The Oklahoma State University Extension Rancher’s Thursday Lunchtime Series will begin a spring session on March 23 to focus on navigating dry conditions and high prices.The series features timely inf...

A new program committee has been added to the pet community.VFW Post 1189 Vets for Pets, a committee dedicated to the improvement of Okmulgee’s pet population through offering care and or fostering by...

Restaurant features Mexican, American fareThe Rodeo, a restaurant featuring Mexican and American homestyle food, is open now in Okmulgee.The restaurant, owned by Eldon Day and Gabriel Calderon, is loc...

American Legion and Post 10 Through the YearsVeteran and post member Pete Rogers has been researching the early history of American Legion Post 10. According to Rogers, the Okmulgee post was the 10th ...

Tuesday’s Okmulgee Lions Club meeting was our semi-annual Pancake Day fundraiser, but it was a whole lot more than that. It was a forum to set the stage for a lot of roundtable discussions, even thoug...

Early voting is March 30, 31Early voting begins next week for the runoff in the Okmulgee Municipal Run-off Election for the Ward 2 post. Candidates on the ballot are incumbent Steven Baldridge and Ros...

Helping the community one step at a time“God, I pray that through this interview and through this time that you’ve designated for us to conversate with each other. I pray that our lives will be bright...

Chase ends in McAlesterA Missouri man was arrested following a high-speed pursuit involving multiple law enforcement agencies, which ended in McAlester.On March 19, Beggs Police Chief Brian Radford wa...

Board approves yearly license for food truck vendorsSome new housing and a retail shopping center is on the horizon for Okmulgee, the city council was informed of during Tuesday’s regular session.The ...

The Morris Lady Eagle varsity slowpitch softball team kicked off their 2023 season Monday evening with a pair of run-rule wins over the Tulsa Memorial Lady Chargers in Morris. Pictured on this page ar...

Preston baseball notches home wins over Mounds, Quapaw for 3-0 startThe Preston Pirate varsity spring baseball team improved to 3-0 on the young season this past weekend with a pair of home wins.The P...

The Okmulgee varsity baseball team opened district play last Wednesday at Meeker High School, battling the host Meeker Bulldogs in a District 3A-5 doubleheader.The visiting Bulldogs dropped Game 1 of ...

We are now just three weeks from the celebration of the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. That means just three weeks from when some who have been diligently praying and studying about...

“God does almost everything,” says Caleb, 10. “He watches us while we’re asleep, and he watches us in the day, too. He never sleeps, and he never gets hurt. But the most important thing is he never le...

The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) is pleased to be working this year on a project with Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma that will raise awareness about access to children’s health insuran...

DEAR ABBY: This is in response to “Living a Soap Opera” (Jan. 3), the unhappy woman who is married to an alcoholic. She is flattered by the three younger men she’s conversing with online. My experienc...

Dewar begins 2-day event with loss to Class A No. 6 SterlingThe Dewar Dragon varsity baseball team came away with an even 1-1 record at last weekend’s Wright City Baseball Festival at Wright City High...

2-day event begins Thursday at 10 a.m.Eleven talented slowpitch softball teams, including six from Okmulgee County, will converge on the Okmulgee high school softball field this Thursday and Friday fo...