This action designates the Muscogee Nation to serve as the recipient for FEMA public assistance, allowing local communities to submit as subapplicants through the tribal government. OKMULGEE, Okla. – ...

You probably won’t see it on your calendar, but September is Life Insurance Awareness Month. And it is indeed important to be aware of the importance of life insurance. Are you adequately insured? Man...

Sept. 12 10:30 a.m. – 29600 block S. 186 Rd. Animals. RP advised of 11 longhorn cattle coming onto property and eating all the hay. 1:04 p.m. – 8500 block Edmondson. Harassment. 7:19 p.m. – Fairground...

Sept. 12 10:44 a.m. – Suspicious Person – 600 block of W. Ragan Street – Female caller advised there is a male subject on her porch. She thinks he is intoxicated. RP also claimed he left and is headin...

WASHINGTON – A congressional subcommittee investigating the impact of a Supreme Court ruling that overturned decades of Native American law was told Tuesday that the court ignored tribal sovereignty t...

LARRY OWEN SPORTS EDITOR The next phase of the 2022 high school football season will get underway for five of the six Okmulgee County teams on Friday night. The next phase of 2022 is district play, wh...

The Morris Lady Eagles notched a pair of shutout wins Tuesday evening over their Okmulgee County foes, the Okmulgee Lady Bulldogs. The two Morris victories took place on the Lady Eagles’ home field an...

The Henryetta Lady Knight fastpitch softball team closed out district play Tuesday with a 17-0 win over the Beggs Lady Demons. The shutout win for the Lady Knights was the second this week over their ...

The Okmulgee cross country program will host its annual home meet this afternoon. The annual event, which is being held at the Okmulgee Municipal Park, located behind the Okmulgee County Family YMCA (...

The Wilson Lady Tigers saw their 2022 fastpitch softball season come to a close Wednesday afternoon with a pair of losses to the Stuart Lady Hornets. The season-ending setbacks occurred in the Class B...

Kinsey Maldonado and the Dewar Lady Dragons began their postseason journey Thursday at the Class A district tournament in Stonewall.

Members of the Okmulgee and Morris cross country programs competed last Saturday at the 24th Annual Lamont Frazier Invitational at Tahlequah Sequyoyah High School. Runners competed in three different ...

American author, Andrea Davis Pinkney, was born Sept. 25, 1963 in Washington, D.C. She writes about African-American culture through children, young adult and picture books. Raised in Connecticut, Pin...

With a gathering of family members and friends, Emalee Morgan of Tulsa, a past resident of Henryetta, celebrated her 99th birthday on Wednesday at Coleman's Cafe in Okmulgee. Morgan expressed her love...

Henryetta Historical Society board members Marcus Whitworth, Sr. and Mike Doak attended the Oklahoma Museum Association Conference held Sept. 14-16 in Enid. Theme of the conference was Museums: Bringi...

RE: Former ODOT Highway Commissioner endorses Dan Artussee for Okmulgee County Commissioner Dist. 3 Dear Editor, I was pleased to read that our County Commissioner, Dan Artussee, filed for the office ...

Dec. 20, 1969 – Sept. 19, 2022 Funeral services are pending for Dana Moore, 52, a resident of Okmulgee with Integrity Funeral Service in Henryetta. Mrs. Moore was born Dec. 20, 1969 and died Sept. 19 ...

Okmulgee-Okfuskee County Youth Services, Inc. will host an annual meeting of its board of directors on Monday, Sept. 26. The meeting will be held at Anne Moroney Youth Services located at 1950 N. Okmu...

An Okmulgee resident was injured in a two-vehicle accident on Saturday around 1:25 p.m. one mile east of Miami in Ottawa County. A 1991 Dodge Shadow driven by 94-year-old Fred Wettstein of Pittsburg, ...

Okmulgee County Emergency Management Director Tim Craighton announced in a press release Monday morning that Okmulgee County Commissioners reissued a county-wide Burn Ban, effective for 14 days. With ...