Bulldogs, Lady Bulldogs improve to 3-0The Schulter varsity basketball program continued their winning ways in the early portion of the 2023-2024 season this past Friday evening.The SHS cage squads imp...

Five people were injured last Friday after a smudge pot exploded.According to Okmulgee County Emergency Management Director Jeffrey Moore, the incident happened west of Beggs on Nov. 17.Five victims a...

The staff at Hillcrest Henryetta Wound Care Center are hosting a free foot screening open to the public on Nov. 27. The event will take place at the Wound Care Center from 12-2 p.m. Patients with diab...

Countians facing drug trafficking chargesTwo Okmulgee County residents are facing multiple drug and weapons charges following their arrest Saturday.At 6:26 a.m. Nov. 18, an OHP trooper patrolling the ...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced Friday that John Ray Collins, Jr., 48, of Okmulgee, was convicted at trial by a federal jury of one count of Attempte...

“For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory.” (1 ...

Life is short, death is certain, and eternity is long. That’s what recently canonized St. John Henry Newman once wrote: “Life is short, death is certain, and eternity is long.” These words came to min...

Lion Bob Fowler, Pastor of Hoffman Baptist Church, presented the Henryetta Lions with a donation from the Ministerial Alliance to go towards toys for the Christmas Baskets that the Lions Club passes o...

• Monday: Attended BOCC Meeting. Worked at office going through documents and consolidating files. Repaired front office bathroom toilet. Monday evening attended Morris City Council meeting.• Tuesday:...

Hoffman Fellowship will serve a Thanksgiving Dinner, Thursday,Nov. 23.November 25 Cookie Crawl |The Okmulgee Times Cookie Crawl will take place Saturday, Nov. 25, throughout downtown Okmulgee. Partici...

Henryetta’s VFW Post 539 will conduct its Feed the Vets program Friday, Dec. 1, at 11 a.m. at New Life Assembly of God Church, 1201 S. C Street in Henryetta.Volunteers are needed at 10 a.m. to divide ...

Commissioners hear bridge reportRepresentatives from OSU Extension were at Monday’s meeting to talk about federal funding for their High Obesity Program or HOP. Brenda Miller introduced Lacey Wallace,...

The Henryetta School House Museum, located at Gazebo Park (4th & Moore Streets), has been joyfully decorated in preparation for the Henryetta Hallmark Christmas event which will take place Saturday, D...

The Face Says It All - Henryetta teacher Darla Anderson is all smiles as she receives her grant from the Henryetta Education Foundation on Wednesday. Henryetta Public Schools teachers received a total...

‘The Game’ is third-longest matchup in college football historyThe Crimson of Harvard University and the Bulldogs of Yale University will meet on the football field for the 139th time on Saturday morn...

A Haven for Families with Play & Learn Childcare ServiceYMCA has long been a community hub for health, wellness and family engagement. One standout feature that makes the Okmulgee Family YMCA particul...

The Historical Society’s annual Founders Day Banquet took place at the high school cafeteria. Dinner was catered by Chair Crushers. A couple autographed footballs, one autographed by Troy Aikman and t...

The FDA has advised not to eat, sell, or serve multiple brands of recalled apple cinnamon fruit pouches because they may contain elevated levels of lead. These pouches are sold nationally and are avai...

The Muscogee Nation filed suit Wednesday against the City of Tulsa in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.The Muscogee Nation’s suit alleges that Tulsa is deliberately and un...

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