Braggs News

The question lingers, even though the family says the story is not true: Was former Braggs resident Homer Bell ever a German prisoner of war at Camp Gruber? And, if he wasn't, how did that story ever get started? Local historian Wally Waits, who reported the Homer Bell legend in a history blog, said he now believes the story to be untrue and wishes ...

Fran Barker and Pat Isbell heard the story their entire lives: Homer Bell spent several years of his childhood in Braggs, attending Braggs' school.

Ten years ago, a grove of trees stood at the corner of Shawnee Bypass and 11th Street, Checotah High School freshman Carrie Underwood was learning algebra and Muskogee's future mayor was in the sixth grade.

After pulling through four months of state funding cuts, area schools are bracing for even deeper cuts as they begin the second semester.

Races have developed for board of education positions in Muskogee and Hilldale school districts.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS EXPRESS their heart-filled thanks to area organizations which contributed to the success of the sixth annual Muskogee Veterans Parade.

Two area residents were among 16 members of the Cattlemen's Leadership Academy class, along with other Oklahoma Beef producers and Industry workers attending the Oklahoma Beef Quality Summit in Stillwater last month.

ANGEL TREE APPLICATIONS, hosted by Braggs Ministerial Alliance, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Emmanuel Pentecostal Church.

Muskogee County officials should look at a countywide police force, a department that also provides law enforcement services to small towns.

Having a police department has been a struggle for at least two Muskogee County towns over the last several months.

It's an untold story. The secret of how Beatlemania pierced the Iron Curtain and helped spark a revolution that contributed to the fall of communism.

Trick-or-treaters are invited to have a safe and happy Halloween by trick-or-treating with the city of Muskogee.

Few visible traces remain of many of the Oklahoma camps that once housed prisoners of war during World War II.

As parents get their little goblins ready for Halloween, shopping for costumes and knowing when to trick-or-treat were on their minds Monday.

The driver of a 2009 Honda motorcycle and his passenger were killed Monday on a Muskogee County road, according to an Oklahoma Highway Patrol report Brandon Wade Gatzen, 35, and his passenger, David Lee Buffington Jr., 36, both of Braggs, were pronounced dead at the scene by Muskogee County Emergency Medical Service, the OHP report states.

Two Braggs men died Monday evening in a motorcycle accident on a rural Muskogee County road, authorities said.

The service members gathered Tuesday at the Oklahoma National Guard's Camp Gruber Training Center near Braggs for the two-day exercise.

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The Green Country Behavioral Health Services Board of Directors has received notice that the agency has been awarded a Quality Improvement Grant in the amount of $228,000. The grant was funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, according to a media release.