August 23, 1957 - June 21, 2024Annie Joyce Drew, age 66, homemaker and resident of Okmulgee, died June 21, 2024, in her home surrounded by family. Service is scheduled for Saturday, July 6, 2024, at 1...

August 1, 1930 - May 28, 2024Ethel “Irene” Grogan, a lifelong Okmulgee resident, died at the age of 93, May 28, 2024, at Clarehouse in Tulsa. She was born to Archibald and Ethel (Bay) Hazlett on Augus...

Fireworks are easy to find, with big tents, warehouse outlets and other retail fireworks stores lining major roads in towns across the country, especially around the 4th of July. But fireworks are pot...

For more than 20 years, Okmulgee- Okfuskee County Youth Services (OOCYS) has held an annual golf tournament fundraiser. A gradual decline in participation and support for the tournament has prompted O...

Monday, June 17 • Off due to illness. --- Tuesday, June 18• Provided traffic cones for Sheriff ’s Office: Delivered and set up traffic cones at the courthouse for election returns to ensure smooth tra...

Okmulgee County resident Lisa Watson will represent Oklahoma’s rich heritage and attraction on the National stage soon.As Ms. Oklahoma Tourism 2023-24, Watson has been able to travel the great state o...

OK Misfits Theatre Co, a new Okmulgee community theater, will be debuting with “The Princess Bride” on Aug. 23-24. Open auditions are Sunday, June 30, from 2-5 p.m. at the Dunbar Learning Center, 420 ...

A stellar lineup of performers showcased this year’s entertainment at the recently concluded Muscogee Nation Festival. On Friday, LoCash and Joe Nichols hit the main stage with their performances, whi...

The application deadline for students to enroll in Oklahoma’s Promise, a transformational state scholarship program, is set for July 1. This is the final opportunity for students who were 11th graders...

The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against a state-funded Catholic charter school in a case testing the wall of separation between church and state.In a majority decision, the court blocked t...

If you’ve retired, you may have thought you closed the book on one chapter of your life. But what happens if you need to “reverse” your retirement?Due to higher inflation and rising interest rates, ma...

American writer of fiction and legal thrillers Lisa Scottoline celebrates her birth date July 1, 1955, in Philadelphia.Lisa attended the University of Pennsylvania after high school and earned a B.A. ...

Losing is not for the faint-hearted. It takes its toll on your mind, your emotions, and your body, no doubt about it. It literally takes a champion at heart to lose, because you have to have a lot of ...

Easton Fothergill’s an easygoing guy with no apparent mean streak, but he started Day 3 of the 2024 St. Croix Bassmaster Open at Lake Eufaula presented by SEVIIN with a chip on his shoulder. Suffice t...

Willie Mays, a generational baseball player, died at the age of 93. He was considered by many to be the greatest allaround baseball player in history. Mays went from the Birmingham Black Barons of the...

Oklahoma’s Board of Regents on Friday, approved a contract extension and raise for head football coach Brent Venables ahead of his third year as Sooners coach. Venables received a new six-year deal wo...

In a momentous event for the Okmulgee community, the new downtown office for the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) officially opened its doors with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, June ...

Breanna, As you know, your 2023-2024 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Auxiliary, “Get Excited for the Red, White, and Blue” national anthem singing entry was forwarded along with the othe...

The Okmulgee County Board of Commissioners met on Monday for their regular session - their first meeting since the passing of former District 1 Commissioner Ron Ballard, who was laid to rest later tha...

ecoLINK, fiber broadband provider powered by East Central Electric Cooperative, is excited to announce the commencement of construction for our new fiber broadband network in the Schulter and Morris a...