Henryetta Mayor Wayne Francis announced some very good news for the city at the Lion’s Club meeting on Tuesday. The City of Henryetta will receive a $1,000,000 (one-million dollar) grant from the Okla...

Nazarene Youth Fundraiser Tulledega Hills Music Theater will host a NYC Fundraiser beginning on Wednesday, Oct. 26 with a Facebook Auction. The auction will begin at 8 a.m. and ends on Saturday, Oct. ...

St. Michael Catholic Church in Henryetta welcomed new priest, Father Robert Duck to the parish on July 1. Father Duck was assigned pastor of two additional churches, St. Teresa Catholic Church in Okem...

First Baptist Church (FBC) in Henryetta is seeking donations for their Thanksgiving Basket Giveaway for needy families in the community. Two other churches, Joy In Life Ministries in Henryetta and Fir...

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Henryetta Main Street Trick or Treat Henryetta Chamber of Commerce announced the annual Trick or Treat on Main Street will be held on Friday, Oct. 28 from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Traditional door-to-door ...

Use your imagination to discover what makes you happy. Explore what life offers and what you can do if you focus on what’s important to you. Make home, family and financial security your top prioritie...

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Bible is the single best personal trainer that there is. That’s the message that St. Paul, or rather the Holy Spirit through St. Paul is trying to teach us. I’ve known...

American author of children and young adult books, Laurie Halse Anderson, was born Oct. 23, 1961 in Potsdam, N.Y. Her father was a minister and she had a younger sister, Lisa. As early as second grade...

Under the direction of Bandmaster David Hunt, the Henryetta High School Band has won several awards and executed some major accomplishments during this school year. The band started with a third place...

Haunted House & Halloween Carnival Just in time for Halloween, Dewar Indian Community Center will host Three Nights of Terror in a Haunted House on Saturday, Oct. 22, Oct. 29 and Oct. 30. The cost to ...

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time I don’t know about you, but I am already seeing Christmas things around town, starting even before Halloween. But it has reminded me of when I was a young boy and every ye...

Oct. 22, Oct. 29 & Oct. 30 Haunted House & Halloween Carnival Just in time for Halloween, Dewar Indian Community Center will host Three Nights of Terror in a Haunted House on Saturday, Oct. 22, Oct. 2...

25 YEARS AGO – 1997 PVT. CARON GRADUATES BOOT CAMP Private Gabriel M. Caron of Wilson will be graduating from Boot Camp at Ft. Sill on Oct. 23, 1997. Pvt. Caron is a 1995 graduate of Wilson High Schoo...

Recipe courtesy of the North Carolina SweetPotato Commission Servings: 6 2 – Large sweetpotatoes, baked 1 – Small onion, 1/4-inch diced 2 – Tablespoons olive oil 1 – Quart chicken or vegetable stock 2...

A few years ago, we had a guest preacher in our church one Sunday morning. Several of his congregants also were there in support of their beloved pastor. In the middle of his sermon, suddenly one of t...

Breakfast Thursday, Oct. 20 – Donuts, fruits galore and milk. Friday, Oct. 21 – Cereal, toast and jelly, fruits galore and milk. Monday, Oct. 24 – Banana muffin, fruits galore and milk. Tuesday, Oct. ...

Lois Lenski was born Oct. 14, 1893 in Springfield, Ohio. Her mother was a schoolteacher and her father was a Lutheran minister. She was the fourth of five children (three girls and two boys) in the fa...

Okmulgee Main Street’s Harvest Spoon Chili Festival returns to downtown Okmulgee next weekend and it is looking like the weather will be perfect for the annual event. The festival will kick off Saturd...

Sunday morning forty-three Master Masons of Tulledega Lodge No. 201, of Henryetta will journey to McAlester, where they will take the 32 degree as Scottish Rite Masons. This is said to be the largest ...