Planting Seeds for a Future, Successful Generation Community: We Are Okmulgee What is ‘community’ and how would you define it? In short, community means a unified body of individuals, according to Mer...

Trash Off Day is May 6 Excitement is building for the upcoming Frontier Day Art Festival next weekend in Beggs. The Beggs Area Chamber of Commerce is planning a day full of arts and crafts vendors, li...

Okmulgee and Morris events offering variety The annual Okmulgee FFA Spring Plant Sale starts today for all you lovers of greenery! The sale will be held at the Okmulgee AgEd building, 610 N. Central A...

Marcus Jeffrey elected vice-mayor Two members of the Okmulgee City Council received the Oath of Office at Tuesday’s meeting at City Hall. City Attorney Lou Ann Moudy swore in Dr. William Bryant as cou...

The Morris Eagle varsity baseball team dropped a pair of decisions this past weekend at the 2023 Dawson Sumner Invitational baseball tournament in Preston. The Eagles began tournament action last Thur...

Dewar seeks third-straight State trip with 3-team district tournament The Dewar Dragon varsity baseball program will begin its journey towards a possible third-straight state tournament appearance thi...

The Okmulgee Bulldog varsity baseball team closed out last week’s schedule with a pair of losses. The Bulldogs traveled to Weleetka last Thursday and found themselves on the short end of a 7-4 outcome...

Cleveland, Meeker to kick off 3-day event Thursday Morgan Field at Bateman Park in Okmulgee will be the site of this weekend’s Okmulgee Neal’s Classic baseball tournament. The annual 3-day event will ...

The varsity slowpitch softball programs from Preston and Dewar met last Thursday at the Jim Waller Sports Complex in Preston. The host Preston Lady Pirates came out of the Top 15 county battle (Presto...

For the third-straight weekend, the Preston Pirate varsity spring baseball team captured a tournament championship. The most recent championship was extra special for the Pirates, as it took place on ...

The Henryetta Lady Knight varsity golf team took home the team championship at their annual home tournament last Thursday afternoon at the Henryetta Golf Club. The Lady Knights finished the 18hole eve...

Several county agencies who work hard in the fight for child abuse prevention met last Thursday on the courthouse lawn to place pinwheels in support of Child Abuse Prevention Month. Pictured above lef...

Prisoners of War in Okmulgee Okmulgee, Oklahoma is protesting the use of a hospital there for the care of German prisoners of war, Sen. Thomas (D-Okla) said today, and added that he asked the surgeon ...

Congratulations to Morris seniors Maddie Moore and Junior Walls, who were named MHS Prom Queen and King. The 2023 Morris High School Prom was held this past Friday.

St. Michael Catholic Church in Henryetta will hold a Spaghetti Dinner Saturday, April 22, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will be hosted by the Altar Society and Fr. Robert Duck, and will feature spa...

RSVP needed for event The Okmulgee County Conservation District will hold a Free Soil Health Workshop and Dinner Tuesday, April 25. Topics and agenda include Greg Scott - Oklahoma Conservation Commiss...

Oklahoma commission names award recipients Senator Roger Thompson of Okemah will be be among those honored by the Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women (OCSW). Thompson, along with Representative...

“Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.” (Psalms 34:19) These words are truth. The righteous, the saved, the faithful - whatever name you give to believe...

When God tells us to be content, does that include being content with disgusting things? “Yes, at least when your mom is around. It’s rude to tell your mom you don’t like something she cooked,” says J...

Crossroads Baptist Church, located at Alt. 75 and Happy Camp Rd. in Beggs, would like to welcome you to join us! As a church family, our purpose is to connect people, grow believers and serve others. ...