Voters wanting to know more about the eight judges on the statewide judicial retention ballot can find background information for all the judges on one website, www.courtfacts.org. Created by the Okla...

In 1998, Oklahoma and 45 other states sued Big Tobacco for the damage and death their products inflicted on Americans. As the case was scheduled to go to trial, Big Tobacco and the participating state...

Markwayne Mullin is an eastern Oklahoma native, businessman, rancher, family man and youth leader in his church. The youngest of seven children, he was raised in the small Adair County town of Westvil...

Logan Phillips is a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, representing District 24. He assumed offce on November 16, 2018. His current term ends on November 15, 2020. Phillips served six ye...

I was born in Kuwait and came to the U.S. for higher education in 1979, seeking opportunity. I have one daughter and two sons, all born in Oklahoma. My children all have college educations and are inv...

e previously ran for the 2nd Congressional District in 2018. He is married to Kathy Castaldo, an E.R. & Travel Nurse. He has two children and is a pastor, writer, and counselor as well as a liberty ac...

Steve Kouplen, from Beggs, is an Oklahoma State University alumni with a BA and MA in Agricultural Education. He has two children, Sean and Shanna. Political Experience Candidate, Oklahoma State House...

I would like to give you a little background on myself so you can make an educated decision in the November election. I have been married 45 years to my wife, Debbie Walker. She is the daughter of Ann...

Danyell was born in Tahlequah, a citizen of the Cherokee nation. She grew up on a ranch in Hugo. After graduating from Hugo High School, Lanier joined the United States Navy. She served as a storekeep...

I was born and reared in Okmulgee to the late R.C. and Rose Morrow. I am 62 years and I graduated from Okmulgee High School in 1976. I was fortunate enough to get a scholarship to Northeastern Oklahom...

As the Nov. 3 General Election approaches, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) reminds political candidates and volunteers to stay safe, save taxpayer money and keep Oklahoma’s highways a...

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

“When you're in this house, where we live, you’re Wichita, but when you step out those doors, you're just like everyone else.” Anthony Galindo, a citizen of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes with Dela...

A Morris man has entered a guilty plea in a federal assault case. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced Tuesday that Cameron Austin Burgess, 22, entered th...

Salvation Army in Okmulgee is extending the deadline for the Christmas Angel and Food applications due to COVID-19. Applications will continue to be accepted at the Salvation Army Family Store from 10...

Okmulgee County Commissioners approved a new housing subdivision just north of Okmulgee during Monday’s regular session. According to Commissioner Robert Hardridge, the Muscogee Nation purchased the p...

Henryetta Municipal Authority approved several payments during a brief regular monthly meeting on Tuesday evening. Payments approved included: • $12,650 to Center Point Landfill; • $11,193.26 and $37,...

Every October, schools and organizations across the country join STOMP Out Bullying™ in observing National Bullying Prevention Month. The goal: To encourage communities to work together to stop Bullyi...

Early voting in person (absentee in person) for Okmulgee County voters will be at the Okmulgee County Courthouse on Thursday, Oct. 29 and Friday, Oct. 30 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 31 fr...