Progress is continuing on security updates at the Okmulgee County Courthouse, as announced during the Tuesday meeting of the Okmulgee County Commissioners. According to Sheriff Eddy Rice, work is ongo...

Hundreds remembered Roland High School football coach Waymon Potts during services at the high school gym on Monday. Potts, 50, apparently died of a heart attack on Nov. 5. School officials informed t...

Schulter Middle School Student of the Month for October was eighth grader, Journey Henderson. The daughter of Tim and Carrie Henderson, Journey plays basketball on the 7th and 8th grade girls team. Sh...

October Student of the Month at Schulter High School was Jacob Horne, a Junior. The son of Brandy Horne and Steve Horne, Jacob is the Junior Class President, played basketball and is enrolled at Green...

Southern Okmulgee County schools held Veterans Day programs starting Nov. 7 with all area veterans encouraged to attend. Wilson Public Schools held their program on Thursday with musical performances ...

Muscogee Historical & Cultural Foundation (MHCF) will host its Second Annual Mvskoke Cultural Reception on Saturday, Nov. 16 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Creek Nation Council House in Okmulgee. ...

Henryetta Quarterback Club will host a First Annual Football Banquet on Saturday, Nov. 23 at 6:30 p.m. in the Henryetta High School cafeteria. Junior high and high school football team players, traine...

EODD Area Agency on Aging, SAC Nutrition Services and Oklahoma Healthy Aging Initiative (OHAI) Northeast Center of Healthy Aging will provide Walk With Ease Program classes in Henryetta. Classes will ...

Last Thursday, Nov. 7 Henryetta Police Department (HPD) officers were sent to the 500 block of West Reagan street with reports of a suspicious subject. After arrival, officers located an open door at ...

Henryetta Board of Education aproved adopting a resolution to affirm a lease/purchase agreement for the acquisition of new route buses, an activity bus, a handicap bus and either vans or suburbans dur...

Need a passport, but can’t make it to the post office during normal office hours? To ensure U.S. citizens are prepared to travel abroad, the Okmulgee Post Office will hold Passport Fair on Saturday, N...

Okmulgee County Republicans will host their monthly meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 6:30 p.m. in the Conference Room in the Student Union on the OSUIT Campus in Okmulgee. Guest speaker will be Susan Br...

WASHINGTON––Ten months after leaving the University of Oklahoma as a professor, President Donald Trump’s top science adviser hosted a research summit at the White House in collaboration with the natio...

I moved toward the altar where the preacher awaited, emotion building in me with each step, a somber excitement stirring. Meanwhile, the giant clergyman with the southern drawl found his own stride. I...

Project H.E.A.R.T. in Henryetta was visited by AirEvac 135 on Tuesday at the senior citizens building. Several seniors and personnel were able to tour the helicopter and visit with the pilot and on-bo...

During the Future Farmers of America (FFA) National Convention recently, the Wilson FFA Chapter was awarded the highest honor in which a local chapter can receive, the National Three Star Gold Emblem ...

Kathy Snyder was recently named Henryetta High School Teacher of the Month for October. She is pictured above as HS Principal Kelly Furer presents her with an award.

Henryetta Lions Club will begin accepting applications for the 2019 Christmas Basket Program on Monday, Nov. 18 and Tuesday, Nov. 19 at the Henryetta Civic Center. Applications will be accepted from 9...

Veterans Day will be observed on Monday, Nov. 11 with area schools hosting programs in their honor. Wilson Public Schools hosted their program yesterday-Thursday and offered a free lunch for all local...

Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) is currently investigating the shooting death of 20-year-old Corben Hunter Jones of Schulter that occurred on Wednesday night at 8:45 p.m. U.S. Marshals obtained an arres...