Children at Sherl’s Day Care Center in Okmulgee got an early visit from the Easter Bunny as he makes his rounds. Misty Wallace of Sister Love Community Outreach accompanied the Easter Bunny to drop of...

Dewar and Morris met on the softball field in Okemah on Tuesday evening for a county showdown. The Dewar Lady Dragons came out of the county battle with a 10-4 decision over the Class 4A No. 12 Morris...

The Henryetta Golden Knight varsity baseball team came away with a split decision in their District 3A-7 battle with the Checotah Wildcats. The Knights began the back-to-back district contests with a ...

The Morris Eagles and Preston Pirates are among the talented 8-team field that is competing this weekend at the annual Preston Pirate Invitational baseball tournament at the high school field at the J...

The district tournament playoff pairings for slowpitch softball teams in Classes A-5A were released by the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association last Friday afternoon. Four of the seven Ok...

The Henryetta varsity golf teams had lots of success in their recent two tournaments. The HHS link squads earned Top 2 finishes at last Thursday’s Heartland Conference tournament in Checotah, while th...

The Okmulgee Bulldog varsity baseball team dropped a pair of home games to the Cascia Hall Commandos on Tuesday evening. The doubleheader sweep to the Commandos at historic Morgan Field at Bateman Par...

The Preston Lady Pirate slowpitch softball team earned a split decision Tuesday evening in Haskell. The Lady Pirates, ranked 13th in Class 4A, made the trip to Muskogee County for a pair of showdowns ...

The high school slowpitch softball teams for Morris and Beggs met in Morris on Monday for a doubleheader showdown. The host Morris Lady Eagles took both games of the twinbill against their county riva...

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 17 years with three great kids. My wife and I have struggled on and off during those 17 years. I often feel like maybe I don’t love her. We are complete opposites. I...

I was working at a Texaco gas station on weekends. The station was across town, maybe five or six miles from home. I was 16-years-old. It was Sunday. After morning church, my parents had headed out to...

John 3:16 tells us: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” This is the heart of the gospel summed up in on...

“What in tarnation?” A handy phrase of my father’s generation. Clyde Lout might have employed this downhome remark of astonishment if he had heard Maundy Thursday spoken in conversation. Indeed, since...

Easter Sunday is this week. Easter always falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox. Easter, therefore, can fall on any Sunday between March 22 and April 25. How...

Distinguished graduates from the 2022 graduating class at Beggs High School enjoyed a luncheon recently at Pete’s Place in McAlester. These graduates will be honored during graduation ceremonies at Be...

OCCJA officer Aaron Swayze is joined by his wife following his promotion to Captain for the agency last week. A longtime member of law enforcement, Swayze was joined by Deputy Executive Director Chris...

Congratulations to Okmulgee High School student Tanelly Mojica (pictured above) who took 3rd place in State 4A Lincoln Douglas Debate last weekend. Also competing and placing were Natalie Landsberry a...

Okmulgee County Criminal Justice Authority staff member David Dever, third from right, is joined by his wife and children at last week’s OCCJA board meeting. Dever and his wife were recognized for the...

Morris Schools held its first National Junior Honor Society induction for Morris Middle School on April 7. Principal Heather Adams welcomed the students and families to the event. Nicole Gehring, 8th ...

On Monday, the Okmulgee County Humane Society announced it was on complete and total intake hold and medical assistance. The facility is overfilled and there is no place to keep any more animals. Fost...