Henryetta High School (HHS) athletes, faculty, students and the community have awaited the new gymnasium restoration for several months now. The gym received extensive water damage earlier in the scho...

Okmulgee County Commissioners asked for assistance from residents during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during their Monday meeting. Commissioners said that in keeping with the Center for Disease...

Henryetta Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 539 has cancelled their regular meeting scheduled for Tuesday, April 7. Updates will be announced as soon as they become available. For more information a...

Two Tulsans are in the Okmulgee jail, arrested on several complaints including stolen property. On Monday, a call was made at 5:53 p.m. to the Okmulgee County Sheriff ’s Office from the Okemah Police ...

A woman was arrested in Tulsa, following a shooting in Okmulgee early Wednesday. According to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, at 5:30 a.m., the Creek Nation Lighthorse Police Department re...

Oklahoma Farm Bureau members recently honored members of the Oklahoma Legislature with its 100 Percent Club Award for a 100-percent voting record with the organization during the 2019 legislative sess...

The number of COVID-19 cases in our country is growing by the day and without taking any steps to address it, the number of people who become infected will exponentially grow. It’s going to take all o...

A representative from the Okmulgee County Health Department was on hand at Monday's meeting of the Okmulgee County Board of Commissioners about the COVID-19 virus threat. (See article on page A1). The...

Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) announced earlier this week they are encouraging unemployment claimants to use the internet to file in order to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. ...

Oklahoma State Election Board (OSEB) Secretary Paul Ziriax declared an election emergency on Thursday for local elections being held in 74 counties on April 7, 2020. The election emergency declaration...

Okmulgee County Emergency Management (OCEM) announced as of March 17, the Board of County Commissioners for Okmulgee County declared a State of Emergency within the county. Commissioners said this is ...

Henryetta Public Schools recently announced there will be five Valedictorians and two Salutatorians for the Henryetta High School Class of 2020. Valedictorians include Emma Kranz, Keaton Lollis, Isaac...

As schools across Oklahoma remain closed until April 6, there are many resources available to keep children learning and active during the extended break. All kinds of archives across the internet pro...

Henryetta Public Schools announced buses will be delivering lunches to all students who normally ride bus routes starting Monday, March 23. School officials said bus drivers and an additional school s...

First Family Federal Credit Union (FFFCU) recently celebrated groundbreaking for their new branch that will be located in McAlester. Board members Steve Story and Tony Gustin, along with Chief Executi...

A 24-year-old Henryetta woman was injured in a one-vehicle accident on Hwy. 66 east of Bristow on March 14 at 3 a.m., Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) Trooper Paige Dowell of the Creek County Detachment ...

Henryetta Education Foundation (HEF) recently announced their Big Cedar Lodge Get Away Fundraiser. Tickets are currently being offered for a chance to win a three-night getaway at Big Cedar Lodge in M...

Seven Wilson FFA members are set to receive their Agriculture Education Career Passports at the Oklahoma State FFA Convention on Tuesday, April 28 at 1:30 p.m. at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma...

Henryetta Feed the Vet volunteers braved the cold and rainy weather to make sure our area veterans received food baskets on Friday. Among the volunteers were Henryetta Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) P...

As the Nation (and the world) has gone into panic mode over fears of contracting the Coronavirus (COVID-19), schools and businesses across Okmulgee County are taking extra precautions. What is dubbed ...