Tuesday’s Okmulgee Lions Club program was presented by Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready, accompanied by Liana Bortoto, Community Outreach Coordinator (Oklahoma City office) and Benna Nye ...

Okmulgee Schools All breakfast served with juice. Choice of 1% or Fat Free Milk offered each day at breakfast and lunch. For high school, juice, fruit and salad bar is also offered daily for lunch. • ...

Calvary Baptist Church welcomed their new pastor Rev. Johnny Wagner and wife Becky on Feb. 19. Rev. Wagner is the only son of a single mother; he has sisters and their childhood home was in Northwest ...

6:07 a.m. - 1200 block of W 7th St. - False alarm or false call, other 1:42 p.m. - 1700 block of E 12th St. - Medical assist, assist EMS crew 6:38 p.m. - S Okmulgee Ave. & W Eufaula St. - Motor vehicl...

CF-2023-00025 State of Oklahoma vs. Brixey, Derek Jon Burglary, Second Degree Poss. of CDS CF-2023-00026 State of Oklahoma vs. Cook, Bryar Jeremy Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle CF-2023-00027 State of O...

4:33 a.m. - Suspicious activity - 1300 block of 4th - RP advises of a gray Mercedes with black rims in driveway. RP advises she also can hear voices. 11:40 a.m. - Threats - Dunbar Middle School Staff ...

5:24 p.m. - Follow up - Request to speak with deputy in reference to a report filed last week against someone threatening him, and he wants to speak to someone to give them more info on a call he got ...

This Sunday, March 5, is the 2nd Sunday in Lent. The readings are from Genesis 32:22-32, Romans 5:1-5 and Matthew 15:21-28. Holding God to His Word Jacob wrestled with God; he would not let Him go unt...

First Free Will Baptist Church, 105 E. Merrick St. in Henryetta, will begin holding worship services at 10:45 a.m. They are now under the auspices of the Progressive Association of Free Will Baptist, ...

When we hear someone say, “I can tell you ‘this one thing’ for sure,” our thoughts go immediately to that person being totally committed or fully convinced in some area of their life. Today, I want to...

March 3 is National Soup It Forward Day! I know, I know. That’s stretching it a little, right? Well, I needed an idea and when it’s food related, I am usually pretty willing to go with it. The weather...

The shepherd-sheep metaphor offers you and me a firm picture of what “abiding in Christ” looks like. Good-Shepherd Jesus initiates the relationship (“I have come to seek and to save that which was los...

Growing up, I wasn’t especially fond of fish for dinner. Perch aren’t the best tasting fish in the world. Except when I caught some perch and then, I thought they were delicious. Later, I decided catf...

10 Years Ago: Preston Lady Pirates Basketball Team Headed to State The Preston High School cheerleaders cheered on the Lady Pirates basketball team who played in the first round of the state tournamen...

DEAR ABBY: My brother-in-law and his fiancee, “Shana,” have been dating for five years. They have a beautiful son and have a date set for their wedding. I have been with my husband for four years, and...

November 5, 1952 - March 1, 2023 Larry Duane Story passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2023, in Tulsa at 77 of age. He was born November 5, 1952 in Clovis, Calif. to Charles E. and Betty M. (Dawson) Story...

October 2, 1949 - February 6, 2023 Gala Yvonne Mann, longtime resident of Okmulgee, passed away February 6, 2023, in Okmulgee at 73 years of age. Arrangements are pending with McClendon-Winters Funera...

June 3, 1977 - February 25, 2023 Allen Dean Smith, a resident of Henryetta, died February 25, 2023, in Tulsa at the age of 45. He was born June 3, 1977, in Henryetta to Treman and Ruby (McElhanon) Smi...

March 15, 1941 - February 27, 2023 Donald James Gaynor, Sr., 81, United States Army veteran and retired electronics technician of Henryetta, died Monday, February 27, 2023. He was born Saturday, March...

November 1, 1927 - February 21, 2023 Lura Frances Wilson, 95 and formerly of Okmulgee, passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at Trinity Woods Health Center in Tulsa. The family will receive friends ...