Happy Spring from your local Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, located at Eastern Oklahoma Development District, Area Agency on Aging. This month is National Volunteer Month, and we would like to reco...

All breakfasts are served with juice, and 1% or fat free milk are offered at breakfasts and lunches. For OHS, juice and a salad bar are offered for lunches and a fruit bar is available for both meals....

Two school districts within Okmulgee County were recently recognized by the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) for making significant improvements, enabling them to shed their Comprehensive...

Oklahoma State University Extension has launched a curriculum to educate high school and 4-H students about the Farm Bill.“There are bits and pieces of policy curriculum taught in high schools,” said ...

Okmulgee County’s Rural Water District #5 has rescheduled its annual meeting to Monday, May 6, at 7 p.m. The meeting will take place at the RWD District Office, 10410 Loblolly Rd. in Henryetta.The mee...

New Day Church will host a Community Friendship Connection event Friday, April 12, at 7 p.m. at the church, located at 711 N Okmulgee Ave. in Okmulgee. All ages are welcome, and attendees are encourag...

Soils and fertilizer was the topic of the recent Master Gardener class held Tuesday, April 9, at the Okmulgee County Fairgrounds, and was taught by Hailin Zhang.The class is sponsored by the College o...

Pageant is Saturday, SundayTakija Gaddis is making a return to the competitive stage this week representing Miss Okmulgee at the Miss Oklahoma USA pageant this weekend in Oklahoma City. Gaddis complet...

A Morris Cleanup event will take place Saturday, April 13, through Sunday, April 21.Just a few reminders for citizens: • Must have a water bill from the City of Morris (a water bill from one of the ru...

New superintendent’s contract approvedMorris Public Schools held their board meeting on Monday, beginning with a vote to keep the offices of the board the same, with Kendall Warren as as president, Ja...

Luv Ford recently traveled to Morris High School to recognize recent Okmulgee County Athlete of the Week Skyler Hunter. Hunter, a junior on the girls wrestling team, is joined by Luv Ford representati...

“Indeed, I have given him as a witness to the people, a leader and commander for the people.” Isaiah 55:4 Officers and members of the historic First Baptist Church Central cordially invite the public ...

The Okmulgee County Board of Commissioners declared April as Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month during their regular meeting Monday. The proclamation cited some 165 substantiated victims of child ...

Okmulgee County Humane Society is excited to announce its future home in Historic Downtown Okmulgee, made possible through a $750,000 grant from the Sam Viersen Family Foundation and with the recent a...

April is National Volunteer Month and there’s no better time to shine a spotlight on the thousands of volunteers who bring life to programs offered through Oklahoma State University Extension. For 110...

Politically active nonprofits allowed to spend unlimited amounts to sway Oklahoma voters should face greater scrutiny, a gubernatorial task force on election and campaign finance threats declared in i...

Superintendent Roger King, students and staff at Green Country Technology Center spent time Monday looking at the sky for the solar eclipse on April 8. The entire experience was a first for many to wi...

Prom season is in full swing and Okmulgee High School students and their dates, such as Brandon Simon and McKenzie S. (above), were able to enjoy their event last Saturday at OHS, as they celebrated “...

OKLAHOMA CITY – The filing period for candidates wishing to seek political office in Oklahoma closed on Friday at 5 p.m. A total of 285 candidates declared their intentions to run for office, a relati...