An Okmulgee man has entered a guilty plea in federal court to the murder of two people. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Austin Dean McMahan, 24,...

National FFA Week is Feb. 18-25 The Okmulgee FFA Officer team and program advisors were the special guest this week at Talk Local, as they prepare for a busy week ahead, including their annual fundrai...

The Beggs varsity basketball program put a wrap on their regular-season schedule Tuesday evening in Shawnee, taking on Class 4A powerhouse North Rock Creek. The Beggs cage squads were unable to end th...

The Okmulgee varsity basketball program closed out the regular-season portion of their 2022-2023 schedule Monday evening at Hugo High School. The Okmulgee cage squads, who will begin postseason play t...

The Okmulgee Lions Club is back on track of our regular scheduled programs following several bouts of inclement weather, which caused several disruptions. Tuesday’s program was presented by Jeff Dismu...

Leon Anderson attends 12th Congress of Mayors Leon Anderson of Grayson participated in the Oklahoma Municipal League (OML) and Mayors Council of Oklahoma (MCO) 12th annual Congress of Mayors event, he...

The Okmulgee Fire Department sent out requests to all local businesses and organizations to donate to the National Fire Safety Council to help purchase fire safety educational material to educate loca...

February is Adoption by Donation! Let’s get these animals out of boarding and give them some Valentine love! Boone is a young shepherd hound mix, medium- sized male. He is friendly and would probably ...

CF-2023-00022 State of Oklahoma vs. Broomhall, Michael D Possession of Contraband by an Inmate CF-2023-00023 State of Oklahoma vs. Airington, Nickie Joe Bringing Contraband into a Place Where Prisoner...

7:29 a.m. - Accident - US Hwy 75 just N. of Hwy 16 - Rollover truck in ditch with multiple kids, unsure if anybody is trapped. RP advised they are trying to get children out now. 8:32 a.m. - Child cus...

8th & Seminole • Okmulgee www.fumcokmulgee.org Plan to join us this Sunday morning! Our traditional worship begins in the Sanctuary at 9 a.m. followed by Sunday School for all ages. Contemporary worsh...

The promise of God in response to humility is seen in James 4:10, “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord and He shall lift you up.” The end of humility for Christ was glory and so it is for us, t...

First Baptist Church Central, located at the corner of 1st and Central, welcomed their newly-elected pastor at the end of January. Rev. Darren B. Williams has taken over church leadership. He is a nat...

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. • ...

February is hard for me, but I have done better this month than I usually do. This week, it caught up to me and I have struggled. Monday I didn’t want to get out of bed. Valentine’s Day is hard since ...

Mike Taylor invited Okmulgee County fishing fans to come out and enjoy the fun! Local fishing professional Mike Taylor was at the 2013 Bassmaster Classic Expo this Friday, Saturday at the Tulsa Civic ...

DEAR ABBY: My married friend is a swinger. She says her husband’s sex drive has declined lately, but it hasn’t. He keeps trying to get me to talk “naughty” with him, but I always refuse. To me, that w...

My mom was a philosopher. If you would tell her that, she would deny it and look at you quizzically, wondering what in the world you were thinking. None-the-less, she was one. You see, she was a stude...

For first century disciples, the exercise of praying served as Jesus’ teaching tool as well as his vehicle of sweet communion with his father, God. Like fruit-bearing branches linked to a common vine,...

February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. Statistics show that one in three U.S. teens end up experiencing physical, sexual or emotional abuse from someone they are in ...