A Henryetta man is facing assault charges after running over a person following a fight. On Saturday evening, Feb. 5, the Henryetta police responded to a call in the area of 8th and Cummings of a vehi...

“Okmulgee’s Got Talent” will be part of the Okmulgee Chamber of Commerce Pecan Festival this year. The Okmulgee Times is excited to present this event to the Pecan Festival. “We are always looking for...

The Dunbar All School Association, Inc. will hold a special dedication ceremony next week to recognize a solder who died in Vietnam. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 19, at the Dun...

The Morris varsity basketball program earned a split decision in their home meeting with the Eufaula Ironheads and Lady Ironheads. The Lady Eagles began Tuesday’s conference showdown with a 55-44 vict...

The Dewar Dragon varsity basketball team ended their regular-season schedule with back-toback road wins earlier this week. The Dragons began the week with a dominating 79-31 win Monday over the Canadi...

The Preston varsity basketball team earned a pair of come-frombehind victories against Kiefer Tuesday evening at the Jim Waller Event Center in Preston. The Lady Pirates handed the Class 3A No. 7 Kief...

The Wilson varsity basketball program ended their regular-season schedule Tuesday evening at the Tiger Den against the Midway Chargers and Lady Chargers. The Lady Tigers closed out their regular seaso...

The Okmulgee varsity basketball team closed out their regular-season schedule Tuesday evening at home against McAlester. The OHS cage squads were unable to end their regular-season slate on a winning ...

The Beggs varsity basketball program traveled into Creek County Tuesday evening for a showdown with the Kellyville Ponies and Lady Ponies. The Beggs squads were unable to leave Kellyville with the roa...

While impressively stout yet entirely fragile, horses require a great level of care, especially as it relates to their nutrition over the winter. “Many horse owners may not realize they actually need ...

DEAR ABBY: I recently Googled my brother-in-law to see if I could find his birthdate, which I had forgotten. When his name came up, so did some information I wish I hadn’t seen. He’s a convicted sex o...

What is it about horses? Okmulgee’s Rodeo Grounds (way back when) sat north of Gun Club Road along Hwy 75. Directly opposite our family’s acreage. During the rodeo’s annual festivities, I only needed ...

For a while, we lived in Big Bear Lake, California. Big Bear Lake sits about 6,500 feet above the metropolitan area of Los Angeles. Many movie and TV series scenes have been filmed there, including a ...

Sunday February 13 is Super Bowl Sunday! In honor of the day, people all around the country plan huge parties and invite friends to come watch. Even those that don’t care for football sit down to watc...

100 years ago (1922): The Times newspaper sought nominations for a person to win four cars that was to be given away in the “Everybody Wins” campaign. The Kiwanas urged people to tag restaurants in to...

The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs named methamphetamines as “the greatest drug threat to Oklahoma” in their most recently released Drug Threat Assessment. According to findings, the...

Midge & Millie’s Booksellers is quickly becoming a destination stop in Historic Downtown Okmulgee. The humble bookstore has a wide range of books for any age, but they are becoming so much more than t...

Troy Aikman’s Highway to Henryetta recently released some of the artists slated to join Blake Shelton on June 11. Artists such as the Josh Abbott Band, Wade Bowen, Stoney LaRue as well as George Dunha...

A crew from the City of Okmulgee Public Works Department was busy Monday afternoon working on the installation of the new downtown lights. Crews were taking down the temporary ones, and will be begin ...

SoonerCare members may now receive U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved athome, over the counter COVID-19 testing kits at no cost to the member. According to guidance from the Centers for Medica...