Pirates, Lady Pirates end regular season with pair of home wins The Preston varsity basketball program concluded its regular-season schedule Tuesday evening at home against the Kellyville Ponies and L...

Beggs senior Darieon Johnson (front row center) signed a letter of intent Wednesday to play college football at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College in Miami. Pictured with Johnson are (back row, L to R)...

The Dewar Dragon football program added another state championship to their trophy case on Tuesday afternoon at Wetumka High School. The latest state championship for the Dewar gridiron program came c...

All City Hall offices and Public Works operations will be closed Monday, Feb. 20, in observance of President’s Day. Emergency service operations, police and fire departments will remain operational. S...

A Women’s Support Group will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, at Church House of Prayer, 1015 N. Wood in Okmulgee. “Come go with us, it will do you good,” pastor Susan Hunt-Smith said. “The church in...

Today is Random Acts of Kindness Day Today, February 17, is nationally known as Random Act of Kindness Day. Starting in 1995, the Random Act of Kindness Foundation is in the business of being kind, an...

Board approves handbook ammendment A presentation by Morris Youth Sports was heard this week at the regular monthly meeting of the Morris City Council. President Bonnie West addressed council with the...

Dropout, remediation stats shared with board The Morris School Board of Directors approved the hiring of two new personnel during Monday’s regular session. Jack Dingus was hired as a social studies te...

The Unity Club has helped many addicts and alcoholics to recover and become productive members of the community for over 40 years. Located at 1201 N. Griffin in Okmulgee, meetings are held at 7:30 p.m...

Escaped from Okmulgee Jail, involved in pursuit An Okemah man will serve over 23 years in prison following his sentencing this week in federal court. On Tuesday, the United States Attorney’s Office fo...

Misty Wallace: A Warrior for Life and Mission “I’m just simple … I love to do and keep myself busy. I love my community and have been here 41 years, almost 42, and I barely go outside my community. So...

Okmulgee native Hattie Mann will celebrate her 100th birthday with family and friends this Saturday. Born Feb. 20, 1923, to parents Ira Lee and Exie (Griffith) Hood near Sharp Road, Hattie became baby...

School board meets in regular session Okmulgee Public School board has approved the employment of Coach Randy Jackson as head football coach for the upcoming school year. The action came during the re...

Municipal elections on tap April 4 A runoff has been set for April 4 for the Ward 2 seat for Okmulgee City Council. Tuesday’s municipal election drew only 330 ballots cast for the four candidates vyin...

The Henryetta varsity basketball program finished their regular-season schedule this past Friday evening with a trip to Okemah. The Henryetta cage squads closed out the regular season with a split dec...

The Schulter girls varsity basketball team had their 2022-2023 season come to a close last Thursday evening at Kinta High School. The season-ending loss came by a 39-34 margin to the Cameron Lady Yell...

Eagles need OT to ‘corral’ Ponies The Morris varsity basketball program closed out their regular-season schedule this past Friday evening with a trip to Kellyville. The Morris cage squads will enter t...

Okmulgee and Beggs closed out their season series on the hardwood this past Friday evening at the Beggs Event Center. Both Okmulgee County schools came away with a victory in the roundball meeting. Th...

The Preston varsity basketball program came away with a pair of home sweeps last weekend. The first home sweep came last Friday against the visiting Wewoka Tigers and Lady Tigers, while the other home...

Above left, Glynnis Coleman (fourth from the left) and Bob Seebeck (far right) discuss soil preparation in one of the raised beds at the Community Garden during a work day Saturday, Feb. 11. Members o...