August 15, 2023Wanda Jo (Jones) Hammon, age 79, of Lawton, went home to the Lord on August 15, 2023. A celebration of life will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday August 26, 2023, at Macedonia Baptist Church ...

March 10, 1936 - August 15, 2023James Edward Leeper, Jr., affectionately known as Sonny, passed away on August 15, 2023, in Tulsa. Born on March 16, 1936, in Yukon, W.V., he was the son of James Edwar...

May 8, 1956 - August 17, 2023Shawn Dee Godfrey died August 17, 2023. Shawn was born in Okmulgee to George Carl and Betty Jean Smith on May 8, 1956. A celebration of life will be held at 3 p.m. Friday,...

August 26, 1962 - August 17, 2023James Lee Duty III, 60, a former resident of Vernon, died Thursday, August 17, 2023, in Marshall, Texas. Graveside rites will be conducted Friday, August 25, 2023, at ...

Preston routs Mounds in 20-0 victoryThe Preston Lady Pirate varsity fastpitch softball team improved to 2-0 in district play this past Monday with a 20-0 victory over the Mounds Lady Eagles in Mounds....

The Dewar Lady Dragon varsity fastpitch softball team improved to 10-0 on the year with a 22-0 victory over the Weleetka Lady Outlaws this past Monday.The 10th win of the 2023 campaign came at Al Kess...

The Wilson Lady Tiger varsity fastpitch softball team continued their winning ways this past Monday evening with a decisive 22-3 win on the road against the Wewoka Lady Tigers. The run-rule win puts t...

Aalaijah Drone paces Okmulgee at season-opening meetThe cross country programs from Okmulgee and Henryetta opened their 2023 season last Saturday in Holdenville.The Henryetta cross country program ear...

The Morris Lady Eagle varsity fastpitch softball team suffered twostraight district losses earlier this week.The first District 3A-7 setback this week came Monday evening in Chandler in a 5-0 loss to ...

Beggs fastpitch sits at 6-11 after home loss to OkemahThe Beggs Lady Demon varsity fastpitch softball team is currently competing at the Sue Treloar Memorial Tournament in Depew.The Lady Demons were p...

Okmulgee Mayor, County Commissioner team up to share uplifting message“Look up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s … a bird! As the birds are released and take flight they are soon circling ov...

‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ to take stage in OctoberAre you a fan of the ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show?’Well, that will be the next production for the Okmulgee Community Theatre.According to Director Fay...

Client numbers increaseThe Okmulgee County Homeless Shelter continues to see increased numbers of clients being served, and is in need of food assistance.Executive Director Brenda Brewer stated the sh...

Carnival opens Aug. 31Henryetta Labor Day Celebration has added even more events as the city prepares for a weekend of family and rodeo events next weekend.To kick off the celebration, Great Plains Am...

The Preston Pirate varsity fall baseball team improved to 9-0 on the season with a pair of run-rule wins last weekend.The Pirates notched a 16-4 home win over the Cameron Yellowjackets last Thursday, ...

The Morris Lady Eagle varsity fastpitch softball team took home the team championship trophy from the Oilton Tournament this past Saturday with an 11-1 victory over the Depew Lady Hornets.The 3-game s...

Lady Dragons, Lady Tigers finish unbeaten at Wilson Softball FestivalOkmulgee County fastpitch softball teams Dewar and Wilson came away with perfect 4-0 records at last week’s Wilson Softball Festiva...

Part 1 of 3With the recent release of the movie The Sound of Freedom, the conversation on the horror of human trafficking is growing. The movie, a dramatization, details one individual story, but does...

Can gene splicing and selective breeding help deal with heat stress in cattle?Sometimes you see a headline and just go “huh.”That happened to me today when I can across an article talking about breedi...

“They didn’t have air conditioning, carpet or nothing,” says Dylan, age 5. Actually, it was “the way the seats were lined up,” says Milese, 6. No, that wasn’t it at all: “because there were no chairs ...