Editor’s Note: New Okmulgee County Emergency Management Director Jeff Moore provided the following report for the week as he gets acclimated to his new job. Welcome to Okmulgee County!Week of 07/17/20...

The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (ODEMHS) is now accepting applications for the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program. Municipal, county, and tribal governme...

The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE) Chapter 0730 will meet at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 10, at Shoney’s, located at 619 E. Main St. across the street from Walmart in Hen...

Green Country Technology Center (GCTC) is proud to announce that it has been awarded Gold Star status by the Oklahoma Association of Technology Centers (OATC). The Gold Star program is a prestigious a...

Three Mounds residents were injured in an accident last week in northern Okmulgee County.The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported the incident on July 20 at 2:27 p.m. on Hwy. 75 northbound at Hectorville ...

The Okmulgee County Criminal Justice Authority suffered a tragic loss last Thursday, July 20.Sgt. Azlan, a threeyear- old German Shepherd, Belgian Malinois mix, succumbed to an unknown medical conditi...

“For we never used either words of flattery, as you know, or a cloak for greed, as God is witness; nor did we seek glory from men, whether from you or from others, though we might have made demands as...

On August 18-19, Gospel Music legends Bill & Gloria Gaither will present the Oklahoma Homecoming at the Mabee Center in Tulsa. Over the course of two days, more than two dozen Homecoming friends will ...

On July 21, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation filed the first brief in their appeal to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to proceed with their case holding several federal agencies and a tribal ...

Filing period ends for Muscogee Nation electionThe Muscogee Nation held their filing period July 17-19, with several citizens filing for office.Pending a final review of candidate qualifications, and ...

Overall state numbers are downOklahoma’s jobless rate is down overall for most counties according to the latest report from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission.However, Okmulgee County saw the...

Editor’s Note: The wrestlers and coaches are currently in Fargo competing. Coach Mark Smith is the sonin- law of Okmulgeeans Jan and Fran Colombin, and wrestler Hunter Smith is their grandson.- Just c...

Okmulgee Track & Field and Cross Country Head Coach Dwight Pankey (far right) made his annual summer trip to Australia, traveling to Sydney and Brisbane to serve as a mid-distance coach at the 2023 Co...

Shoemake Champion Exhibitor Award establishedOne outstanding county fair exhibitor could walk away with $1,000, awarded in memory of a longtime supporter.The first Jerry Shoemake All-Around Champion E...

The Okmulgee Junior Football Association held the first of three camps last week at historic Harmon Field in Okmulgee. The first preseason camp, which had about 50 attendees each day, at Harmon Field ...

The Henryetta Chamber of Commerce recently announced the winners of the July 4th Window Decorating Contest. The theme was all things patriotic.The winners were:• First Place: The Shack 2.0 won $300• 2...

Community open house is SaturdayThe Okmulgee County Family YMCA will be a busy place this week, with a basketball camp and community open house planned.On Thursday, the Oklahoma City Thunder will hold...

Monday was the fifth meeting of the Henryetta Public Library Program Summer Reading Program for the kids. Kathy Crosby talked Monday to the kids about the importance of helping others in the community...

“... Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godl...