The Preston Lady Pirates suffered a heartbreaking 10-9 defeat to the Holdenville Lady Wolverines Tuesday evening at Haskell High School. The Lady Pirates trailed 10-7 heading into their final at-bat, ...

Wiley Ryal Park and Al Kessel Field in Dewar were the sites of the 37th Annual Joe Fowler Gumbo Classic baseball and the 2022 Dewar Invitational slowpitch softball tournaments last Thursday-Saturday. ...

Bittersweet is such an egregious oxymoron when we realize that an average of 22 veterans, mostly suffering from PTSD, commit suicide every day. And these are some of the same brave souls who unselfish...

All City Hall offices and Public Works operations will be closed Friday, April 15, in observance of Good Friday. Emergency service operations, police and fire departments will remain operational on th...

Part III Veteran and post member Pete Rogers has been researching the early history of the post and will be providing a brief history over the next few months in advance of the 100 year celebration. A...

Nonprofit leaders this unveiled the nation’s first-ever interactive map of historic Black Towns and Settlements, 82 communities across the United States designed to bring to life, honor and cement the...

Would you like to learn about para archery? Are you a wounded Warrior, have physical disabilities, an amputation, or in a wheelchair? There will be a meeting Monday, April 18, at the Safe Room at Morr...

This past weekend, the Okmulgee County 4-H held it’s Clover Rally at the Fairgrounds on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon. Students competed in Jr. and Sr. Speech, Jr. and Sr. Illustrated Speech, ...

100 years ago: “Officers watch game and then ‘pinch’ 18 Elks - A raid on Club Rooms at Elks Club by four deputies resulted in the arrest of several prominent citizens. Okmulgee citizens are asked to c...

DEAR ABBY: A dear friend I have known since we were children was murdered. She was lovely in every way, and I am bereft. I cannot process my grief over her untimely passing because it was accompanied ...

All we needed was a cape. We were sure. At least that was what my cousin Jay and I thought. Or, was it that we just needed some “pixie dust” and to believe, as my cousin Susan and I thought? It was a ...

Whether it’s saying sorry for locking keys in the car, or for dumping a soft drink on a freshmopped floor, or for cheating on a college exam. Confessing a wrong (while hard to do) is not optional. Not...

We are finally into Spring! The trees are blooming and the flowers are growing. If you have tulips, daffodils or hyacinth, you may already have blooms but most certainly have buds if nothing else. It ...

The Preston High School Academic Team, under Coach Jon Robertson, was named 2022 Academic State Champions over the weekend. They were put in the loser’s bracket by Crossing Christian and then battled ...

Pictured are the Morris High School Academic Team, who finished 5th at the OSSAA State Championship Saturday at Rose State College. Members of the Morris High School Academic Team include (not in orde...

Congratulations to this Morris Middle School 6th grade Academic team. They are the 2022 5/6 grade Class B OJABA state champions.They went in as the number one seed and swept all four games to bring ho...

Beggs Band of Demons recently earned its 5th OSSAA Sweepstakes Award. So, what is a Sweepstakes, you might ask? The OSSAA Band Sweepstakes award is the highest award a high school band in Oklahoma can...

Morris High School Senior and FFA and Horticulture student, Brylie Owen, signed a letter of intent with Eastern Oklahoma College in Wilburton last week. She was joined by family, instructors and schoo...

The Oklahoma Health Care Authority is preparing for the end of the Public Health Emergency (PHE) by asking all SoonerCare members to update their contact information and documentation. This will help ...

The Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) launched a new group vaping cessation intervention this month for teens and young adults. Quit the Hit is a free, web-based program designed to r...