Tuesday’s Okmulgee Lions Club program was one of two programs each year dedicated to honoring our military veterans, Memorial Day and Veterans Day. And the oft-used phrase, “all gave some, and some ga...

Okmulgee native and Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient Melvin Morris is pictured in Washington D.C. at the National Memorial Day event. He, along with other living recipients, were honored during ...

Excitement is building as the date nears for Troy Aikman’s Highway to Henryetta Presented by AT&T. A full lineup of acts are on tap for the music festival June 11 at Henryetta’s Nichols Park, located ...

Avid readers have reason to be excited as the Friends of the Library Book Sale returns on Monday. The last in-person sale was in Sept. 2019, so this event is especially welcome and needed as the volun...

Volunteers are needed for the 2022 Pecan Festival, slated for June 16-18 in downtown Okmulgee. Okmulgee Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Kay Rabbitt-Brower shared information and the needs of th...

During the 2022 school year, a certified teacher and a support staff were selected as Employee of the Month at Dunbar Intermediate School. These selected employees were awarded a gift certificate for ...

Historic Brock Memorial Gymnasium in Okmulgee will be the site of a 5-day summer basketball league that will take place during a 4-week period. The summer league will feature the host Okmulgee Lady Bu...

The Rogers State University women’s softball team made history this past Tuesday, defeating Cal State Dominguez Hills 6-1 to capture its first-ever NCAA Division II national championship. One of the m...

Bill Springman Hitting & Pitching Clinic June 6-7 @ Okmulgee Schools Hitting Facility June 6 for ages 7-12 (hitting) and June 7 for ages 9-12 (pitching). Pre-registration is required (There is registr...

Eagle Pride was on display at the Morris All Sports Banquet recently, honoring the various students and graduating seniors of the Class of 2022. The banquet was sponsored by the Morris Athletic Booste...

The song is only 24 notes, but for many, it stirs up several emotions. That song is Taps, and it is usually heard at military veterans funerals and ceremonies. However, at many events, instead of a mu...

100 years ago: A writer from Houston, Texas on a special assignment, was found dead in bed at a Henryetta hotel. Officials of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church bought a tract of land for $50,000 to put ch...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are retired. A short while ago, a young couple moved in across the street. A few months later, my husband, who does yardwork for neighbors for extra money, started working ...

He was a new student in the fourth grade. He had just transferred from another school. It was the afternoon physical education time and today’s activity was playing a game of softball. So there they w...

My love-hate relationship with pecans began at a crawl. Navigating on hands and knees for long periods beneath a random collection of leafy trees did not rank as our favorite seasonal pastime. Still, ...

One of my favorite things to eat is Tex-Mex. I say Tex-Mex because most of what we eat in the U.S. is not true Mexican food. I am going to share a brief history and explain the difference between the ...

The Okmulgee County Election Board mailed the last bundle of 113 absentee ballots on May 25. A total of one hundred twenty-three absentee ballots have been mailed for the June 28, Primary Election. Ac...

The Okmulgee Community Playhouse is open for business and preparing for their next major production. “Our next endeavor is the production of “Alice in Wonderland,’” Cassandra Northington of the Okmulg...

First Baptist Church South in Beggs’ 12th annual Car Show will be held Saturday, June 18. The car show opens at 11 a.m. with registration beginning at 8 a.m. The awards presentation will be at 2:30 p....

Missing woman located An Okmulgee County woman has been located after being reported missing. On Monday, the Okmulgee County Sheriff Office announced a search was on for Nancy Bell of Hectorville. The...