Oklahoma Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers named the winners of three discussion meet competitive events during the organization’s annual meeting on Saturday, Nov. 6 in Norman. Tim Taylor of Okmu...

Will and Leslie Lewis were honored with the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers Excellence in Agriculture Award at the organization’s annual meeting Nov. 6 in Norman. The award is presente...

World War I Martin L. Adams Leslie D. Alford Frank Anderson Balie Arnold George W. Atwood Hubert M. Banks Sapper A. Barrie Herman H. Bell Samuel C. Benningfield William A. Billbe Arthur L. Boerstler H...

The Okmulgee County Democratic Central Committee is finalizing plans for the first annual “Living Legends Banquet.” The event will launch the first major fundraiser for the current election cycle. Thi...

The 2nd annual Veterans Day event at South County Law will be held tomorrow from 5 – 7:30 p.m. “We are so proud to honor our veterans in this way,” Dru Tate said. A catered come-and-go dinner will be ...

The Dripping Springs Rendezvous returns for a weekend experience that relives the 1800’s. The event will be held Friday and Saturday, and captures the lives of the mountain men and women of the Fur Tr...

Transcripts and deeds from the last county property sale were approved during Monday’s meeting of the Okmulgee County Board of Commissioners. According to County Treasurer Vonna Lampkins, proceeds fro...

The VFW Auxiliary’s annual Illustrating America art contest is now underway. Local students in grades K-8 can share how they view our world through their drawings and paintings while competing for nat...

Lots of activities are planned this week in recognition of military veterans. Many of the schools will hold either in-person or virtual veterans programs. Here are some of the activities: Wednesday • ...

With Veterans Day tomorrow, the Okmulgee Times is honored to share one of the many stories of Okmulgee County’s brave military heroes. Don Cotton enlisted in the military in 1942 as a member of the Ar...

Several resolutions were approved by the Morris City Council during their meeting Monday evening. To open the meeting, the panel briefly heard from District 3 County Commissioner candidate Kathy Georg...

Don Turner, member of the VFW Post 1189 Auxiliary and Tommy Ryder, place American flags inside the recently installed brackets along 6th Street in downtown Okmulgee. According to Commander Guy Duckwor...

An Okmulgee County man received an additional sentence for a child abuse charge from 2020. In January 2020, Lester Lay of Schulter was sentenced to 25 years in prison for child sexual abuse involving ...

Okmulgee County Farm Bureau was presented with the 2021 Oklahoma Farm Bureau John I. Taylor Award Saturday, Nov. 6 during the organization’s 80th annual meeting in Norman. Named after OKFB’s first pre...

Henryetta and Okmulgee closed out their varsity football regular-season schedules this past Friday night in a county battle at historic Harmon Field in Okmulgee. Both county gridiron squads were looki...

Henryetta senior softball player Kasedi Gobin, front row center, signed a letter of intent to play college softball at Rose State College in Oklahoma City last Friday afternoon. Joining Gobin at the s...

The Dewar Dragon varsity football team extended three different winning streaks this past Friday in Quinton. The Dragons scored 56 unanswered points last Friday to rout the host Quinton Savages 56-6 i...

The Beggs Golden Demons came up short in their bid for their first district championship since 2018 this past Saturday at Victory Christian School in Tulsa. The Demons overcame an early deficit and le...

The Morris Eagle varsity football team saw their 2021 campaign come to a close last Friday night at Kiefer High School. The regular-season finale did not end the way the Eagles had hoped, falling to t...

The Preston varsity basketball program kicked off their 2021-2022 campaign this past Friday with a trip to Okarche for a showdown with the host Okarche Warriors and Lady Warriors. The Preston cage squ...