The Preston Lady Pirates struggled offensively in the second half of Tuesday’s home meeting against Kellyville. The Lady Pirates (7-7) managed just 10 points in the final two quarters, turning a 3-poi...

The Preston Pirates notched their sixth win of the 2020-21 basketball campaign Tuesday night with a 68-57 decision over the visiting Kellyville Ponies. The difference in the Pirates’ latest win came i...

The Wilson Tigers snapped their 3-game losing streak Tuesday evening with a 48-43 victory over the visiting Graham-Dustin Chieftains. The narrow win put the Tigers at 5-5 on the year and is the second...

Small town living has many ups and downs, but one of the most positive aspects is growing much closer to those who live around you compared to city living. This is especially true when you grow up in ...

American author Judith Viorst was born Feb. 2, 1931 in Newark, N.J. She received a BA in History from Rutgers University. Besides children's books, poetry and non-fiction, Viorst published her first a...

Monday’s meeting of the Okmulgee County Board of Commissioners included a presentation on the C-PACE program. One of the items approved before the discussion was the Memorandum of Understanding betwee...

Shortly after 11 a.m. Monday morning, a collision occurred at Main and 13th Street in Henryetta. According to Henryetta Police Department (HPD) Lieutenant Matthew Duke, Virginia Belinque was traveling...

Dewar Public School Foundation recently awarded seven teacher grants for the semester. “The Foundation wouldn’t be able to issue these grants if it weren’t for the generous donations we receive throug...

On Jan. 22 at approximately 9:48 p.m., area first responders were dispatched to 2nd and Division in Henryetta where they found a home fully involved in flames, Henryetta Fire Chief David Bullard repor...

The Preston high school basketball teams celebrated Senior Night this past Friday with a home meeting against Okmulgee County foe, the Wilson Tigers and Lady Tigers. The Preston cage squads came away ...

The Morris high school basketball squad earned a sweep here last Thursday evening, defeating their county opponents from Dewar. The host Lady Eagles (9-3) led wire-to-wire in the opening contest, comi...

The Wilson Lady Tigers posted a 54-47 victory over the host Okmulgee Lady Bulldogs this past Thursday evening at Brock Memorial Gymnasium. The 7-point win was the third of the 2020-21 campaign for the...

The Okmulgee Bulldogs notched their first win of the 2020-21 campaign last Thursday evening with an 81-57 victory over the visting Wilson Tigers. Last Thursday’s county meeting at Brock Memorial Gymna...

The Beggs Golden Demons walked out of the Harrison Fieldhouse this past Saturday night with the championship trophy at the annual Old Fort Classic basketball tournament. The Demons (9-2) overcame an e...

Folks, some days of late, I just want to sit there in that old blue chair and stare out the big window. Then, I was reminded of the words of Oliver Wendell Holmes. He said, “We must sail sometimes wit...

4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) (Deut. 18: 15-20/1 Cor. 7: 32-35/Mk. 1: 21-28) The most important question Mark’s Gospel asks is, “Who is Jesus?” Jesus speaks with authority, and people were stunned w...

Where everyone is welcome and everyone is somebody. Sunday school begins 10 a.m. every Sunday followed by worship services at 11 a.m. Come join us! Pastor is Ethan Dover. The church phone number is 91...

Sunday morning will be Sunday school for all ages at 10 a.m. Morning worship service is at 11 a.m. It will be a great service! It will be a great service! Come join us. New Life Assembly of God is loc...

New Life Apostolic Church has relocated. Come and join us at 4900 North Wood Drive, Okmulgee. Elect Lady Anna Lewis is the Pastor. Sunday Morning: Prayer at 9 a.m. Morning service begins at 10 a.m. fo...

Harvest Christian Center, a non-denominational church, located at the corner of Loop 56 and McKinley, invites the public to join them for worship. Sunday morning worship begins at 10:30 a.m. Sunday ev...