Dewar First Baptist Church (FBC) hosted a special unveiling ceremony in honor of Brother Jack Vance on Wednesday afternoon. A street formerly named Cedar in Dewar was renamed Jack Vance Street in his ...

Declarations of Candidacy were filed for city council seats in Okmulgee County municipalities Feb. 1 through Feb. 3. Candidate filings for the indicated offices available include: CITY OF BEGGS Ward 1...

Folks, I have had a lot of things said about me in these many years I have been on this good earth. Almost all that was said was good and uplifting. However, it has been said about me and to me, that ...

Cindy Swearingen, above, was the guest speaker of the Henryetta Lions Club weekly meeting on January 28. The Education Assistant Director of the Office of School Safety and Security with the Oklahoma ...

Okmulgee County District 2 Commissioner was nominated to a three-year term on the board of the Eastern Oklahoma Development District. EODD is a voluntary association comprised of local governments. Di...

A Eufaula man is behind bars after he crashed his vehicle while attempting to elude authorities. An officer with the Henryetta Police Department (HPD) was patrolling in the area of 10th and Gentry on ...

Hillcrest Hospital Henryetta has vaccinated more than 1,000 individuals since opening a public vaccine clinic on Jan. 5. Beginning today-Feb. 3, the clinic will administer second doses. To ensure supp...

Many across the world of rodeo and in the Henryetta community mourn the passing of the First Lady of Rodeo, Sharon Shoulders, on Saturday. News of the loss spread quickly across the rodeo community an...

A Henryetta man is in custody after he was found to be carrying a sawed-off shotgun. On Jan. 27, a Henryetta officer was patrolling near 9th and Trudgeon around 2:30 a.m. when he saw the man walking i...

After 31 years as an employee of First Family Federal Credit Union (FFFCU) in Henryetta, Donna Peavler, above, announced her retirement. “Happy Retirement, Donna!” FFFCU staff said. “We say goodbye an...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced Wednesday Michael Eco Hutke Haney, 23, of Henryetta, entered a guilty plea to Attempted Sexual Abuse in Indian Countr...

Henryetta Public Schools announced Gifted and Talented and Title I Parent meetings will be held on Thursday, Feb. 4 in the Henryetta Board of Education conference room at 1800 W. Division. Gifted and ...

Henryetta Cub Scouts Pack 118 has several events on the calendar for February. On Monday, Feb. 1, Pack 118 will host a meeting at 6 p.m. at Henryetta First Baptist Church. Scouting for Food begins Sat...

A Henryetta man is behind bars after he allegedly broke into a home early Tuesday. Around 12:43 a.m. on Jan. 26, Henryetta Police Department officers were dispatched to a home in the 900 block of West...

Henryetta Historical Society (HHS) is hosting their 2021 Membership Drive. “We have always relied on memberships to fund needed repairs, utilities and insurance,” HHS President Mike Doak said. A roof ...

Candidate filings for city council seats within Okmulgee County begin at 8 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 1. The filing period will close at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 3. Declarations of Candidacy will be accept...

During the Jan. 23 annual meeting of the Wilson Volunteer Fire Department, John Ritter (at right) stepped down as Chief after 25 years. David Kennedy (left), is the new chief.

Monday’s meeting of the Okmulgee County Board of Commissioners included a presentation on the C-PACE program. One of the items approved before the discussion was the Memorandum of Understanding betwee...

Shortly after 11 a.m. Monday morning, a collision occurred at Main and 13th Street in Henryetta. According to Henryetta Police Department (HPD) Lieutenant Matthew Duke, Virginia Belinque was traveling...

Dewar Public School Foundation recently awarded seven teacher grants for the semester. “The Foundation wouldn’t be able to issue these grants if it weren’t for the generous donations we receive throug...