Don your best Fabulous ‘50s attire, and party to preserve Okmulgee County’s rich history on Saturday, April 29.Okmulgee County Historical Society invites the community to attend this year’s annual Spr...

OADC director urges collaboration to make improvements to 20th StreetA recent decision to choose another city for a manufacturing plant has prompted renewed calls to consider improvements to a busy th...

Planting Seeds for a Future, Successful GenerationCommunity: We Are Okmulgee What is ‘community’ and how would you define it? In short, community means a unified body of individuals, according to Merr...

Trash Off Day is May 6Excitement is building for the upcoming Frontier Day Art Festival next weekend in Beggs.The Beggs Area Chamber of Commerce is planning a day full of arts and crafts vendors, live...

Okmulgee and Morris events offering varietyThe annual Okmulgee FFA Spring Plant Sale starts today for all you lovers of greenery!The sale will be held at the Okmulgee AgEd building, 610 N. Central Ave...

Marcus Jeffrey elected vice-mayorTwo members of the Okmulgee City Council received the Oath of Office at Tuesday’s meeting at City Hall.City Attorney Lou Ann Moudy swore in Dr. William Bryant as counc...

Congratulations to Okmulgee seniors Tatiyona Harris and Tyren Henderson, who were crowned Prom Queen and King during Saturday night’s ‘Midnight Masquerade’ prom. See additional pictures from the 2023 ...

OSU Institute of Technology’s 224th Commencement will be held Friday. The spring ceremony celebrates the accomplishments of nearly 300 workforce-ready students. The Oklahoma State System of Higher Edu...

Several county agencies who work hard in the fight for child abuse prevention met last Thursday on the courthouse lawn to place pinwheels in support of Child Abuse Prevention Month. The event was spon...

Brenda Miller was announced as the interim director for the Okmulgee County OSU Extension during Monday’s meeting of the board of commissioners.She, who is the Northeast Area Family and Consumer Scien...

Okmulgee programs reach $55M in reinvestmentsThe Oklahoma Main Street Center hosted programs from across the state April 4, for Main Street Day at the Capitol and announced reinvestment milestones and...

An Okmulgee man was arrested after a shooting incident last week.Okmulgee police responded to the 1000 block of N. Ohio in reference to a female caller who stated her boyfriend was shooting at her, wi...

Harlan Ford is local drop off locationThe Tulsa Area United Way is hosting the 4th annual Day of Caring Food Drive next weekend.Thousands of pounds of food collected during the event helps countless f...

A commercial zone for medical marijuana dispensaries in the City of Beggs was approved during their regular monthly session Monday.The Commercial Medical Marijuana Dispensary (CMMD) Zone will be an ar...

Can any of us remember our “kid days” of backyard neighborhood sports games where two of the “leaders” would choose their team members oneby- one. I barely can, but I’m telling you right now, my first...

Big plans on horizon for OHS, FFALeroy Parker was welcomed Tuesday evening as a new member of the Okmulgee School board.“I would like to welcome my classmate Leroy Parker to his first board meeting,” ...

Okmulgee Mayor and Pastor Mickey Baldwin and City Councilmember and Pastor Marcus Jeffrey led the community in a Prayer Gathering Tuesday on the north side of Council House Square on 6th Street. A spa...

Randy Jackson ready to ‘tackle’ new roleOkmulgee Public Schools has enlisted the guidance of Okmulgee Alumni Randy Jackson to take on the position of head football coach for the 2023-2024 school year....

Lots of young ones were excited to be back at Okmulgee Municipal Park this year to hunt for eggs at the Okmulgee Service League Community Egg Hunt Saturday. Prizes, candy and gifts were hidden inside ...

April is Autism Awareness Month, and various agencies and schools are showing their support of the cause. Okmulgee-Okfuskee County Youth Services staff wore their shirts last week in support of Autism...