The Morris Lady Eagle fastpitch softball team closed out their regular-season schedule this past Monday with a trip to Mannford. The Lady Eagles, who were in Sperry at the Class 3A Region 6 regional t...

District action began last week for five of the six Okmulgee County varsity football teams with the county squads notching two wins in those five district opening contests. The Beggs Golden Demons got...

It takes professional golfers years to perfect their craft. For Jett Swallow, the Henryetta youth had his best game two weekends ago. Swallow stepped on the Page Belcher Golf Course in Tulsa on Septem...

Beggs High School students from seven campus organizations and their sponsors spent their Wednesday morning in service to the community. Students from the Business Professionals of America, golf team,...

Okmulgee County Farm Bureau recently recognized Tim Smith of East Central Oklahoma Electric Cooperative for his efforts in rural economic development through expansion of broadband internet services i...

Most of us probably remember the Mother Goose nursery rhyme about Little Jack Horner, who sat in a corner eating his Christmas pie. He stuck in his thumb and pulled out a plum ... Hold it there, Newt!...

KHiS DAQ’s, a drive thru frozen daiquiri shop, opened recently in Okmulgee at 903 E. 13th Street. The business offers sealed frozen daiquiris to go with flavors such as Watermelon, Jolly Rancher, Summ...

Registration deadline for Okmulgee Main Street’s annual Harvest Spoon Chili Festival is just one week away. The festival will be held Oct. 22, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The deadline to register is Oct. 7...

Nominations from the public will close this week for the Fall Child Advocacy Awards presented by the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy. Criteria for the awards and online nomination forms are avai...

The Oklahoma State Department of Education announced last week that 90 Oklahoma high schools have received the College Success Award from GreatSchools. org. Now in its fifth year, the annual recogniti...

The Pride of Morris competed last weekend at Owasso. This week, the band, under the direction of Matt Barnes, heads to the Bixby Tournament of Bands and is scheduled to perform in preliminary competit...

I really don’t know how many times I’ve been asked: Besides mowing my lawn and picking up litter around my neighborhood, what else can I do to help our economic development effort? I now have a really...

DEAR ABBY: My husband’s parents treat our two daughters very differently. My oldest is bright and talkative, and she’s treated with love and kindness from both of them. They bring her gifts for holida...

My Africa-born friend Andre is a skilled welder. Because of this, Andre knows plenty about the subject. He can speak knowledgably about things like angles and arcs and tempered steel. He can walk you ...

Ramen noodles. Kids everywhere love them like they are something special, my younger self included. College kids everywhere eat them on the regular because they are cheap and easy to fix in a microwav...

Recently while on vacation, I caught myself whistling a tune as I walked along the street. I was in a musical country, Ireland, and had probably been nudged along into song by the entertainments we ha...

The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Occidental (OXY) will host a community event scheduled from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, October 5,  at Hawthorne Park in Okmulgee. Attendees wi...

Beggs Seniors Rowdy Tucker and Destiny Jackson, both representing Cheer, were crowned 2022 Homecoming King and Queen Friday evening. The Beggs Demons football team went on to a resounding victory agai...

A Medication Take-Back event is planned for Oct. 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the OSUIT Student Union parking lot. This event is for residents wishing to dispose of any unused or expired medications i...

The Okmulgee Farmers Market is open each Friday through October from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of the Creek Council House in downtown Okmulgee. Grayson Gumbo Fest returns Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Gray...