According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, roughly 40 million American adults suffer from anxiety disorders. Of these, only 37% are actively receiving treatment. These numbers ref...

The story of the Seminole Nation's migration to Oklahoma from the Everglades of south Florida begins after the Second Seminole War of 1835, Band Chief Wayne Shaw said. “But one thing to note is that t...

The candidate filing period for both county and state offices ended last Friday. In Okmulgee County, three offices did not draw an opponent. Charly Criner will retain her post as County Court Clerk, a...

Project H.E.A.R.T. Nutrition Center staff partnered with the Easter Bunny on Saturday as they drove through Henryetta, spreading holiday well wishes and cheer to all of the homebound senior citizens. ...

In order to comply with Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines for social distancing, Henryetta Board of Education moved their April 13 meeting to the Henryetta High School Cafeteria. Four lette...

Okmulgee County C o m m i s s i o n e r s announced the week of April 12-18 as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. This week, sponsored by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Of...

Forty-one percent of households in Oklahoma have completed the nation’s first primarily digital census with one-third of surveys completed online since the count began last week. As good as it may app...

Northwestern Oklahoma State University undergraduate and graduate students in the teacher education area are encouraged to submit their application for the Future Teachers Scholarship before May 22. H...

Farmers, ranchers and other USDA customers in Oklahoma can work remotely with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) through Conservation Client Gateway (CCG), a secure web portal. To pr...

OKLAHOMA CITY (April 7, 2020) -The U.S. Department of Education (USDE) has granted preliminary approval of Oklahoma waivers allowing public school districts greater flexibility in the spending of exis...

Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) announced they will begin issuing emergency relief payments to foster parents in early April. These payments, which will be paid monthly, per child, are m...

As distance learnin began earlier this wee ( for all Green Country Technology Center (GCTC) full-time students, staff are working to ensure quality instruction via distance learning and packet instruc...

Mine is a family of five and, as with most families, each of our members has tasted fear. And still does at times. The measure of our anxieties has varied. From mild alarm just barely qualifying as “f...

Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) announced on Sunday they will collect convalescent plasma from donors who have recovered from COVID-19, as part of an experimental initiative to use the product to treat...

On Wednesday, the Okmulgee County Health Department (OCHD) partnerned with Okmulgee County Emergency Management and other community partners to provide COVID-19 testing for Okmulgee County residents. ...

Five candidates filed Declarations of Candidacy on Wednesday for the Okmulgee County Commissioner seat for District 2 with one candidate each filing for County Clerk, Court Clerk and County Sheriff, a...

Rep. Scott Fetgatter (ROkmulgee) responded on Wednesday to news that Hillcrest Medical Center, with branches in Henryetta and Tulsa, is furloughing 600 employees during the current COVID-19 pandemic. ...

A vehicle stolen out of Henryetta has been recovered after a deputy with the Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) recognized the vehicle while on patrol. On April 4 at 6:30 p.m., the deputy observe...

Henryetta police arrested a man on Saturday following a short pursuit. On April 4 around 3:44 am., a Henryetta Police Department (HPD) officer was patrolling near Hillcrest and Warden Camp Road when h...

During the first week of distance learning, Henryetta students Traber and Greenlie Jones created paper airplanes. They launched the planes, measuring distance of flight and converted inches into feet....