Citizens in Okmulgee County can begin casting ballots on Thursday for the upcoming School Board and Bond propositions for several districts. Early voting is both Thursday and Friday, March 31 and Apri...

Okmulgee Schools hosted track meets on Friday and Tuesday at historic Harmon Stadium. Friday’s event was for high school and yesterday, 7th through 9th graders participated in various events. “Mr. Tra...

Okmulgee County Clerk Cathi Murphy announced her retirement Monday during the meeting of the Okmulgee County Board of Commissioners. Murphy was sworn in as county clerk in January 2021, after she ran ...

Roof repairs for the three county barn facilities were approved by the Okmulgee Board of Commissioners during Monday’s session. Josh Rhodes from The Garland Company spoke to the members about the upco...

Green Country is proud to announce it is offering the Oklahoma Nurse Refresher Course in partnership with The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing and...

A group of parents, grandparents, teachers and other interested individuals will gather to get more information on a new charter school potentially opening in Okmulgee for students in Pre-K through 8t...

There will not be a Legislative Forum next week. “Due to scheduling conflicts for two of our three legislators, we are canceling the April Legislative Forum,” Okmulgee Chamber of Commerce Executive Di...

Information and documentation is being sought from the plaintiff in a case filed against the Okmulgee County Board of Commissioners and the Okmulgee County Criminal Justice Authority (OCCJA). In Octob...

Rep. Scott Fetgatter, R-Okmulgee, this week celebrated the passage of five bills he says will help rein in illegal marijuana activity in Oklahoma. “Since the passage of State Question 788, the Legisla...

The Landmark for all Generations, LLC is launching a fundraising event with the help of supporter and well-known Okmulgee businessman Fred Harlan in an effort to purchase windows for the Okmulgee Colo...

Okmulgee’s own Raven Rock Pizza competed in the 38th Annual International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada Wednesday afternoon. Pizza chef Aaron Simons competed in the “Pan Division” with over 40 other...

When Lion Dan Anderson introduced Tuesday’s Okmulgee Lions Club program, he alluded to the fact that today’s meeting was the third program in recent weeks from Morris. This is somewhat of a misnomer b...

St. Michael Catholic Church 4th Sunday of Lent (C) (Jos. 5:9-12/2 Cor. 5:17-21/Lk. 15:1-32) In this Sunday’s Gospel, we hear once more Christ Jesus’ famous story of the prodigal son. Prodigal means wa...

One of my all-time favorite Bible characters in the Old Testament is the man named Daniel. We read and see much about his faith and determination in the book that bears his name. Daniel was Hebrew you...

On March 5, members of Okmulgee Masonic Lodge #199 and the Okmulgee County Sharks hosted their annual “Shark Shiver” to raise money for the Special Olympics, raising $4,359.22. The Okmulgee Masonic Lo...

Harlan Ford’s 5th Annual Car Show is scheduled for Saturday, June 25. This year’s event is set to kick off around 9 a.m. with raffles and prizes given away throughout the day as well as activities for...

More than 7,500 Oklahoma classroom teachers in 1,411 schools at 462 districts have received shipments of handpicked learning tools and school supplies through an initiative from State Superintendent o...

The Okmulgee Chamber of Commerce and Ambassadors officially welcomed Napoli’s Italian Bistro with a ribbon cutting Wednesday afternoon. Napoli’s is owned by Alban and Sara Osmanaj, and the manager is ...

Native American tribes in Oklahoma had a $15.6 billion impact on the state in 2019, according to a new study released Wednesday. The study found that the tribes directly employ more than 54,000 people...

The City-Wide Prayer Band will celebrate its 65th Anniversary Thursday, March 31, at 1 p.m. at Conversion Ministry, 1330 E. Martin Luther King Dr. in Okmulgee. Rev. McKinley Rice of St. Matthew Baptis...