Special meeting is May 5 A nonpartisan Town of Grayson general election will be held at a Special Town Meeting Wednesday, May 5. Meeting/registration will begin at 6 p.m. Those wishing to be a candida...

County groups to hold celebration, lunch May 8 Oklahoma Home and Community Education Week is observed during the first week of May. Founded in 1935, when the groups were called Home Demonstration club...

‘Clue’ opens tonight at Orpheum Who is the killer? Find out this weekend as the Okmulgee Community Theatre shares its presentation of “Clue” with the public. “Clue” opens tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the O...

Wilbert Gresham was killed March 8, 1967 A county serviceman who was killed in action will be honored this week. Wilbert James Gresham was killed in action in Vietnam, while serving in the U.S. Army o...

The Henryetta Lady Knight varsity slowpitch softball team came up short in their bid for a district championship last Thursday in Bristow. The Lady Knights began their 3-team Class 5A district tournam...

Woodward head baseball coach David Dunlap encourages his team during last Thursday’s battle with Tahlequah Sequoyah at the 2023 Okmulgee Neal’s Classic baseball tournament at Morgan Field at Bateman P...

The Morris Lady Eagle varsity slowpitch softball team saw their dreams of a state championship end with a pair of losses last Wednesday in the Class 4A district championships at Morris High School. Th...

The Preston Pirate varsity spring baseball team extended their winning streak to 18 games with three-straight home wins this past weekend. The Pirates began the 3-game homestand last Thursday with a 9...

Demons top Dogs for 7th at 3-day event The 2023 Okmulgee Neal’s Classic baseball tournament came to a close this past Saturday night with the Bristow Purple Pirates defeating the Haskell Haymakers by ...

The Preston Lady Pirate varsity slowpitch softball team began their 2023 postseason schedule last Thursday by capturing the Class 4A district championship with a 10-0 win over the Hulbert Lady Riders....

“For the poor will never cease to be in the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.’” (Deuteronomy 15:11) Israel w...

“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you,” wrote Lewis Smedes. I’ll never forget the video I saw of a session where a counselor urged a woman to forgive her mother....

This last Wednesday, we had our third family catechesis night after our evening Holy Hour of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Those who attend the class and perhaps even those who don’t know how mu...

Our former Okmulgee County Humane Society director, Lyn, saved countless dogs and cats. We’re honoring all she has done in her many years serving as OCHS director, and foster of up to 1,000 dogs, with...

DEAR ABBY: I live on the bottom floor of a duplex with my wife. My brother-in-law, his wife and their two sons, ages 4 and 2, are upstairs. Since the 2-year-old was born, he’s been very rambunctious a...

On Friday, April 21, the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) partnered with the Oklahoma Successful Adulthood program (OKSA), a division of Oklahoma Human Services, to hold a career and educa...

The annual Okmulgee FFA Spring Plant Sale held last Friday and Saturday, drew lots of people to assist the program in their fundraising efforts. The FFA members worked hard to offer the public a varie...

Okmulgee County Farm Bureau made a $100 donation to the Okmulgee County Safehouse for them to purchase food for those they provide assistance. This donation will be matched by the Oklahoma Farm Bureau...

Wednesday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the OSUIT Student Union parking lot. Bring any unused or expired medications for safe and anonymous disposal. The event is a partnership of OSUIT, OSUIT ...

Vickie Jones strives to be the voice for those who are unable “I was laying in bed, seemed like something said, ‘Get up. Get up because you can’t help him if you’re laying down.”’ -Vickie Jones --- Au...