Okmulgee High School Senior Adason Mathis placed second in the Voice of Democracy competition in District 7, after winning the local competition. Pictured presenting her award are VFW Post 1189 Comman...

Deloris Van Straten, representing Okmulgee radio station 1240 The Brew, received a U.S. Flag Wednesday morning, to replace the one currently in use. Making the presentation was VFW Post 1189 Commander...

The preliminary hearing in State versus Keegan Kelley Harroz and Barry Titus II ended Wednesday afternoon before Judge Deborah Reheard. Harroz and Titus are charged in the triple homicide of Tiffany E...

A major water line replacement project will begin soon that will encompass several areas of the city. Okmulgee City Manager Tom Giulioli sat down with Councilmember and newly-appointed mayor Mickey Ba...

The polling place for Precinct 560014 is moving, Ashley Carnes, Secretary of the Okmulgee County Election Board, announced this week. Voters in Precinct 560014 who formerly cast their ballots at Ameri...

Col. Lance Frye, M.D., was named Tuesday as the first surgeon general to serve the Muscogee Nation. Principal Chief of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, David Hill, and Secretary of Health, Shawn Terry, ma...

The Muscogee Nation has bolstered its court system with the confirmation of a new Criminal Court Judge. During a Regular Session meeting on February 26, the National Council confirmed the nomination o...

Junior Skylar Morris and freshman Breea Stockholm were next for the Lady Knights, finishing in a 3-way tie for 16th overall with Muskogee’s Nizhoni Mason with 18-hole scores of 101. The Henryetta Lady...

The Henryetta Lady Knight slowpitch softball team began their 2022 season Monday evening with a pair of run-rule wins. The Lady Knights, who qualified for the state slowpitch softball championships la...

The Dewar Dragon varsity baseball team continued their winning ways in 2022 with a pair of runrule victories at home earlier this week. The Dragons began the week with a 9-1 win over the visiting Depe...

The Preston Lady Pirates opened their slowpitch softball season on Monday evening, hosting their Okmulgee County foes, the Wilson Lady Tigers. The Lady Pirates, who were one win away from reaching the...

The Beggs Golden Demon varsity baseball team remained perfect in district play this season with back-to-back wins over the Meeker Bulldogs earlier this week. With the sweep of Meeker, the Demons impro...

The Beggs Lady Demon slowpitch softball team traveled to Depew on Thursday to compete in the annual Depew Slowpitch Softball Tournament. The Depew Tournament was originally scheduled to take place Thu...

The Preston varsity baseball team opened the home portion of their 2022 spring baseball season Monday evening, hosting the Drumright Tornadoes at the Jim Waller Sports Complex. The Pirates entered Mon...

The Henryetta Golden Knight varsity baseball team began their district schedule earlier this week, taking on the Spiro Bulldogs in a pair of contests. The Bulldogs came to Henryetta on Monday for the ...

The Okmulgee Bulldog varsity baseball team dropped a pair of identical 15-2 decisions to the Sperry Pirates earlier this week. The losses to Sperry puts the Bulldogs at 0-7 on the year and 0-4 in Dist...

March is observed as Women’s History Month all across the world. International Women’s Day commemorates the cultural, political and socioeconomic achievements of this elite group of humans. During thi...

DEAR ABBY: Thirty-two years ago I was seeing two different men. I slept with each of them in the same week and became pregnant. I told them midway through the pregnancy that the baby might be theirs. ...

“Master, teach us to pray.” How refreshing, the unvarnished, straightforward appeal to Jesus offered by his ragtag band of disciples. The obvious sincerity of their request may suggest a couple of thi...

When I graduated from high school, I moved out of state to go to college. I lost contact with my schoolmates for many years. It didn’t really matter to me because I wasn’t close to them anyway. You se...