Many times those that are part of the foster care community find they are in need of specific items they don’t always have the extra funds to purchase. Foster families in the Okmulgee County area have...

The OSSAA State Cheerleading Competition saw three teams from Okmulgee County compete this past weekend. Though no one came away with the title of State Champion, each athlete put on a show for their ...

Mayor Leon Anderson of the Town of Grayson, invites the public to attend their annual Gumbo Fest this Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. The festival is the town’s main fundraiser to help maintain the town...

The Okmulgee YMCA recently joined the Greater Tulsa YMCA family. The new partnership was celebrated with a tailgate party this past Thursday with games and giveaways for the whole family. Mother Tucke...

Protestors gathered in front of the Muscogee Nation Council House Friday, Sept. 24 to show their concerns with the Nation’s Indian Child Welfare Act. The protest, organized by Brenda Golden, allowed c...

The Okmulgee Public Library is excited to announce the return of the mystery grab bag book sale. The book sale will begin Oct. 4th, and will end Oct. 18th. The cost for the bags are $5, and we will be...

The greatest truth in all the world is to know that God loves us personally. Nothing can compare with this knowledge. It is an awesome thing to realize that love is Who God is, not just what He does. ...

This week, I’m back after taking a break from writing this column for the last few months. My team has had some personal business growth in our insurance office and that has been exciting, but I’m bac...

DEAR ABBY: I recently got back in touch with an old flame from 12 years ago. We never dated in the past because he was an alcoholic and not in a good place. A month ago, he added me on Snapchat, and w...

According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, roughly 40 million American adults have been diagnosed with a variety of anxiety disorders. Of these, only 37 percent are actively recei...

I have heard it said that confession is good for the soul. I’m not sure where that saying came from, but in most cases I believe it is a true statement. We, who are Christians, are even instructed in ...

Imagine the surprise. From childhood, I had never been an early riser, apart from Christmas mornings and the like. Then, at the ripe age of 33, I experimented. I adjusted the alarm hand on my little b...

October 1 is National Homemade Cookie Day!!!! Bakers everywhere rejoice as they fire up ovens around the Nation to bake a few batches of cookies to celebrate. Ok, maybe not so many, but I was so excit...

Okmulgee County Commissioners approved a Burn Ban for the week of Sept. 27 through Oct. 4 due to the lack of rain and high humidity levels during their regular meeting Monday morning. Due to this ban,...

Four people were injured in a vehicle crash Sunday near Beggs. The collision happened at 5:37 p.m. on North 160 Road, 1/10th mile south of Seay Road Road in Okmulgee County. According to the Oklahoma ...

A county man is in custody following an investigation for possession of child pornography. William Edwin Grantham, 28, of Henryetta, was arrested Sept. 23, after a several months long investigation by...

MELISSA HEMINOVER | REPORTER

Dewar High School announced its Homecoming Royalty for the 2021-22 school year this past Friday night at Dr. Ted Lewis Stadium. The Homecoming festivities took place prior to the Dragons’ football gam...

Anchor Financial, who opened their doors in Okmulgee on April 1st, has been in Eastern Oklahoma for over 30 years, and is a family owned business. Anchor offers their customers “A Loans” as opposed to...

The Okmulgee Times would like to thank the Okmulgee Street Department for taking such care of Main Street. A banner that was making it’s way off of it’s post was saved Friday thanks to the prompt resp...