The 2022 OCSLS Premium Sale was held Tuesday evening, following the conclusion of the Okmulgee County Spring Livestock Show. Through the generosity and support of the community, over $77,000 was raise...

The Okmulgee Arby’s restaurant is celebrating their grand reopening after an extensive remodeling project. A ribbon cutting was held on Tuesday afternoon with the aid of the Okmulgee Chamber of Commer...

During Monday’s meeting of the Okmulgee School board, Superintendent Renee Dove announced plans are being finalized for the after-school and summer community partnership grant with the Okmulgee YMCA “...

The Morris School Board of Education met Monday evening to discuss numerous items on an agenda. To open the meeting, Mark Mabrey was assigned to board seat No. 2, which was vacated in Dec. 2021, by Ro...

The Morris High School Academic Team will soon be taking the National stage, and their coach is not only excited about what this group has to offer, but also what the future of the program will be. Ma...

Reservation Dogs will be returning to film their second season. Scouts have been stopping in periodically to take photos of potential scene locations over the past couple of months. Okmulgee Main Stre...

Okmulgee City Council covered an agenda consisting of several ordinances during the regular Council meeting held Tuesday evening at City Hall. Mayor Richard Larabee began the meeting recognizing Mike ...

The first free dump day at the Okmulgee Landfill will be this Saturday. This is only for City of Okmulgee water and sewer account holders. You must show a current utility bill to use the service. Hour...

Dewar senior Jameson Ross (front row center) signed a letter of intent Tuesday afternoon to play collegiate baseball at Seminole State College in Seminole. Ross was joined at the signing by (front row...

Henryetta senior Madison Byroads will close out her high school wrestling career next weekend at the OSSAA Girls State Wrestling Tournament in Oklahoma City. Byroads punched her ticket to a third-stra...

The varsity basketball programs from Morris and Beggs met on the hardwood for the second time in five days Tuesday evening at the Beggs Event Center. Tuesday’s meeting was the final regular-season gam...

Cole Blankenship, front row left, the son of former Beggs head football coach Lee Blankenship (back row left), took home a pair of medals at last weekend’s 2022 OKUSA 6U State Wrestling Tournament in ...

Preston and Henryetta met on the hardwood for the final time in 2021-2022 Tuesday evening at the Henryetta Event Center. The visiting Pirates and Lady Pirates left the county battle with a pair of dou...

Last week, a total of six Beggs High School seniors signed letters of intent to continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level. BHS golfer Braden Williams kicked off the 2-day signing celebra...

DEAR ABBY: I have been with my husband for more than 30 years. We have no kids together, but he has three adult children from a previous marriage. All of them are in their 30s. He and his ex had a bad...

Choosing a long-term care facility can be one of the most difficult tasks an individual and/ or family may ever face. Ombudsmen for the Eastern Oklahoma Development District Area Agency on Aging can h...

I want to take the chance this week to say thank you to the hardworking nurses in Oklahoma who work around the clock taking care of our loved ones. The way you have stepped up during the pandemic is n...

It was the first day of the school year. I was shaking in my boots. I was changing from Elementary school to Jr. High school. What would it be like? What would be expected of me? I was a normal adoles...

Happy - our family’s surprise Shetland pony – displayed a robust and stubborn self-will. With bridle and bit in hand, I ventured toward her through knee-high grass. Only after long minutes of cajoling...

Oh, the love of pasta was something we never doubted of my father. It was something he enjoyed on a regular basis. Often, if we were having spaghetti, he was the one making it. He always paired it wit...