Dropout, remediation stats shared with boardThe Morris School Board of Directors approved the hiring of two new personnel during Monday’s regular session.Jack Dingus was hired as a social studies teac...

The Unity Club has helped many addicts and alcoholics to recover and become productive members of the community for over 40 years. Located at 1201 N. Griffin in Okmulgee, meetings are held at 7:30 p.m...

Escaped from Okmulgee Jail, involved in pursuitAn Okemah man will serve over 23 years in prison following his sentencing this week in federal court.On Tuesday, the United States Attorney’s Office for ...

Misty Wallace: A Warrior for Life and Mission“I’m just simple … I love to do and keep myself busy. I love my community and have been here 41 years, almost 42, and I barely go outside my community. So ...

Okmulgee native Hattie Mann will celebrate her 100th birthday with family and friends this Saturday. Born Feb. 20, 1923, to parents Ira Lee and Exie (Griffith) Hood near Sharp Road, Hattie became baby...

School board meets in regular sessionOkmulgee Public School board has approved the employment of Coach Randy Jackson as head football coach for the upcoming school year.The action came during the regu...

Municipal elections on tap April 4A runoff has been set for April 4 for the Ward 2 seat for Okmulgee City Council. Tuesday’s municipal election drew only 330 ballots cast for the four candidates vying...

The Henryetta varsity basketball program finished their regular-season schedule this past Friday evening with a trip to Okemah. The Henryetta cage squads closed out the regular season with a split dec...

The Schulter girls varsity basketball team had their 2022-2023 season come to a close last Thursday evening at Kinta High School. The season-ending loss came by a 39-34 margin to the Cameron Lady Yell...

Eagles need OT to ‘corral’ Ponies The Morris varsity basketball program closed out their regular-season schedule this past Friday evening with a trip to Kellyville. The Morris cage squads will enter t...

Okmulgee and Beggs closed out their season series on the hardwood this past Friday evening at the Beggs Event Center. Both Okmulgee County schools came away with a victory in the roundball meeting. Th...

The Preston varsity basketball program came away with a pair of home sweeps last weekend. The first home sweep came last Friday against the visiting Wewoka Tigers and Lady Tigers, while the other home...

Above left, Glynnis Coleman (fourth from the left) and Bob Seebeck (far right) discuss soil preparation in one of the raised beds at the Community Garden during a work day Saturday, Feb. 11. Members o...

Trustees and their alternates for the Okmulgee County Criminal Justice Authority Board were sworn in Thursday during the OCCJA meeting at the Moore Detention Center. Giving the oath of office was Boar...

“Something that is holy is set apart as something special,” says Jennifer, 11. “The Israelites took all their gold earrings and jewelry and things like that and made them into a golden calf. Moses was...

DEAR ABBY: Whenever my husband, kids and I go away, my mother-in-law insists on staying at our house. She then rearranges the rooms in my house, moving things to where she thinks they should be. She a...

For the first part of each year, the main focus for the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) is to track legislation at our State Capitol. We also work to raise awareness about those significa...

Improvements also expected locally in 2013 Editor’s Note: The City of Okmulgee was honored this past year with two awards: The 2012 Environmental Excellence Award and the Oklahoma Municipal League 201...

Tigers begin postseason with double digit wins The Wilson Tiger varsity basketball team began their postseason journey on a winning note, capturing the Class B, Area III, District 5 championship Satur...

Wilson cage squad faces tough 2-week road to State following setbackThe Wilson girls varsity basketball team extended their season at least one more week last weekend, finishing with the runner-up tro...