Congratulations to the Morris High School Class of 2022 Valedictorians and Salutatorians. Pictured from left, Valedictorians are MacKenzie Dawson, Brylie Owen, Sheraton Snow and Nate Stice. Salutatori...

One of the many activities held to wrap up the 2022 school year was the Concert in the Park held last Saturday on the Creek Council House Lawn. Okmulgee Schools band under the direction of Carl String...

During the Oklahoma State FFA Convention held at the BOK Center in Tulsa earlier this month several Wilson High School FFA students received their Career Passports. Career Passports are awarded to gra...

Project Heart Senior • Monday: Chicken Tenders & Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Zucchini & Tomatoes, No-Bake Cookies, Milk • Tuesday: Cowboy Stew, Tossed Salad, Sliced Peaches, Cornbread, Pound Cake, Milk •...

A portion of an Okmulgee roadway has been named in honor of a resident who died in Vietnam. State Highway 56, just west of North Wood Drive, and continuing one mile through the city limits has been de...

Fourth graders from Okmulgee Primary School were treated to a visit to the Okmulgee Community Garden on the final day of School Wednesday. The Garden members gave a tour to the students who were able ...

Several city ordinances were amended during Tuesday’s meeting of the Okmulgee City Council. Before the considering of agenda items, several retiring city employees were recognized by Mayor Mickey Bald...

The final two county high school graduations will take place this weekend. Tonight, the Morris High School seniors will received their diplomas at 8 p.m. On Saturday at 8 p.m., Okmulgee High School’s ...

The Okmulgee Community Playhouse next performance is planned for July 9. Okmulgee residents are needed to take part in the play “Alice in Wonderland.” “Come and see what all the parts are,” Director F...

Voters in Okmulgee County who want absentee ballots mailed to them for June 28, State Federal and County Primary Election should apply now, County Election Board Secretary Ashley Carnes said. Absentee...

Henryetta senior Madison Byroads, front row center, signed a letter of intent to continue her wrestling career at Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Missouri, on Tuesday afternoon. Byroads recently ...

The 2022 high school football season is a little more than three months away. High school teams in Class 6A-I to Class C will kick off the 2022 campaign August 25-27 with Zero Week games. Teams that d...

The Henryetta Golden Knight varsity football team took to the field on Tuesday for a spring practice session at historic Cameron Field. Pictured on this page are action shots from Tuesday’s spring foo...

Area children, grades 2nd-8th grade, were at the Jim Waller Sports Complex in Preston on Wednesday for the first day of the 2022 Preston Little Pirates Basketball Camp. The 3-day camp is conducted by ...

The 2nd Annual Mikail Parker Basketball Camp will take place June 6-10 at Brock Memorial Gym at the Okmulgee High School campus from 5-8 p.m. each day. The camp is free to all participants grades 4-8,...

DEAR ABBY: My daughter’s boyfriend recently stayed at our home for eight days. He’s 50; we are in our 60s. He regarded “help yourself ” to mean it was OK to drink our liquor from early afternoon to be...

I once underestimated the depth of Okmulgee’s legendary swimming hangout - Greenwood Lake. More than once actually ... some of us learn more slowly than others. Leaving the “low-dive” pier, I ascended...

I’ve always found it interesting that when a ball is thrown, kicked, or batted in the direction of some unsuspecting people, that “Heads up!” is yelled out. Even funnier is their reaction. They duck t...

100 years ago: The body of a young boy was found in an abandoned home. He had been missing for over a month. A man working as a fireman on a Frisco train, died after an accident near Henryetta. At the...

May 19 was my father’s birthday. He is heavy on mind this week because of it. It’s our first one without him. There have been a lot of things happen since he passed away and I have missed him terribly...