The City of Okmulgee Fireworks Extravaganza will be held next Tuesday, July 4, at the Okmulgee Municipal Park, according to Kenneth Anderson, Emergency Management Director and Licensed Pyro Technician...

Bid for asphalt laying project rejectedA new director of the Okmulgee County Emergency Management was announced during Monday’s meeting of the board of commissioners.“After an exhaustive search for [a...

The biannual meeting of the membership of the Okmulgee Community Garden Corporation will be held Thursday, June 29, at 6:30 p.m. at the Okmulgee County Fairgrounds meeting room.The purpose of the meet...

All Okmulgee City Hall offices and Public Works operations will be closed Tuesday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. Emergency service operations, police and fire departments will remain oper...

Magician John Pansze entertained a full crowd of children from both the Okmulgee Public Library’s Summer Reading Program and the YMCA’s GO Club last Wednesday. Panze, who’s been performing magic since...

Newspaper staff works to keep community informed (Part 1 of 3)Okmulgee Times recently had the honor of being nominated as one of Okmulgee County’s Unsung Heroes. To be honest, everyone was pleasantly ...

Festival parade is 10 a.m. SaturdayTalk Local, the midweek networking event, was back in action this week. Community members and entrepreneurs gathered at Midge and Millie’s Bookstore on Wednesday mor...

A county man was taken into custody last week after he was accused of taking items belonging to a delivery driver.According to district court information from the Okmulgee County Sheriff ’s Department...

The City of Beggs received approval for $1,000,000 in funding Tuesday from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) to improve the City’s infrastructure. Improvements to the dam will be financed by t...

Hears from public on possible cooling centersThe Okmulgee City Council voted to approve the budget for the 2023-2024 fiscal year during their meeting Tuesday evening.Each board member was provided a c...

The Okmulgee Times recently launched a new online calendar where readers can find out what’s going on in their area and beyond. Plus, readers can add their own events, Jeff Mayo, Times publisher, said...

3-part installation, fundraiser this ThursdayAmerican Legion Auxiliary of Post 10, will hold a special ceremony tomorrow at the post home, located at 6th and Oklahoma.There are three parts of the cere...

Live entertainment planned for this weekendIt will be a busy time this weekend in the capital of the Muscogee Nation as their annual festival begins Thursday.Sporting events that are part of the Musco...

Rice gives report on weekend storm damageThe Okmulgee County Board of Commissioners moved to allow the Sheriff ’s Office to apply for a Safe Oklahoma grant at Monday’s meeting.According to the office ...

Repairs and restoration of electricity to citizens are underway after a major storm swept through the area late Saturday evening into Sunday morning, uprooting trees and leaving many in the dark.Sever...

Two people are in custody, after a child welfare check revealed abused children.Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice stated on Monday, June 12, around 6 p.m., deputies responded to the 1300 block of Sout...

Stiffer sentences needed for convicted felons using weapons, DA warnsSeveral jury trials have been completed over the past two weeks, with two men being handed prison sentences.During the first week o...

Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice stated on Monday, June 12, around 6 p.m., deputies responded to the 1300 block of South Oklahoma Street on a welfare check. Upon their arrival, deputies located three...

Another Okmulgee County school district will have therapy animals, after the Henryetta School board approved the program during their meeting Monday. HES Counselor Jennifer Huckabay addressed the scho...

The Senior Citizens of the Nutrition Center of Okmulgee presented a 30-minute play about the U.S. Government’s act of trying to persuade the Muscogee Creek people to accept 160 acres of land for every...