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12/05/2025

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12/05/2025

🗞️ Happy Friday, Okmulgee!

Today’s Okmulgee Times is filled with community news, holiday events, and big local milestones! 🎄✨

Here’s a look at today’s top stories ⬇️

🗳️ Candidate filing period concludes
School board and city races are officially set for the 2026 elections.

🇺🇸 American Legion Post 103 added to National Register of Historic Places
A major honor for a landmark rooted in service and history within Okmulgee’s Black community.

🎄 GCTC students bring Christmas Marketplace to life
Christmas on the Square opens its first season with handcrafted cottages built by GCTC Construction Trades students!

🎁 Last Stop Christmas Shoppe returns Saturday
Over 20 vendors offering handmade gifts, treats, and holiday items — 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Rowe Family Life Center.

🔔 Salvation Army seeking bell ringers
Volunteers urgently needed to support the Angel Tree program.

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12/05/2025

ClearView Baptist will be out on the Square as part of the Christmas on the Square. They will have a Randy’s freezer truck and will be giving away 100 turkeys. First come first serve. Also serving chili dinner and hot chocolate and other goodies. And have $500 Christmas Cash they will be giving away!

12/05/2025

12/04/2025

🍲❤️ Warm up for a great cause, Okmulgee!

Today, a chili dinner fundraiser will be held to support CASA/Safehouse — perfectly timed before and after the Festival of Lights Christmas Parade and Christmas on the Square! 🎄✨

📍 First Baptist Gym – 313 W. 5th Street
🕓 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Enjoy:
🍽️ Chili dinner (Adults just $5, kids under 5 eat FREE!)
🍪 Cookie decorating
☕ Hot cocoa bar
🎁 Silent auction
🎅 A surprise guest!

Every ticket helps support programs that protect and strengthen local children and families in crisis. 💛

📞 Advance tickets: 918-756-2549
🎟️ Tickets also available at the door.

See the full story in today’s edition of the Okmulgee Times or read it online here:
👉 https://www.yourokmulgee.com/2025/12/03/fundraiser-to-support-casa-safehouse/

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As the community gathers in downtown Okmulgee to enjoy the sights and sounds of the Festival of Lights Christmas Parade and Christmas on the Square, a delicious chili dinner fundraiser to benefit CASA/Safehouse will be held to warm bodies and spirits in preparation for the outdoor activities.

12/03/2025

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12/03/2025

📣 Good morning, Okmulgee!
Today’s Okmulgee Times is packed with hometown holiday happenings and important local updates! 🎄📰✨

Here’s what’s inside ⬇️

🎅 Christmas on the Square arrives!
Downtown is transforming into a full Christmas Village Dec. 3–7 — cottages, holiday market, Tree Farm, Movies on the Square, igloos, Kids Zone, Santa photos, live characters & more!

🍪 OC Sharks host “Cookies with Santa”
Stop by Pocket Park this Saturday, Dec. 6 from 9 a.m.–12 p.m. for festive fun with Santa!

📝 Filing period ends today
Residents interested in school board or city council posts — the deadline is 5 p.m. today.

🏛️ Commissioners handle weekly agenda
Routine business covered during Monday’s meeting.

🍲 CASA/Safehouse Chili Fundraiser
Tomorrow, Dec. 4 from 4–9 p.m. at First Baptist Gym — warm up before the parade with delicious chili, silent auction, cocoa bar & more!

🦃 OCCJA hosts annual Thanksgiving Lunch
See photos and coverage inside!

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12/02/2025

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11/29/2025

Thank you all so much for participating in this year's Cookie Crawl. We are officially done for another year. Make a plan to join us again next year!

11/29/2025

🍪✨ LAST CALL for the Cookie Crawl! ✨🍪

We’ve got just a few boxes left and a little bit of time before we close up at 2! Swing by and snag your box while you still can — then keep the fun going! You can shop ‘til the stores close and finish collecting those sweet treats. 🎄🤩

Hurry… once the boxes are gone, they’re gone!

11/29/2025

🎄🍪 COOKIE CRAWL UPDATE! 🍪🎄
We’ve already passed out quite a few boxes this morning, Okmulgee! But don’t worry — we still have PLENTY left! 🙌

Stop by the Okmulgee Times office at 320 W 6th to grab your box, then hit the shops, collect cookies, support local businesses, and have FUN! 🛍️✨

Let’s make this Cookie Crawl magical! 🎅🏼🍬💚

11/29/2025

💛 Thank You, Okmulgee County! From all of us at the Okmulgee Times, Henryetta Free-Lance, and from the amazing team at the Okmulgee County Humane Society — thank you for pouring so much love and support into this year’s Pet Calendar Contest.

Your entries, votes, shares, and donations directly help pets in our community receive the care, safety, and second chances they deserve. Every dollar you contributed makes a real difference for animals waiting for their forever homes.

📅 We can’t wait to share the best Okmulgee County pet calendar yet, filled with the sweet faces that make our community special.

From the bottom of our hearts… thank you for helping make tails wag across Okmulgee County! 🐾