Several readers participated in the Okmulgee Times 2022 Music Match contest. Winners included Cara Dildine (top), Jeanette Taylor (middle) and Glenda Tedlock (bottom).

On behalf of the Okmulgee Young Professionals (OYP), we would like to take this opportunity to make a public statement regarding the circumstances that have occurred in our organization involving Rich...

The Okmulgee High School and Novice Teams completed their qualifying tournament season last week. Despite the weather forcing them to move to virtual at the last minute, according to Coach Stormy Howe...

The Okmulgee County Sharks Special Activities Association is partnering with the Okmulgee Masons to bring their annual Shark Shiver fundraising event. Shark Shiver, as well as the Buddy Walk, is sched...

Okmulgee City Council member Mickey Baldwin was appointed as mayor Tuesday afternoon following the resignation of Richard Larabee. Larabee submitted his letter of resignation to members of the council...

Casting calls have been announced for the upcoming filming of the second season of Reservation Dogs. The critically acclaimed FX on Hulu series, filmed primarily in Okmulgee, will begin filming its se...

Okmulgee Public Schools received four new buses last week, according to District Transportation Director John Reed. The Blue Bird 77-passenger buses were purchased with a portion the American Rescue P...

An investigation is underway into a crash that killed a Beggs man on Tuesday. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported the collision March 1 at 5:02 p.m. on Celia Berry Hill Road, 3/10 miles west of 240 R...

Okmulgee Fire Fighters Association IAFF Local #2839 recently donated a coffee mug hanger to Station 1 and a call went out to local businesses to share a mug with them. The rack is filling up quite nic...

The Morris Eagle varsity basketball team continued their run through the loser’s bracket of the Class 3A postseason with back-to-back wins earlier this week. After beginning the playoffs with a win ov...

The Beggs Golden Demon varsity basketball team kept their season alive with a 66-54 victory over the Cascia Hall Commandos on Tuesday afternoon. The 12-point win came in the consolation championship g...

The varsity baseball teams from Beggs and Okmulgee began their 2022 season Tuesday with a doubleheader meeting at Morgan Field at Bateman Park in Okmulgee. The county diamond squads also introduced ne...

The Preston varsity basketball program will have to use a different path in their journey towards a first state tourament appearance since 2017 following a pair of losses to Pocola Tuesday evening. Th...

The Morris Lady Eagle varsity basketball team saw their bid for their first state tournament appearance since 2011 take a slight detour Tuesday evening in Checotah. In order to snap an 10-year state t...

Morris junior Jaxen Wright, center, is pictured with assistant wrestling coach Mark Smith, left, and head wrestling coach Jack Crawford. Last Saturday, Wright made school history, becoming the first-e...

The Henryetta Golden Knight varsity basketball team had their 2021-2022 season come to a close Tuesday afternoon with a 56-47 loss to the Kellyville Ponies. The season-ending setback to the Ponies cam...

Hunger, as mentioned earlier, marks the life of a Jesus-disciple. This is not to say the apprentice keeps up a nonstop ravenous yearning for God. No, the journey of a deepening closeness with Christ t...

DEAR ABBY: I have been married 31 years. I recently found out my husband belongs to a singles group. The group meets once a week, and my husband never misses a meeting. I went with him to their most r...

Have you ever wondered about the meanings of some of the sayings we overhear and often use? I have. One of those sayings is: “It will all come out in the wash.” Now, the logical meaning would be that ...

100 years ago: “Democrats of Okmulgee Bar Back Up Hepburn.” County Attorney Hepburn was engaged in a war of words with the governor about events in the local court. Hepburn stated he was too busy to a...