Twin Hills School will be having a Johnson O’Malley Indian Education Committee Election and Meeting, on Monday, April 18, at 6 p.m. in the Conference Room. The Twin Hills Indian Education Committee fo...

The Okmulgee Chamber of Commerce held ribbon cuttings Monday for two of Historic Downtown Okmulgee’s newest businesses. The Merc on Mort, 106 S Morton, as well as Lumberjack Attack, 108 S Morton, open...

Okmulgee Dunbar School has joined Parent Guidance as the newest district in Oklahoma to offer free therapist-led mental health resources for parents and guardians through the ParentGuidance.org progra...

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. This month and throughout the year, the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) and its community partners encourage all individuals and organization...

Approval of Okmulgee County Barns obtaining Purchase Cards (P-Cards) were approved during Monday’s meeting of the board of commissioners. This item was tabled from last week’s agenda, pending further ...

The death penalty is being sought by Okmulgee County District Attorney Carol Iski in the case of Keegan Kelley Harroz and Barry Roland Titus II. The two defendants are accused in the 2019 slayings of ...

A summer basketball camp is slated to begin May 30 thanks to Okmulgee’s own Gwen Parker. “1-2-3 Parker’s First Basketball Camp” is the culmination of 20 plus years of coaching experience and Parker sa...

Two staff members of Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology were recently honored for their contributions. Fran Colombin and Beth Rogers received recognition by the Oklahoma Career and Tech...

The Dewar varsity baseball and slowpitch softball programs were able to keep the championship plaques at last weekend’s home tournaments in house with wins in their respective title contests. The host...

The Morris high school slowpitch softball team had a very busy schedule this past Friday. The Lady Eagles began their busy schedule with a pair of Pool Play games at the annual Dewar Invitational Slow...

The Morris Eagle varsity baseball team came away with a third-place finish at last weekend’s 37th Annual Joe Fowler Gumbo Classic in Dewar Ȧ 2-run fourth proved to be the difference in the Eagles’ 5-4...

The Preston Lady Pirate varsity slowpitch softball team came away with a third-place finish at last weekend’s Dewar Invitational Slowpitch Softball Tournament. The Lady Pirates concluded their partici...

The Henryetta varsity baseball team went 1-2 at last weekend’s 37th Annual Joe Fowler Gumbo Classic in Dewar. The lone win for the Knights at the 3-day tournament came last Friday afternoon with a har...

The Morris Lady Eagle varsity slowpitch softball team earned a split decision this past Friday at the Dewar Invitational Tournament. Due to a scheduling conflict, the Lady Eagles only competed in a pa...

The Refuge Church Pastors Rocky and Samantha Ausbrooks invite you to The Refuge Church, where our heart is to be a place of healing and restoration, a safe place for the guilty and broken to have an e...

On Thursday, March 31, the Okmulgee City-Wide Prayer Band celebrated 65 years of gathering for prayer. Rev. W. M. Haynes founded the Prayer Band in 1957. Today, Rev. Gregory Richardson of Conversion C...

“I think Jesus wanted to ride the donkey so he wouldn’t hurt his feet,” says Mary Jane, 7. “His feet had just got washed by expensive perfume.” Mary of Bethany had anointed Jesus’ feet with expensive ...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I divorced when our only son was 3. We had joint custody. Our marriage ended because of his binge drinking, secrecy, verbal abuse and one incident of domestic violence. At 14...

The filing period for elected offices at the county, state, and federal levels is one week away. While we will have some interesting choices for various offices, I would recommend not believing the me...

You never knew which way the ball was going to bounce, particularly if your name happened to be Lucille (Ball), as in the I Love Lucy TV show. Tuesday’s Okmulgee Lions Club program was presented by Wa...