The 25th Okmulgee Harvest Spoon Chili Festival returns next weekend to downtown. The event will kick off Saturday, Oct. 16 from 11 a.m - 4 p.m. Contestants will be participat Contestants will be parti...

The Beggs Area Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce the return of the Fall Fest next Saturday, Oct. 16. Lots of fun activities during the festival, which begins at 10 a.m. and concludes with the...

Week 6 of the 2021 high school football season will feature two important games involving Okmulgee County squads. One of the two important Week 6 games Friday featuring county teams will take place in...

Dewar sophomore Kaden Henderson (26) attempts to get into the backfield and bring down Summit Christian QB Wyatt Austin (18) during last Friday’s non-district finale at Dr. Ted Lewis Field in Dewar. H...

Nichols Park in Henryetta will once again be the site of this Saturday’s annual Henryetta Invitational cross country meet. The annual meet was originally scheduled to take place September 11 but was p...

The three Okmulgee County youth football programs that are part of the Central Football League are nearing the end of their 2021 regular-season schedules. After this Saturday’s action, the youth footb...

Above, the Okmulgee Junior Bulldog third-grade team’s offense runs a play during last Saturday’s home game against Shawnee. At left, Okmulgee running back Trey Ross breaks off a long-distance run duri...

The three cross country programs from Okmulgee County have been busy the past two weeks with the high school squads making preparations for the upcoming regional cross country championships October 23...

Recently, I’ve been getting asked a lot about the construction on 4th and Wood Drive - everybody coming through town is noticing the work being done there! We landed a deal with much help from OADC (O...

Many people immediately ask, “Why do so many battered people stay?” The reality is that many try to leave repeatedly; however, leaving does not guarantee safety. The most dangerous time in a domestic ...

DEAR ABBY: I have a 23-year-old daughter, “Julia,” who I am close with. She has been in a relationship with “Joey,” a guy her age, for four years and living with him for the last 16 months. Joey’s a g...

“Oh, I see,” someone responds with a sigh, “to grow in discipleship I must become a morning person.” Another sigh. No, that is not the point. I am a morning person. A lot of others are not. My wife fo...

My cousin was sick with chickenpox. She was really uncomfortable. The illness was going around the schools and many children were coming down with it. My cousin heard her parents talking about it and ...

I have gotten so personal in this column so many times. I write from my heart many weeks and this week I can’t help but do it again. My father passed away this past Saturday. As he is all that is on m...

The Town of Grayson welcomed the return of the Gumbo Fest on Saturday, after last year’s festival was cancelled due to COVID-19. The festival is the towns main fundraiser and those funds are important...

The Square in downtown Okmulgee will soon have a new occupant as renovations have begun in the former M & D Drug location at 108 S Morton. Lumberjack Attack owner Gene Barber says being from a small t...

Some of the Okmulgee FFA officers attended the Northeast Area FFA Chapter Officer Leadership Conference recently. Also, congratulations to the Okmulgee FFA Chapter on recently receiving a Public Servi...

The Oct. 12 meeting of the Okmulgee County Republicans will feature State Senator Nathan Dahm. Senator Dahm has declared his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Senator James Lankford...

This is the final week to sign up for Christmas Angels and a holiday meal through the Okmulgee Salvation Army. Christmas Angel and Food applications will be taken at the Family Store through Oct. 8 fr...

The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) has received a federal grant to support law enforcement crisis intervention training (CIT). The department delivers CIT ...