For the ninth year, the Oklahoma Hall of Fame will award one Oklahoma high school senior the $6,000 Oklahoma Hall of Fame Scholarship. The scholarship, which is dispersed to the winning student over f...

Okmulgee Police Department (OPD) is seeking help to identify a person suspected in a burglary of a local business. On May 10, just after 5 a.m., the OPD took a burglary report from Aaron’s Furniture, ...

Henryetta Chamber of Commerce welcomed guest speaker Oklahoma Department of Labor (ODOL) Commissioner Leslie Osborn to the regular meeting on June 17. Osborn discussed responsiblities and tasks that t...

Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) Trooper Brad Stuteville announced a fatality collision occurred on June 17 at 10:35 p.m. on Hwy. 62 about 2 miles east of Castle in Okfuskee County. According to the acci...

My pointer-finger touched the rotary disc. I dialed the figures scrawled on the paper before me. “A job lead, maybe?” The seconds taking me to dial had me reflecting, “Boy oh boy, just yesterday it se...

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town (TTT) Moderate Rehabilitation and Repair Program will host a pre-bid review meeting on Tuesday, June 18 at 1 p.m. in the South Community Building for all construction contract...

Editor’s Note: Last week, Okmulgee County District Attorney Carol Iski was informed that Okmulgee County elected officials were overpaid by $382,403. The salaries, exceeding what state statutes curren...

Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s Annual Festival begins next Thursday, June 20 and runs through Sunday, June 23. Now in it’s 45th year, the festival celebrates the culture of the Muscogee people. The first e...

Wilson FFA members recently attended the Holstein Field Day in Claremore where they were awarded first place. Members attending were Ashton Been, Jade Hicks, Samariah Husman, Sieriah Husman and Austin...

OKLAHOMA CITY – A revolutionary new treatment that harnesses the body’s own immune cells to fight tumors will be offered at the Stephenson Cancer Center at OU Medicine, beginning June 13. Called CAR T...

Hillcrest Hospital Henryetta’s Employee Engagement Committee delivered brownies and a plant to Lake Drive Care & Rehab Center and Fountain View Manor as part of their community outreach program. Hillc...

Guest speaker at the June 12 Henryetta Rotary Club meeting was Bruce Force who discussed the upcoming Okmulgee Air Show. Force said the show is planned for Saturday, Sept. 21 with the gates opening at...

Henryetta Head Start & Early Head Start are now accepting enrollment for the 2019-2020 school year. Program hours are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. A federal program for preschool chi...

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt announced on Tuesday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved the state's request for disaster assistance for seven more Oklahoma counties impacte...

Schulter Board of Education appointed new board member Jerry Baughman to fill the vacant office number one seat at their June 3 regular meeting. Quotes for property, liability and workers comp coverag...

OSUIT Dean of the School of Visual Communications (VISCOM), James McCullough, was honored on June 7 with a retirement party at the school’s VISCOM building in Okmulgee. A host of faculty, former stude...

Rebecca Hold was hostess for the last meeting of the year on May 28 of the Okemah Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution at Pepino’s Restaurant in Okemah. Regent Rebecca Hold opened the m...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – The legislative session has concluded, and the aviation and aerospace industry in Oklahoma benefited from several bills ensuring the viability of the state’s second largest industr...

Oklahoma tobacco retailers are increasingly not complying with state law regarding underage tobacco sales. Last year, Oklahoma tobacco retailers posted an overall non-compliance rate of about 18 perce...