Henryetta Chamber of Commerce held a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Weleetka-Graham EMS on Tuesday at the EMS base at 101 E. 9th in Weleetka with many supporters in attendance. In December of 2016, Welee...

Two workers from ARC Outdoorsmen LLC attemded Tuesday’s meeting of the Okmulgee County commissioners seeking advice on an issue they are facing. “I live in northern Okmulgee County and I was just wond...

Macee Henderson, 6th grade student at Schulter Middle School, was selected as January Student of the Month by her teachers. Mrs. Howk is pictured above as she presents the award to Macee. A cheerleade...

OKLAHOMA CITY – State Rep. Derrel Fincher (R-Bartlesville) has filed two separate bills to address funding and student transfer policies for virtual charter schools. House Bill 3405 would remove the 1...

Okahoma Watch Welcome to the wild west of weed. Eighteen months after Oklahoma voters approved medical marijuana, the state is awash in cannabis retail shops. One in 13 adult Oklahomans has a patient ...

Henryetta Knight Brigade is scheduled to perform the National Anthem at the BOK Center on Sunday, March 15 at the Harlem Globetrotters Pushing the Limits World Tour. Those who plan to attend and show ...

Voters who want to vote by absentee ballot for the 2020 Election Year should submit their absentee ballot applications to their county election board as soon as possible. Okmulgee County Election Boar...

Two Henryetta Public Schools (HPS) teachers Notifications of Retirement were approved by Henryetta Board of Education members during a special meeting on Jan. 16. After 17 years at HPS, Jan Prahl will...

Henryetta Elementary School (HES) will present “Shrek the Musical Jr.” on Friday, March 6 at 6 p.m. in the Alice Ghostley Auditorium in the high school. The musical was announced last week by Freddie ...

Pete’s Pantry Program, an emergency food assistance program available to all OSUIT, Green Country Technology Center and College of Muskogee Nation students, was discussed by Beth Rogers of OSUIT at th...

AARP Foundation will offer free in-person tax assistance and preparation through the Tax-Aide Program starting Feb. 5 at The Briefcase located at 131 W. Main Street in Henryetta. The AARP Tax-Aide Sit...

An Okmulgee County man has been sentenced to prison on a Child Sex Abuse charge. Lester “Larry” Lay, 75, appeared before District Judge Cynthia Pickering on Jan. 10 and entered a plea of guilty. Lay w...

Henryetta resident Kristie Stidman is among 89 candidates who graduated from East Central University (ECU) with a master’s degree. Commencement ceremonies were held on Dec. 14 at the Kerr Activities C...

A Groundbreaking Ceremony was held by American Exchange Bank’s (AEB) Board of Directors for the new Okemah Branch in July last year. “Several years of strategic planning went into the decision to expa...

A 60-year-old Mounds woman was killed in a two-vehicle accident in northern Okmulgee County on Jan. 14 at 11:02 a.m., Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) Trooper Mark Southall of the Okmulgee County Detachm...

A two vehicle accident in Okemah on Jan. 14 at 3:34 p.m. resulted in injuries for two women, one from Okemah and the other from Checotah. Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) Trooper Mike Choate of the Okfus...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today announced he has filed a lawsuit against the McKesson Corporation, Cardinal Health, Inc. and AmerisourceBergen Corporation, three leading distributor...

WASHINGTON -- The Senate Appropriations Committee voted nearly unanimously to move the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act, or USMCA, closer towards a vote on the Senate floor. Th...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Two new Oklahoma Health Care Authority policies will increase SoonerCare members’ access to care and lower OHCA costs. The new policies include adding diabetes self-management training...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Tobacco kills thousands of Oklahomans every year. In an effort to change that, Gov. Kevin Stitt has declared Jan. 15–22, 2020 as Quit Week in Oklahoma. The proclamation kicks off OK to...