My engineering friend at Tulsa U approached research like an Alaskan sled driver tackling the Iditarod Run. Body and soul, mind’s eye trained on a distant finish line, tenacious all the way. Once he d...

FFA shows off new trophies The Morris School board met for their regular monthly meeting on May 8. The meeting was called to order, and the minutes from the regular meeting on April 10, as well as the...

Pictured on this page are action shots from the Dewar Dragon varsity baseball team’s come-from-behind win over fifth-ranked Wright City last Saturday in the quarterfinals of the Class A state baseball...

Pictured on this page are action shots from the Preston Lady Pirate varsity slowpitch softball team’s battle with third-ranked Oktaha last Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the Class 4A state slowpitc...

Okmulgee’s No. 1 Doubles team named first alternate with 5th place finish The Okmulgee Bulldog varsity tennis team earned an 8th-place finish this past Monday at the Class 4A regional tennis champions...

Proud parents and supporters were on hand recently as Morris High School senior Eden Ramos signed to wrestle with Friends University. Chance Jordan signed to play football with NEO. Congratulations to...

Beggs Public Schools will be holding two basketball camps in less than two weeks. The basketball camps will take place May 22-24 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at two different sites at Beggs Public Schools. The ...

HHS net squad finishes as champions in 3 of 4 divisions The Henryetta Golden Knight varsity tennis team will send its entire 6-member team to this weekend’s Class 4A state tennis championships followi...

Henryetta sophomore Brady Norman closed out his first state golf tournament appearance this past Tuesday at Lakeview Golf Course in Ardmore. Norman finished the 2-day, 54-hole, event with a total of 2...

Tuesday’s Okmulgee Lions Club program was a new story for a middle-age agency that has been around for quite some time now - the Okmulgee-Okfuskee County Youth Shelter, commonly referred to as the Ann...

OHS Seniors Kevin Washington and Alexander Armstrong were awarded scholarships of $1,000 each by the Future Farmers of America, in collaboration with Harlan Ford Inc. in Okmulgee. Shawn Morris, Genera...

Proposal now available to public The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces the availability of a Draft Compatibility Determination for Short-Term Disturbance or Other Public Interest Projects with ...

Joseph Morgan is the son of Brittany Morgan and Sam and Mirani Morgan and the grandson of Steve and Stacey Morgan and Genero and Zandy Garza. He has two siblings, Sage and Henry Morgan. He was a membe...

Filming for the upcoming season of “Reservation Dogs” is going on around the Okmulgee area. Members of the Okmulgee Fire Department were on hand for one of the scenes involving the explosion of a bus....

Michael is the son of Bren and Darla Baxter. He has three siblings, an older sister attending college, another older sister in high school, and a younger brother who attends Twin Hills. Michael began ...

This Sunday, May 7, is The 6th Sunday of Easter. The readings are from Numbers 21:4-9, 1 Timothy 2:1-6, John 16:23-30 (31-33). The Father Answers Our Prayers Because of Jesus “Truly, truly, I say to y...

Without a doubt there is mercy, God’s marvelous mercy, enough to go around for me, for you, for the whole wide world - for every person in every generation since the beginning of time to the end of th...

My husband was a huge fan of buying a large piece of meat and eating it in different forms every night of the week. It provided a way for us to buy less meat and still give us a different meal every n...

DEAR ABBY: This is in response to “Living a Soap Opera” (Jan. 3), the unhappy woman who is married to an alcoholic. She is flattered by the three younger men she’s conversing with online. My experienc...

Carl was upset. The night before had been a baptismal service at his church. Now, he was riding in a car with a group of fellow pastors, heading for an educational conference. Feeling a sense of confi...