A lease purchase agreement for a truck for the Dewar Fire Department was approved during the Monday Okmulgee County Commissioners meeting. The original agreement, approved June 30, was with Urban Comm...

Oklahoma’s annual sales tax holiday will begin at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 7 and end at twelve midnight on Sunday, Aug. 9. The event will provide Okmulgee County residents and others the opportunity...

Centenarians of Oklahoma recently announced those over 100 years of age celebrating birthdays in August. Area honorees include 101- year-old Geneva Beckham of Okmulgee County and Marguerite French of ...

A patient at Hillcrest Hospital in Henryetta recently nominated Siemona Stevens, Hillcrest Emergency Room RN, for the DAISY award. The patient gave the following statement about the quality of care re...

Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) announced today a one-month extension for long-term care facilities and nursing homes to apply for a CARES Act grant from the State to mitigate the presence ...

Okmulgee Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Kay Rabbitt-Brower says a third tea is being added to the Chamber’s celebration of the 19th Amendment ratification centennial on August 22. She said thi...

The exchange of lush, green woodlands for the dry, unwanted land of Indian Territory came with plot twists. Osage ancestral territory east of the Mississippi included the Ohio Valley region, taking in...

Excitement is building as the dates for the Roy LeBlanc Okmulgee Invitational Rodeo nears. This is the 65th year for the oldest and largest black rodeo event, which will be held Aug. 7-8 at the Bob Ar...

According to the Okmulgee County OSU Extension Office, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry has received numerous reports from Oklahoman’s stating they have received unsolicited seeds...

“And why have you come to this country?” The Kenyan interviewing the newly-arrived couple surveyed their passports. They could hear another passenger jet touching down beyond the terminal. “We have co...

Countians will be joining together for the Okmulgee County Prayer Walk on Aug. 8. This will be the fourth year for the event, which gives individuals the opportunity to travel to all county schools an...

Wilson Board of Education accepted the resignations of Casandra Blair, Georgia Harjo and Vernie Thomas during the regular meeting on July 9. Board members hired a paraprofessional for elementary, an e...

Okmulgee Masonic Lodge #199 AF & AM announced that Worshipful Duaine Janzen (left) received his 50 Year Masonic Lodge Service award on Tuesday night. Janzen was presented with the award by District De...

Dewar Public Schools Superintendent Todd Been recently announced in a letter to parents, students and staff that school will begin, virtually and traditionally, on August 24 Ȧll schools in Okmulgee Co...

Joy in Life Ministries drivethru food distribution will be held this morning, Friday, July 31 at 10 a.m. at 611 E. Trudgeon in Henryetta. Distribution is not income-based and is open to everyone in th...

Sirens rang out Friday evening in Henryetta as the family home of Anthony and Courtney Wright became engulfed in flames. First responders received calls just before 8 p.m. on July 24 regarding the hou...

An Okmulgee man, accused of stealing a truck and trailer belonging to a local business which suffered extensive damage in an ensuing crash, is in jail. Jimmy D. Robinson, 26, was arrested by Okmulgee ...

A Henryetta man was killed in a two-vehicle accident 10 miles south of Henryetta on the Indian Nation Turnpike on July 23 at 10:33 p.m., investigating Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) Trooper Tyler James...

Okmulgee Area Development Corporation Director Court Newkirk was at the Okmulgee County Commissioners meeting on Monday to deliver a letter from a local business seeking to expand. The letter, from Cu...

American Exchange Bank (AEB) of Henryetta recently awarded the 2020 Donald Wells Education Scholarship to Luke McGowin. A 2020 graduate of Dewar High School, Luke is the son of Gary and Bertha McGowin...