The Oklahoma Department of Commerce recently received $36 million in federal grant funding to assist the 27 affected counties in recovering from the May-June storms of 2019. These storms caused signif...

October 16 Harvest Spoon Chili Festival | The Harvest Spoon Chili Festival will return to downtown Okmulgee Saturday, Oct. 16, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, visit the Okmulgee Main Stre...

Project Heart Senior • Monday: Crispy Chicken Sandwich, Lettuce, Tomato, Pickle, Sweet Potato Fries, Roasted Cauliflower, Frosted Cake, Milk • Tuesday: Chicken Pot Pie, Zucchini & Tomatoes, Mixed Berr...

The Okmulgee County Democratic Party will meet Thursday, Oct. 21, at OSUIT, Student Union Building, at 6:30 p.m. Training to implement the OCDP Initiative (aiding anyone needing assistance in obtainin...

Dee Ann Russell mopped sticky floors, stocked shelves and took customers’ money for soda, beer and cigarettes at 7-Eleven for nine years, eventually earning $16.05 an hour. In March 2020, she decided ...

Kindell Weigand and Katelyn Warren are pictured at the Pumpkin Patch at Okmulgee’s First United Methodist Church. Pumpkins are sold daily and the funds raised are used for missions and ministry. Call ...

“It’s going to be a perfect day for chili,” Okmulgee Main Street Director Heather Sumner said about this weekend’s Harvest Spoon Chili Fest. The event will kick off Saturday, Oct. 16 from 11 a.m - 4 p...

It’s not too late to purchase tickets to the Okmulgee Chamber of Commerce’s annual banquet! This year’s event is a cruise ship theme, “High Rollers on the High Seas” and takes place Thursday, Oct. 21 ...

Bill Springman was named as Okmulgee School’s assistant baseball coach during the regular board meeting. Springman, formerly a coach at Union High School, most recently was the hitting coach for the D...

The Morris School Board of Education met in regular session Monday evening to consider numerous agenda items. The first order of business was a Student Suspension Due Process Appeal. Following the hea...

Beggs Elementary School and Principal Nancy McCune are proud to announce, despite the pandemic teaching situations of the 2020-2021 school year, BES had 100 percent student participation both virtual ...

All six Okmulgee County varsity football teams continued their journey through the regular season this week with special Thursday night contests. The Week 7 schedule for Okmulgee County teams featured...

Okmulgee County was well represented last Saturday at the annual Henryetta Invitational cross country meet. A total of 659 runners from 38 different Oklahoma schools competed at the annual event, whic...

The Dewar Dragons opened district play last Friday night on the road, traveling to Porum to battle the Porum Panthers. The defending Class B state champion Dragons dominated the District B-5 opener, r...

Jonathan Hensley Celebrates Sweet 16 Jonathon Hensley turned 16 years old on Sept. 10. Jonathon is in the 10th grade and has been a student at Preston Public Schools since Pre-K. He is the son of Dani...

A few weeks ago, I was asked to write a column helping celebrate OSUIT’s 75th anniversary as part of a special commemorative section in the Okmulgee Times released on October 1, 2021. Below is the art...

DEAR ABBY: I married a proud Scotsman a year ago who often wears kilts. When we go out, women think nothing of coming over and lifting his kilt, which exposes him to anyone who has a visual advantage....

We were created - each of us - for lives of flourishing. I think deep down we all hunger for it. For some it may be a silent hungering, but it is awake inside us still. This is a yearning for a life o...

My sister and my grandfather had a great relationship and a great love for each other. However, at times, my grandfather would absolutely frustrate my sister. You see, my sister was one of the all-tim...

Betty Crocker turns 100 on October 21st!! How crazy is that? How many of us have at least one dog-eared and stained Betty Crocker Cookbook? The red and white checkered cover is iconic and classic alon...