Coach Love sets expectations for upcoming season The Okmulgee Public School Board of Education held its final meeting of the fiscal year on Thursday. To start, Dunbar STEM/Career Tech instructor Mrs. ...

I love finding unusual things to cook with. Well, Adrian works at Walmart so when an unusual fruit passed his register, he knew I would want to give it a try. Adrian even purchased the fruit and broug...

Beggs track coach Gerard Alexander retires after 36-year career After 36 years in the coaching field, Beggs coach Gerard Alexander called it a career last May. “It doesn’t seem like it was 36 years,” ...

Greater Jones Chapel AME Zion Church and Rev. Terry Howard Sr. invited the Okmulgee Fire Department to come show off one of their fire engines to the kids attending their summer program. Children were...

CF-2023-00102 06/21/2023 State of Oklahoma vs. Cottrell, Dewayne Ravon Possession of Firearm After Former Juvenile Adjudication CF-2023-00103A 06/21/2023 State of Oklahoma vs. Fulton, Tyler Wayne Cons...

8:47 p.m. - Dollar General - Larceny - RP advised their food stamps card number was stolen or copied. RP states there have been charges in Tulsa that she has not made. --- 06/11/2023 8:04 a.m. - Loves...

12:15 a.m. - 11000 Block Hectorville Rd - Alarm - RP advised of an audible alarm going off at the water department. 12:40 a.m. - 26000 Block Wilson Rd - Suspicious Person - RP advised of a person walk...

Have you ever stopped to think of the wonder of being able to hear sounds? The joy of hearing a baby cue, the birds singing in the trees or the sound of breath-taking music is truly a wondrous blessin...

Registration open for July 20 event The Oklahoma City Thunder has spots available for its summer youth basketball camp in Okmulgee for kids ages 6-14. Thunder Youth Basketball camps, presented by Simp...

DEAR ABBY: My daughter “Lia” and her husband, “Jerry,” visited his mother and stepdad, “Gil,” a few months ago. Gil gave Lia an inappropriate hug, with his hand sliding to her buttocks. Lia said Gil h...

Mike was an intelligent boy, but not quick in his responses. It seemed he always needed a moment to think through his answers before he gave them, never being sure of what he first thought the answer ...

Green Country Technology Center is delighted to announce the graduation of its Summer Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) cohort on June 29. This exceptional group of nine graduates has successfully comple...

All Okmulgee City Hall offices and Public Works operations will be closed Tuesday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. Emergency service operations, police and fire departments will remain oper...

Tuesday’s early morning severe storms alert did little to ease the anxiety of the possible third consecutive program becoming a “no show,” but braver hearts prevailed to the tune of “the show must go ...

The Creek Council House Museum Association prepared collections for an auction they were hosting. A teen was wounded in an accidental shooting on Hwy. 75. The shot even broke the window of the car. Ok...

A total of 7,729 students were named to the 2023 spring semester honor rolls at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, including 3,491 students named to the President’s Honor Roll for earning an A g...

Okmulgee’s Got Talent III is a success A wide variety of local and area men and women took the stage last week for the Okmulgee Community Theatre presentation of “Okmulgee’s Got Talent III.” Directed ...

Where quality has stood the test of time for 84 years On the 4th of July, 1939, a young man named O.K. (Oscar Kasper) Staudt, a jeweler by trade, arrived in Okmulgee and reported to work. He came all ...

The Okmulgee County Genealogical Society held their first in-person meeting Monday at the Okmulgee Library. This is the first one since 2021, when COVID-19 led them virtually instead. The mayor of Gra...

Elizabeth Ponthieux, receptionist for the Okmulgee Times and Henryetta Free-Lance, presents 2023 Henryetta High School graduate Mabrey Been with the Herman L. Brown Memorial Scholarship.The scholarshi...