A new date for the Henryetta Education Foundation’s (HEF) Big Cedar Lodge Getaway Fundraiser drawing will be held on Monday, Sept. 7 during the Henryetta Labor Day celebration. Tickets are available a...

The lease for the Okmulgee County District Attorney’s Probation Office is being terminated due to lack of funding. The decision was announced during Tuesday’s meeting of the Okmulgee County Commission...

Members of the Henryetta Police Department and the Okmulgee County Swift Water Rescue team worked together to rescue a 17-year-old boy from Coal Creek in Henryetta. The boy, who was described as a non...

Henryetta Education Foundation (HEF) recently announced Excellence Awards recipients for the Henryetta High School (HHS) Class of 2020. “These awards are presented in conjunction with the listed Henry...

A Henryetta woman was injured in a one-vehicle accident on May 26 at 6:39 p.m. on I-40 eastbound just west of Cromwell. According to an accident report from Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) Trooper Dion ...

Henryetta FFA Chapter President Allison DeVore took third place in the State Ag Communications division during the Oklahoma FFA Virtual Convention recently. Last year, DeVore was the Henryetta FFA Rep...

Henryetta High School (HHS) will host a Senior Scholarship Assembly on Friday, May 29 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the old high school gym. Recipients should enter through the west door at their designate...

A popular and highly-anticipated Jim Shoulders Round-Up Rodeo will be held on Friday, June 5 and Saturday, June 6 at the Jim Shoulders Living Legends Rodeo Arena at Nichols Park. The rodeo will be hel...

Appointments are being accepted for the Okmulgee Community Blood Drive and Morris Boots & Badges Blood Drive through the Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI). Okmulgee’s Blood Drive will be held today-May 2...

Henryetta Public Schools announced there will be June and July sessions of Driver’s Education. A virtual classroom session is planned June 1 through June 4 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with the driving sessi...

Henryetta High School (HHS) Class of 2020 Senior Nora Mustin was honored with a special commencement ceremony on May 21 in the high school gym. The ceremony was held for Nora because, having joined th...

Earlier this month, Okmulgee County Health Department (OCHD) announced that anyone can receive a free COVID-19 test via drivethru at their location. All tests require an appointment. Testing hours are...

Oklahoma FFA’s on-site Alumni Leadership camp was cancelled for the summer. However, it was recently announced that a virtual camp will be held July 27 through July 29 for FFA alumni across the state....

Rita Coosewoon, 87, was reminiscing about her childhood spent in the Fort Sill Indian School when she stopped herself mid-sentence, grasping for a word. “You’ll have to excuse me,” she said with a smi...

This story is part of a collaboration of Oklahoma Watch with FRONTLINE, the PBS series, through its Local Journalism Initiative. When a coronavirus vaccine becomes available in the United States, the ...

Lucy Laird with Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) was the guest speaker at the Henryetta Lions Club meeting on Tuesday. Laird announced the Henryetta Boots & Badges Community Challenge Blood Drive that w...

A Dewar man is facing a burglary complaint following his arrest last week. Around 3:46 a.m., Henryetta police was dispatched to a business in the 300 block of West Main concerning a burglary. Entry ha...

Henryetta Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 539 and American Legion Post 85 hosted the annual Memorial Day service at the VFW building on Thursday afternoon. Post 539 Commander Bill Goodner said, “I...

A Henryetta woman is back in jail again, after a search warrant found drugs. Brandis Fish, 36, was taken into custody on Monday. During the execution of a search warrant at a home in the 1600 block of...

Next distribution date for Henryetta Feed the Vet program will be Friday, June 5 at New Life Assembly of God Church on New Lake Road. Volunteers are needed for this event and should arrive at 9:30 a.m...