As of July 1, the Okmulgee Area Development Co. will be under new leadership for the first time in four years. Dr. Bill Path will end his marathon leadership role as the Chairman of our Board of Direc...

Residential Construction • 1 New Housing unit Jubilee Christian • 1 New Duplex --- Commercial Construction • Starbucks Permit Complete (not paid) • Downtown Apts. remodel of 4 Units R-in Elect. Sprink...

Muscogee Nation officials were pleased to hear the opinion released by the Supreme Court last week in Brackeen v. Haaland. The Brackeen v. Haaland case revolves around the Indian Child Welfare Act, a ...

The deadline for a popular state scholarship program is quickly approaching for Oklahoma students who just completed 8th, 9th, 10th or 11th grade. This is the final opportunity for students who were 1...

The Okmulgee Farmers Market is held each Friday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of the Creek Council House in downtown Okmulgee. June 24 Harlan Ford Car Show | Harlan Ford will hold its 7th annual Car ...

Okmulgee’s Got Talent III will be held this Saturday, June 24, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Orpheum Theatre, 210 W. 7th in downtown Okmulgee. Admission is $6 for adults and under 12 is $3. This event...

This past Wednesday, June 14, marked the kickoff of the Children’s Garden Project, hosted by Okmulgee Community Garden and YMCA GO Summer Camp Program. The YMCA will bring 2nd and 3rd grade students t...

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,...