years’ time. It’s hip to snip! Plus, doing so saves lives. While your pet may have a wonderful, l...

DEAR ABBY: I’m 42 and my guy friend is 59. He’s a wonderful person and a great provider. I’ve known him for about a year now, but he seems a bit controlling. He wants me around seven days a week and e...

With the end of the 2023 session of the Oklahoma Legislature at hand, there is still much work remaining, but a big hurdle was cleared on Monday. The budget negotiations reached a critical milestone w...

Veteran and post member Pete Rogers has been researching the early history of the American Legion. According to Rogers, the Okmulgee American Legion was the 10th in the State of Oklahoma. Though there...

Green Country Technology Center had the privilege of hosting the annual Okmulgee County Teacher and Support Staff Awards banquet. Award recipients for this year are: Beggs • Elem. Teacher of the Year:...

10:10 a.m. - 1300 Block E 9th St. - Building Fire 10:10 a.m. - 1300 Block E 8th St. - Building Fire 10:10 a.m. - 1300 Block E 8th St. - Building Fire --- 05/02/2023 7:32 a.m. - 900 Block S Seminole Av...

Congratulations to Okmulgee Dunbar 5th grade Science Teacher Tissa Carter for being recognized by Alpha Plus for being one of a handful of teachers in the state to have her students show the greatest ...

May to bring awareness and promote wellness May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to come together as a community to shift from stigma associated with mental health issues, raise awareness of r...

Okmulgee County stands at 4.0 percent Okmulgee County’s jobless rate declined slightly during the month of March, according to the latest report from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. The c...