When the state began holding schools accountable for whether or not students show up for school, Bradley Griffin chose to roll up his sleeves. › Griffin, principal of Jones Elementary in Tulsa, alread...

No one at city council and school board meetings, politicians rarely held accountable—and fewer stories for farmers to read and decide whether they need to get mad As editor and publisher of the Todd ...

First Family Federal Credit Union (FFFCU) recently honored Bob Varner for 35 years of voluntary service as an FFFCU Board Member and Supervisory Committee Chairman. He was presented with a wooden cloc...

WASHINGTON––Members of tribal nations across the country gathered at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian on Saturday for the groundbreaking of the National Native American Veterans ...

Henryetta Middle School (HMS) Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) students participated in the Flight Night Back-to-School STEM Expo in Tulsa on Sept. 19. Hosted by the Tulsa Regional STE...

Results of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Primary Election on Saturday were announced earlier this week with over 3,000 citizens casting votes. Official election results from all precincts reports for Pr...

Only five days remain to register for the sixth annual Dewar Harvest Festival Pageant that will be held on Saturday, Oct. 5 at the Dewar Community Center at 9 a.m. Deadline was moved up to Monday, Sep...

Okmulgee held the second Airfest event over the weekend at the airport. Since the airport covers a large area, a varied law enforcement presence was requested including mounted officers who patrolled ...

Henryetta Public Schools JOM and Title VI Indian Education Committees will hold an election for open positions on Tuesday, Oct. 1. A JOM meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Henryetta High School Cafete...

Okmulgee County District Judge Kenneth E. Adair is announcing his retirement, effective January 2020. Judge Adair was first elected to the court in 2010. He gave the following statement about his reti...

Henryetta High School All Homecoming ceremonies were held on Sept. 20 prior to the football game at Cameron Field. Kameron Sisson and Ava Gold were named 2019 HHS Homecoming King and Queen during the ...

East Central University’s (ECU) Jazz Band, under the direction of Kirk Palmer, will perform its first concert of the school year on Monday, Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Kennedy Band Hall inside the Ha...

50 Years of Kenny Rogers will headline a dinner/theater performance at Legacy on Main Street Saturday, Oct. 5. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Cost of the dinner/show i...

My wife Ann and I had taken the on-ramp into the world of Christian service. And found it, to our surprise, flavored by complementing – not competing – religious camps. We had each “cut our teeth” in ...

Gold Star Luminary Initiative invited everyone to be a part of Gold Star Family Day on Sunday, Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. at Veterans Park in Checotah. In order to honor gold star families, luminaries will be...

Fifteen performances are on tap this year for the Okmulgee Airfest this Saturday at the Okmulgee Regional Airport. Lots of planning and preparation has gone into making this year’s event bigger and be...

Look4ABook Henryetta started earlier this month by Judith Dailey as an encouraging and exciting way to get children to read. “I started off with placing five books around town in ziploc baggies with a...

Henryetta Board of Education heard a presentation on Tuesday evening from entegrity Energy regarding the upgrade and replacement of current lighting throughout main buildings on campus with more cost-...

Muscogee Creek Nation (MCN) will hold their Primary Election this Saturday, Sept. 21 beginning at 7 a.m. Creek citizens will cast votes for Principal Chief, Second Chief and members of the National Co...

Henryetta High School (HHS) Homecoming Ceremonies will be held tonight, Friday, Sept. 20 at 5:30 p.m. at Cameron Field. All members of the 2019 Homecoming Court should be at the field by 4:30 p.m. for...