Recently, we were in a lot of different churches, where we were introduced to a bunch of people and made a lot of new friends. Met a lot of smiling, friendly folks – but also a few who probably wouldn...

Norton Juster, American academic, architect and author of children’s books, was born June 2, 1929, in Brooklyn, N.Y. His parents were Romanian immigrants and both his dad and his brother Howard were a...

Every year, the Okmulgee Masonic Lodge and the Okmulgee-Okfuskee County Youth Services partner together and host a golf tournament fundraiser. This year, despite being rained out, the tournament broug...

The Roy Madden Spring Roundup Rodeo returns June 2-3 at the Jim Shoulders Living Legends Arena at Henryetta’s Nichols Park. Attendees can purchase tickets in advance at rodeoticket.com under the Henry...

The Okmulgee County Democrats will be in attendance at the State Democratic Convention on Saturday and Sunday, June 3-4, at the Civic Center in downtown Tulsa.The following delegates will be represent...

Giveaway includes 42” Zero-turn mowerThere is just a week left to purchase tickets to win in the Henryetta Education Foundation annual fundraiser.This year, the Foundation has set a goal of raising $1...

Tickets are available for the annual Henryetta Chamber of Commerce Roy Madden Spring Round Up Rodeo, this weekend at the Jim Shoulders Living Legends Arena sponsored by First Family Federal Credit Uni...

Thanks in part to a nearly $900,000 federal grant, more Oklahoma inmates are being offered a chance to learn skills to help them rebuild their lives outside prison walls after their release. According...

The Okmulgee Bulldog varsity football team conducted Summer Pride conditioning workouts last Thursday at historic Harmon Field. The Bulldogs are using the Summer Pride workouts to get better prepared ...

Members of the Oklahoma Tennis Hall of Fame, as well as Oklahoma Tennis Foundation Board Members, conducted a free tennis clinic last Thursday at the Henryetta Main Street Tennis Courts. Pictured on t...

“The Last Supper was crackers with dots on it,” says Devin, 4. “Jesus was there, nobody else. Oh, yeah, the wise men were there eating with Jesus. The sheep came with them.”Devin, I think you’ve merge...

“You know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin. No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him. Little children, make sure no one deceives ...

During this meal, they “forgot all distinctions of rank, wealth and culture, and felt themselves to be members of one family of God.”When distinctions of class, wealth, rank and culture are smashed, t...

A Coweta man was killed in a two-vehicle accident Friday evening on Highway 16.The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported the crash happened at 7:32 p.m. on the highway, about 110 feet west of Hwy. 52 near ...

Anglers could fish for free without a license for two days.The FCCLA hosted a 5K Run/Walk Red, White and Run.The whole town shut down for Memorial Day and they held a special Memorial Day event for th...

Tobacco Stops With Me, a program of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET), encourages all Oklahomans to reflect on the harms of tobacco and recommit to supporting tobacco-free environments in ...

Budgets have dominated the political landscape, both at the state and federal levels, over the past week.Whether it be state or federal budgets, with bipartisan haggling or in Oklahoma’s case wranglin...

Auditions for “The Wizard of Oz,” directed by Kirsten Jackson, will be held in June at the Orpheum Theatre, located at 210 W. 7th Street in Okmulgee.Dates for auditions will be Saturday, June 3, begin...

2-3Roy Madden SpringRoundup Rodeo |The Roy Madden Spring Roundup Rodeo returns June 2-3 at the Jim Shoulders Living Legends Arena at Henryetta’s Nichols Park. Attendees can purchase tickets in advance...

DACODA MCDOWELL-WAHPEKECHE, CAROLYNN FELLING & BEN DACKIWThe Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not have authority over certain bodies of water.In a 5-4 r...