Okmulgee County precinct locations will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Nov. 8 for the General Election. Early voting at the Okmulgee County Courthouse began Wednesday and ends Saturday. Hours today ...

Katie McElhaney named YMCA Director of the Year Okmulgee County Family YMCA Executive Director Katie McElhaney was recently named Director of the Year by the YMCA of Greater Tulsa. Last week, YMCA pat...

Dr. Lahoma (Hicks) Schultz announced her candidacy for Principal Chief of the Muscogee Nation Thursday at the Bacone College Chapel in Muskogee. Her decision to run for office was based on grass roots...

The Okmulgee County Consortium, in conjunction with the Oklahoma Mental Health & Substance Abuse and OSU Institute of Technology, will hold a Naloxone Training on Monday, Nov. 14 at 10 a.m. The meetin...

The Schulter Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs will open their 2022-2023 varsity basketball season this Tuesday at Butner. Tuesday’s season opener will begin with girls action at 6:30 p.m. followed by the bo...

The Okmulgee Junior Football Association came away with a split decision in last Saturday’s Red Dirt Football League playoff opener. The Okmulgee third and sixth grade squads earned shutout wins to ad...

The 2022 regular-season schedule for all six Okmulgee County varsity football programs concluded Thursday evening. The final regular-season game of 2022 will feature one county team seeking to punch t...

Jervais Goree and the Preston Pirate varsity basketball team will open their 2022-2023 season Friday evening at home against Okarche. Goree and the Pirates will take the court for the first time in 20...

LARRY OWEN SPORTS EDITOR The Henryetta youth football program will begin postseason play Saturday in Eufaula. The Lil Knight gridiron squads, who are competing in the Southeast Youth Football League i...

Once again, Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology (OSUIT), Okmulgee, has come through by receiving a grant totaling over $750,000 to train fiber optics technicians, which was the program f...

When I was just a lad, I lived with my family in Little Rock where I enrolled in first grade and began my formal education. My dad worked for a construction company that erected several large office c...

Okmulgee Primary is hosting a 5K & 1 Mile Fun Run on Saturday, to raise money for additional play spaces with new playground equipment for students. “This is for everyone, walkers and runners,” Assist...

Congratulations to South County Law Firm (above) and Miss Mary’s Market (below) on winning Okmulgee Main Street’s Scare on the Square decorating contests. The winners received baskets from Midge & Mil...

Having had an opportunity to serve on the Oklahoma Transportation Commission, District 1, for the Sate of Oklahoma, I had the privilege of meeting and working with a number of county commissioners ove...

The Okmulgee County Republicans will not meet election day - Tuesday Nov. 8 - as several of the group work the polls. For election results, tune into the local TV news channels or tune your radio to l...

DEAR ABBY: Since my divorce, I have started dating again. I was seeing a firefighter until I realized he was married with kids. Yes, I was angry with him for hiding the truth from me from the start. T...

It was the second year of our special missions emphasis. The first had been a great success. We raised thousands more for missions than we ever had before. As this years emphasis approached, we became...

Born in England, Matthew was seven years old when his father died by taking his own life. Three years later, Matt found himself at a large London gathering, listening intently as a Latin American evan...

So you all know I like to go looking at the National Days to create my column. Well, I checked November and every Friday this month was dessert related except one. Well, I am kinda desserted out so I ...

A stakeholder and public meeting for the 2022 Okmulgee County Mitigation Plan update will be held Nov. 8 at the OSUIT Student Union Conference Room, according to Okmulgee County Emergency Management D...