Okmulgee County Commissioners signed a proclamation recognizing two men for their long-time government service. The proclamation, presented by the Okmulgee County Democratic Party, recognized former S...

Henryetta Public Library has several books by author Emily Dickinson as well as other books featuring her works available to check out. They include: “Bolts of Melody,” “The Complete Poems of Emily Di...

Henryetta Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 539 is searching for families of Roy Williamson and Roy Gene Conterman. Post 539 has a bronze plaque available for each. Williamson’s date of death was Ju...

Okmulgee County Republicans will meet on Tuesday, Dec. 14 at the American Legion located at 730 W. 6th Street in Okmulgee. The business meeting begins at 6 p.m. followed by the general meeting at 6:30...

Deadline for payment of county property taxes has been extended. Vonna Lampkins, Okmulgee County Treasurer and her staff mailed out the 2021 Tax Statements on Dec. 2. According to Lampkins, the regula...

Henryetta Fire Department and Dewar Fire Department responded to a mobile home fire on South 2nd Street in Henryetta between West Meacham and West Corporation on Monday morning. According to Henryetta...

Landon Brewer, above, was the winner of the Henryetta R/C Aviators Christmas drawing for a Carbon Cub S 2 plane on Dec. 4. The remote-control plane was donated by Shoney’s. He is excited about learnin...

Henryetta Church of Christ will host a monthly Food Distribution event on Thursday, Dec. 9 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. This will be a drive-thru food bank at the front (south side) of the building. Those w...

Do you know of a yard that is abundantly decorated for the holiday season? Nominate it for Henryetta Yard of the Month! Henryetta Yard of the Month Committee is seeking nominations for Yard of the Mon...

Henryetta Feed the Vet Food Distribution was held on Dec. 3 at New Life Church. Appreciation is given to America’s Guardians Motorcycle Club 46B, Weleetka High School students, Veterans of Foreign War...

Every odd-numbered year, recognized political parties in Oklahoma are required to notify the Secretary of the State Election Board whether or not the party will allow registered Independents to vote i...

State Representative Logan Phillips will host a Meet and Greet and Online Forum on Thursday, Dec. 9 at 4 p.m. via Zoom or Facebook live. You can join on Zoom by visiting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/821...

Dec. 8 – Dec. 15 Wednesday, Dec. 8 – Autumn Pork Roast with Apple Glaze, Glazed Carrots, Buttered Broccoli, Hot Roll, Seasoned Fruit and Milk Thursday, Dec. 9 – Smothered Chicken Breast, Vegetable Ble...

Guilty pleas were entered for a number of Okmulgee County court cases, according to District Attorney Carol Iski. The following defendants entered the guilty pleas, with several being sentenced alread...

Okmulgee County Board of Commissioners approved several agenda items, including the meeting schedule for 2022, during their session Tuesday morning. The board also approved publication of the courthou...

Four injuries were reported in a one-vehicle accident that occurred on Wednesday at 6:08 p.m. at Hwy. 75 and 271st Street South, five miles north of Okmulgee. The vehicle involved in the accident was ...

Candidates for Board of Education seats in 10 school districts in Okmulgee County can file Declarations of Candidacy Monday, Dec. 6 at 8 a.m. through Wednesday, Dec. 8 at 5 p.m. Declarations of Candid...

Henryetta Public Schools hosted their annual Hanging of the Green Ceremony on Tuesday in the high school auditorium. Jordan Osterdock and Tanner Bullard led the welcome and presented a history of Hang...

STEPHEN GOUGE AND ALLISON DeVORE BLAKE NASH AND J.J. PEREZ CAVERYN FOSTER AND BRADY NORMAN CONNOR BULLARD AND LUCAS THOMAS KATIE LONG AND SPENCER SEBRING McKAYLA GREENHAW AND ETHAN GOODNER KASEDI GOBI...

Okemah Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) met on Nov. 16 at Pepino’s Restaurant in Okemah. Regent Becky Hold hosted the meeting. Hold began the meeting and with the opening Hold...