All Roads Lead to Home: Chris McMullen Hopes to Inspire the Next Generation of Panthers as the New Middle School Principal
By Alanna Bradley ONL Reporter Your heart is your home, and all roads lead to home. For Chris McMullen, Okemah’s new Middle School Principal, his heart is home. Forty-six years after he walked the stage with his high school diploma, McMullen is back where it started for him in Okemah Public Schools. On August 12,…
Read MoreA City Treasure: Longtime Resident, Raymond Overall, Shares Memories of his Time in Okemah
By Alanna Bradley ONL Reporter If a community is fortunate, they may have a resident like Raymond Overall. Described by Mayor Mike Fuller as a city treasure, Overall has seen the hands of time pass for nearly a century over the community of Okemah. While things have changed…
Read MoreIt’s in the Air: The Spirit of Woody Guthrie Lives on in the Magic of Woody Fest
By Alanna Bradley ONL Reporter Fifty-four years after his death, the spirit of Woody Guthrie, in the place he called home, Okemah, still floats through the air. It is in the wind that blows through the rolling hills of eastern Oklahoma, it is above the streets of Okemah and in the nighttime air at the…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Update for Okfuskee County
By Pamela Thompson With the worry of different strains of COVID-19 appearing, it was rumored there are fifty active COVID-19 cases in Okemah. On the Oklahoma State Department of Health’s (OSDH) COVID-19 website, the OSDH’s Disease Investigation Summary reports COVID-19 statistics by county and city along with many other categories. Since tracking began in early…
Read MoreCommunity Rallies Behind Well-Known Resident Diagnosed With Breast Cancer
Community Rallies Behind Well-Known Resident Diagnosed With Breast Cancer By Alanna Bradley ONL Reporter For years Peggiann Combs has given herself to the community of Okemah in numerous ways. Now, residents of Okemah are looking for a way to give back to Combs as she battles a grim cancer diagnosis. “They gave her three months…
Read MoreWanda Lee Butler
Wanda Lee “Mema Butter” Butler, 88, of Shawnee passed away on Friday, April 2, 2021 in Shawnee. She was born on October 4, 1932 in Okemah to John B. and Nellie (Crawford) Ricketts. Wanda grew up in Cromwell. She lived in other places but, most of her life in Shawnee. She graduated from Butner High…
Read MoreWarren O. Baldridge
Graveside services for Warren O. Baldridge will be held Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 2:00 PM at the Okfuskee Cemetery. Warren O. Baldridge was born October 22, 1939 in Okfuskee County to Alfred and Evelyn (Allstott) Baldridge. He passed away Tuesday, April 6, 2021 in Tulsa at the age of 81. Warren grew up in…
Read MoreFred L. Carson
Funeral services for Fred L. Carson were held Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 2:00 PM at the Parks Brothers Funeral Home Chapel in Okemah. Interment will follow at the Highland Cemetery in Okemah. Fred L. Carson was born January 1, 1951 in Hanna, Wy. to Fred N. and Oletta Merle Carson. He passed away Friday,…
Read MoreMelissa Marie Battaglia
Funeral services for Melissa Marie Battaglia were Monday, April 5, 2021 at 2:00 PM at the Okemah Church of Christ with Bro. Richard Foster officiating. Melissa Marie Battaglia was born August 14, 1963 in Okemah to O. Mac Smith and Marilyn (Coker) Smith. She passed away Thursday, April 1, 2021 in Okemah at the age…
Read MoreLois A. Gormly
Graveside services for Lois A. Gormly were held Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 2:00 PM at the Okmulgee Cemetery. Lois A. Gormly was born January 5, 1942 in Konawa, Okla. to George and Lois Morrow. She passed away Thursday, April 1, 2021 at her home in Okfuskee at the age of 79. Lois was a…
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