Heather Sumner, a dedicated leader and advocate for community revitalization, has announced her resignation as Director of Okmulgee Main Street. Born in Guthrie, Sumner graduated from Guthrie High Sch...

An Okmulgee man was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison in a case of eluding a peace officer.The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Clinton Randal...

The Henryetta Chamber of Commerce Banquet entertainment consisted of homegrown talent, including the Junior Samples, Lulu, The Culhanes, Dolly Parton, Minnie Pearl and Grandpa Jones.Immanuel Baptist C...

A Calculating Annual Cow Costs webinar series will be held Monday, Jan. 29, and Feb. 1, 5, 8, 12 and 15, from 7:30-8:30 p.m.Knowing annual cow costs is the foundation for evaluating and making managem...

The remains of a man reported missing since Jan. 11 has been discovered, according to the Okmulgee County Sheriff ’s Office.According to Undersheriff Smokey Patchin, the OCSO responded on Jan. 19 arou...

Emergency meeting calledThe extremely cold temperatures have once again caused issues and major leaks in the City of Beggs, causing headaches not only for residents without water, but for city workers...

The Eastern Oklahoma Development District (EODD) is announcing the retirement of Ernie Moore, Executive Director, after 18 years of service to EODD and eastern Oklahoma.Moore began his career in June ...

The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from November business. The monies they reported this period represent sale...

When Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma citizen DJ Koon bought a 2005 Nissan Sentra in 2012, he didn’t expect to find himself fighting a debt collection lawsuit for the next 10 years.Indebtedness lawsuits are th...

• Monday: Attended BOCC meeting. Worked at office on various projects, went through documents for storage and/or removal. Placed phone calls with the State of Oklahoma Department of Emergency Manageme...

The Okmulgee County Sheriff ’s Office (OCSO) has received calls related to “Deputy Wilson” calling county residents and telling them they have federal warrants issued for their arrest as well as owing...

• 560002 - St. Matthew Baptist Church• 560007 - Town & Country Christian Church• 560008 - Second Baptist Church• 560009 - OSUIT Student Union Building• 560010 - Okmulgee Community Center• 560011 - Cal...

Sen. Darrell Weaver, R-Moore, filed legislation to enhance protective order enforcement in the state of Oklahoma. Senate Bill 1710 provides courts with the authority to require violators of a protecti...

PropositionShall Independent School District Number 8 of Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, incur an indebtedness by issuing its bonds in the sum of Three Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($320,000) to be issu...

years of volunteerism with AARP.Below are comments received last year from community members: “Good, very fast; knowledgeable; friendly; quick; great work; helpful; will recommend to others; very sati...

Today, Jan. 19, is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the Feb. 13 election.Eligible voters will be voting on the following: City of Okmulgee Councilmember ...

While the government will not shut down for the holidays as some feared, some members of the military said the short-term funding bill signed Thursday by President Joe Biden still creates uncertainty ...

Part 1 of 2Pure terror unfolded in Perry, Iowa recently, when a student did the unthinkable. Lives were lost, people were injured, and everyone is devastated. A school shooting is the nightmare that h...

Preston and Beggs renewed their basketball rivalry this past Friday evening at the Jim Waller Event Center in Preston.The host Preston cage squads walked off their home floor last Friday with a pair o...

Dragons, Lady Dragons to square off against Carney, Mason in opening roundThe Dewar varsity basketball program will face some tough competition at the 2024 Paden Invitational basketball tournament thi...