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Mobile Wellness Unit Provides Wellness Services to Okfuskee County

Mobile Wellness Unit Provides Wellness Services to Okfuskee County OKEMAH, Okla. – The District 7 County Health Departments, which includes Okfuskee County, are proud to offer Mobile Wellness Unit (MWU) services to all corners of the eight county district. Just recently, the MWU team visited the town of Clearview, OK to provide vaccinations to its…

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Six indicted by Multi-County Grand Jury in connection with large-scale illegal marijuana operations

Six indicted by Multi-County Grand Jury in connection with large-scale illegal marijuana operations The Multi-County Grand Jury indicted six individuals on March 7 in connection with two separate large-scale seizures of illegal marijuana by the Office of the Attorney General’s Organized Crime Task Force (OCTF) and its partner law enforcement agencies. Attorney General Gentner Drummond…

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Celebrate volunteers in April

Celebrate volunteers in April By: Amanda Sestak Okfuskee County Extension Educator, 4-H Youth Dev. The Oklahoma 4-H Youth Development program is well-known for teaching youth life skills. Through hands-on, experiential learning, club members learn how to manage their time, learn responsibility and develop communication skills. Something else they learn starting at the Cloverbud level is…

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Okfuskee County Cattleman’s Association announce winners

Okfuskee County Cattleman’s Association announce winners OKEMAH, OK (Feb. 29, 2024)- Seven Okfuskee County students competed in the Okfuskee County Cattlemen’s Association (OCCA) Carcass Contest and Beef Auction. This contest helped participants gain real-life experience in the cattle business with all county-bred steers shown by 4-H and FFA kids from Okfuskee County. Over $1,000 in…

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Picking Up the Pieces 

Thinking Out Loud: Picking Up the Pieces  Grief is a part of life.  There are so many things humans grieve over, some intensely personal like the loss of a long time pet or a stolen family heirloom, and others that are familiar to many such as time to trade in the family car in which…

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Views From the Back Pew

Views From the Back Pew What are you ready to give up? If you look around your house at all the things there, could you find something that you would be willing to do without? If you are like me, I would pick the easy things first. Of course, I could do without all of…

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Assault with Dangerous weapon

Assault with Dangerous weapon By R.L. Thompson Assault with a dangerous weapon charge was filed in District Court in Okfuskee County on February 29 against Charlie Wilcox of Cordell, Oklahoma. The affidavit was filed in this case on February 27 by Okemah Police Officer Earnest Jordan. The affidavit states Officer Jordan was dispatched to Stress…

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Larry Clayton Chumley, Jr.

Larry Clayton Chumley, Jr. A funeral service for Larry “Sonny” Clayton Chumley, Jr. will be Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at the First Baptist Church in Okemah, Oklahoma at 12 PM, officiated by Bro. Robert “Pup” Rogers. Interment will be at Sunnylane Cemetery in Del City, Oklahoma at 2:30 PM Larry was born August 17, 1963,…

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Charles D. Taylor

Charles D. Taylor Charles “Tecv” Taylor, 65 of Okemah passed away on March 10, 2024 at his home. Charles was born October 7, 1958 in Lawton, OK to the late Cornelius and Mary (Noon) Taylor. He was a 1976 graduate of Chilocco Indian School. Charles married Carol (Cook) Taylor on January 28, 1985 in Okemah.…

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