Schulter School will host a JOM Parent meeting on Thursday, Feb. 6 at 6:30 p.m. in the high school library. Following opening remarks and introductions of parents and IEC, there will be a discussion o...

Jim Beard has been elected as the new member of the Okmulgee County Fair Board. Beard, representing District 1, won the post 55 to 11 over Brad Nichols in Saturday’s election in Beggs. Beard was in at...

A five-game winning streak tragically ended for the Morris Lady Eagles on Friday when they went up against the Sequoyah-Tahlequah Lady Indians. Hosting the No. 1 Lady Indians at the Mvksoke Dome in Ok...

The Dewar Dragons benefited from scoring streaks in the first quarter, but a second-half slump resulted in a close 2-point loss to the Strother Yellowjackets on Thursday. Dewar junior Joey Fowler and ...

Okmulgee High School cross country star Faith Montgomery committed to Redlands Community College Friday afternoon in Brock Memorial Gym. Montgomery has participated in cross country throughout high sc...

The Wilson Tigers enter a five-game losing streak towards the end of the season with a 57-45 loss to the Wetumka Chieftains. Tough defensive moments for the Tigers left them just one-point short at ha...

The Dewar Lady Dragons suffered single digit scoring slumps throughout Thursday’s matchup with the Strother Lady Yellowjackets. After falling to Crowder, the Lady Dragons entered a two-game losing slu...

Henryetta High School’s varsity girls’ and boys’ teams will host the Preston Pirates and Lady Pirates Friday night to compete in a county matchup. Both teams have faced each other on the court before ...

“If Adam hadn’t named the animals, we wouldn’t know one animal from the other. We might have cow brains for breakfast, lizard guts for lunch and dog toes for dinner,” says James, 9. With such an activ...

The second regular session of the 57th Legislature began February 3, and the energy in the Capitol is contagious as everybody gears up for it. Representatives began the process of moving into their ne...

Gov. Kevin Stitt delivered his second “State of the State” to the Oklahoma Legislature Monday on the first day of the Second Session of the 57th Oklahoma Legislature. The bicameral legislative branch ...

Aren’t old habits hard to break? I am currently working on one. I am too much a clock watcher! Guilty! In my other life before living here at the retirement village, it seemed necessary to live by the...

The Morris News has ceased publication according to owner and publisher Barry Thompson. Thompson made the announcement on social media last week, attributing the closure to the loss of advertising rev...

Oklahoma Senate Appropriations Chair Roger Thompson has filed a bill to reform the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act. Thompson, R-Okemah, said the legislation will create government efficiencies while m...

Kindergarten and first-grade classes across Oklahoma likely will be required to meet the state’s class-size limit for the first time in a decade when the 2021-22 school year begins. Research on class ...

WASHINGTON -- Legislation enacting a new trade agreement between three North American countries supported by the entire Oklahoma delegation who viewed it as a win for Oklahoma was signed by President ...

I had never known a housing edition named by alphabet. A short hop from Nairobi’s airport we rolled up to Maxwell’s South C home. The house sat hidden behind a stonework wall, like a shy maiden partly...

State Rep. Scott Fetgatter (R- Okmulgee) was named assistant majority floor leader earlier this week for the Oklahoma House of Representatives. “Representative Fetgatter has proven to be a spokesman t...

Roger King with Green Country Technology Center (GCTC) in Okmulgee was the guest speaker at the Tuesday meeting of the Henryetta Lions Club. King presented a program on programs offered at GCTC, labor...

Earlier this month, the Sullivan family, Lester, April and Nathan, were presented with an opportunity to travel to India in February for a Mission Trip. Several fundraisers have been held throughout t...