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January 20 is National Cheese Lover’s Day! As a cheese lover myself, I HAD to use this week’s column to celebrate cheese! For me, cheese enhances any dish. I will add it to recipes where there is no c...

Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time. The phrase follows those well-known first lines of the Serenity Prayer, “Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the ...

Veteran and post member Pete Rogers has been researching the early history of the post and will be providing a brief history over the next few months in advance of the 100 year celebration. According ...

Two county high school Academic Teams have qualified for State. Coach Jon Robertson and the Preston Academic Team (above), who took home the Area Championship trophy and will head to capture another S...

Ashley Hall of Morris is one of more than 400 students who received diplomas and were recognized as Harding University graduates for Fall 2022 during a commencement ceremony on Dec. 17, 2022. Hall rec...

The varsity basketball programs from Wilson and Schulter met for the first time in the 2022-2023 season this past Tuesday evening in Schulter. The first roundball meeting between the two Okmulgee Coun...

The Dewar varsity basketball team traveled to Mounds this past Tuesday for a showdown with the Mounds Golden Eagles and Lady Eagles. The Dewar cage squads came out of the road contest with a pair of v...

An Okmulgee man is recovering from serious injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash last weekend in Washita County. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol investigated the collision which happened Jan. 14 at 2:39...

The Preston varsity basketball program came away with a pair of wins over Eufaula Tuesday evening at the Jim Waller Event Center in Preston. The Lady Pirates began the home sweep with a hard-fought 34...

Iva Jean Miller, age 95, passed away in Okemah on January 6, 2023, just a few days shy of her 96th birthday. Iva was born to Orville and Bessie (Crum) Cline on January 15, 1927, in Antioch, Ohio. Iva ...

Services are pending for Thomas Martin Nuckolls Jr, 43, of Gibsonburg, Ohio with Integrity Funeral Service. He passed away Monday, January 5, 2023, in Toledo, Ohio.

David Raburn Carey was born on November 21, 1939, in Okmulgee. He beat us to heaven on January 6, 2023, the full moon. He was led to the Lord as a child by his next-door aunt, May. He was raised in Ok...

Okmulgee County Judges were sworn into office for another four years Monday morning at the courthouse. Judge Deborah Reheard gave the oath to Judge Cynthia Pickering (center) and Pandee Ramirez, while...

• Winter dance is January 20 from 6-9 p.m. for 4-H members only. Students outside of 4-H can come if they are accompanied with a 4-H member. One guest per member. Admission is $5 or five cans of food....

Lucy Patterson, 90, longtime resident of Okmulgee, passed from this life on January 5, 2023. She was born December 5, 1932, in Talala to Joe and Clara Sweet. Lucy retired from OSU Technology in Okmulg...

Services are pending for Marilyn Hope Hedrick, 74 of Henryetta, with Integrity Funeral Service. She passed away Monday, January 9, 2023, in Henryetta.

Kim Denise Daniels, of Okmulgee, passed away on January 1, 2023. Kim was born on January 19, 1969, to Charles Cannon and Carol (Sossaman) Williamson in Vancouver Washington. She spent most of her chil...

Jan. 20 is the last day to apply to become a registered voter to be eligible to vote on Feb. 14, City of Okmulgee, Councilmember Ward 2, Municipal Primary Election, Okmulgee County Election Board Secr...

Henryetta First Christian Church Sunday School begins at 9 a.m. followed by worship service at 10 a.m. Come join us for worship! Everyone is welcome and invited to attend. Henryetta First Christian Ch...