Editor’s Note: New Okmulgee County Emergency Management Director Jeff Moore provided the following report for the week as he gets acclimated to his new job. Welcome to Okmulgee County! Week of 07/17/2...

Overall state numbers are down Oklahoma’s jobless rate is down overall for most counties according to the latest report from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. However, Okmulgee County saw t...

Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology and Muscogee Creek Nation Employment and Training Adult Learning Program held their GED graduation ceremony last Thursday. The speakers for the evenin...

Julie Norem honored at luncheon The Oklahoma 4-H Youth Development program is designed around the concept of learning by doing - and that concept isn’t just for club members. Parents and volunteers ca...

Vanessa VanCleave, a teacher at Schulter Schools, is happy to announce the release this week of her new memoir. The book, “Hearing Aids - How A Deaf Child with AIDS Taught Me to Hear Gods Voice,” tell...

Dr. Bill R. Path to start new chapter after 38 years in higher education After an illustrious career spanning 38 years in higher education, Dr. Bill R. Path, President of OSU Institute of Technology (...

Some of you might remember the 1983 Stephen King movie “Cujo” about a rabid dog which goes crazy in protecting his property. This movie is an almost-true story based on a dog in Maine named Travers, a...

Next week starts Shark Week on the Discovery Channel! I am so excited. It’s one magnificent week filled with specials about these razor toothed predators of the oceans. NatGeo had Sharkfest for a coup...

Editor’s Note: The wrestlers and coaches are currently in Fargo competing. Coach Mark Smith is the sonin- law of Okmulgeeans Jan and Fran Colombin, and wrestler Hunter Smith is their grandson. - Just ...

Okmulgee Track & Field and Cross Country Head Coach Dwight Pankey (far right) made his annual summer trip to Australia, traveling to Sydney and Brisbane to serve as a mid-distance coach at the 2023 Co...

Demons earn 15th-straight postseason berth in 2022 The Beggs Golden Demon varsity football team increased its playoff appearance streak to 15 in 2022. For the first time since 2016, the Demons failed ...

The Henryetta Knights Wrestling Club held its 3rd Annual Skills and Drills Youth Wrestling Camp last Friday and Saturday at the Henryetta Event Center. The 2-day camp featured kids from Morris, Dewar,...

The Okmulgee Public Library held an art workshop for the older kids this week as part of their Summer Reading Program. Danny Gordon, who drew his first dog cartoon in 2003, shared this love of art and...

Holly Walters Hamilton, owner of Walters Real Estate, was at Midge and Millie’s this week to speak with the Talk Local crowd. Walters, who has worked in real estate since 2008, spoke about joining the...

Harlan Ford is once again holding a paper drive for Okmulgee Public Schools. The drive began Wednesday, July 19, and reams or boxes of copy paper will be accepted. They can be dropped off at Harlan Fo...

It is that exciting time of the year to register for the 2024 Oklahoma American Legion Boys State, which will be held at Rogers State University in Claremore. Please take time with your parents to vis...

The American Legion has certain qualifications for prospective Boys State citizens. Following are the recommended guidelines employed by most Boys State programs: Students in high school are considere...

Five members of drug trafficking organization plead guilt to federal drug crimes Ricky Edward Hall, 29, of Covington, Christopher Adam Banschbach, 37, an inmate at the Davis Correctional Facility in H...

5:51 p.m. - 500 Block N Alabama - Suspicious Activity - RP advised she saw someone climb through the window. 6:00 p.m. - Arborstone Storage - Larceny - RP advised someone broke into his storage unit. ...

10:22 a.m. - 400 Block S Wood - Other - RP advised of a bow and arrows and other weapons at the homeless camp behind McDonald’s. 10:39 a.m. - Gun Club Rd/Old Highway 75 - Animals - RP advised there ar...