The Henryetta Golden Knight varsity basketball team kept their season alive Monday night with a 47-43 win over Heartland Conference foe, the Eufaula Ironheads, at the Henryetta Event Center. The 4-poi...

The Preston varsity basketball team moved one step closer to their first state tournament appearance in five years with a pair of narrow wins this past Saturday night. The Pirates and Lady Pirates are...

The Beggs Golden Demons survived their first two elimination games of the Class 3A, Area III, regional basketball tournament. The Demons, last year’s Class 3A state runner-up, kept their season alive ...

The 2021-2022 varsity basketball campaigns for the Okmulgee Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs came to a close this past Saturday at Adair High School. Okmulgee’s seasons ended with double-digit losses in the...

The Beggs Lady Demons had their 2021-2022 varsity basketball season come to a close Monday afternoon with a 53-37 loss to the Cascia Hall Lady Commandos. The season-ending setback came in the consolat...

The Henryetta Lady Knight varsity basketball team had their 2021-2022 season come to a close Saturday afternoon with a heartbreaking 35-34 loss to the Antlers Lady Bearcats. The season-ending defeat c...

If the Morris Eagle varsity basketball team is to end their 13-year state tournament drought, they will need to win five-straight games over the next week. The reason for the ‘must win’ scenario for t...

Miracles are big business today. If you have any doubt, type the word “miracle” into your favorite online search engine. My personal favorite is “The Cat Miracle Diet” website. This diet promises the ...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been happily married for 23 years and have two children. Is it OK for my mother-in-law to tell my husband something and demand that he not tell me? The “secret” is: Hi...

Richard Larabee Resigns as Mayor   In light of recent allegations, Okmulgee Mayor Richard Larabee submitted his letter of resignation to members of City Council and City Manager Tom Giulioli. See atta...

The Okmulgee Police Department received information today from a local business alleging embezzlement of a large amount of money. The McCullough Building Owners LLC has reported former property manage...

About 20 members of the Okmulgee County Community Garden participated in a very successful Work Day at the Garden. “The Gardeners should be very proud,” Chairman Ann Alexander said. Here is what the g...

Okmulgee’s First Presbyterian Church is one of the oldest churches in the city and is featured in the special Focus Magazine inside this edition of the Okmulgee Times. Pictured are some of the images ...

“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” Ah, yes, love is surely in the air and love certainly does ask many questions. In any love relationship there are times of communication, observation, refl...

Oklahomans who missed open enrollment but still need health insurance can check with a Healthcare Navigator to find out if they are eligible for a special enrollment period in the online Marketplace. ...

Senate Appropriations Chair Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, issued the following statement after the Oklahoma State Board of Equalization (BOE) met on Tuesday to certify revenues available for appropriation...

The Oklahoma Aging Advocacy Leadership Academy (OAALA) is accepting applications for 2022. For 24 years, OAALA has provided free training for individuals to be informed volunteer community leaders and...

A dedication ceremony of a street in honor of a fallen Okmulgee soldier was held Saturday. A section of Eufaula Street, between Miami and Wilson, have markers erected in honor of Specialist 4 Richard ...

100 years ago: Young Democrats elect D. Davison as their state president, while a Henryetta woman is named vice president. Pawhuska was chosen to be the site of the next convention after Shawnee withd...

With the Olympic closing ceremonies fresh on my mind, I thought back to 1980 when the U.S.A. hockey team beat the Soviet Union 4-3 with just seconds to go, and Al Michaels yelling into the microphone,...