Summer Tennis Lessons will be offered at the Henryetta City Tennis Courts located at 12th and Main for ages 4 through 18. Lessons begin June 3 and will continue Monday through Friday for six weeks. Th...

Henryetta City Council held a special meeting consisting of a Public Hearing on May 23 to discuss the 2019-2020 Fiscal Year Annual Budget. Due to no Henryetta citizens having attended, the meeting adj...

Henryetta Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 539 members and auxiliary as well at the American Legion will host the annual Memorial Day Service at Westlawn Cemetery in Henryetta on Monday, May 27 at ...

Hillcrest Hospital Henryetta will host a public preview for the emergency room expansion and remodel project on Tuesday, May 28 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Hospital staff will provide tours of radiology, th...

Henryetta Quarterback Club and the Henryetta Knights Football Team will host a spring game this Saturday, May 25. The game will be held at Cameron Field from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. New Head Football Coach, ...

First United Methodist Church of Henryetta will serve lunches to all children up to the age of 18. Lunches will be served Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. starting June 3. The final day lu...

Some county residents living near rivers were encouraged to begin evacuation preparations on Wednesday. Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Okmulgee County Emergency Management asked citi...

In preparation for the June 1 Cruise Knight in Henryetta, First Family Federal Credit Union (FFFCU) staff spent Friday cleaning up shrubbery and weeds on the corners of Main Street near their corporat...

Okmulgee ‘native son’ author Jerry Lout brings his memoir narratives to The Lokal Okmulgee during the city’s Pecan Festival. Book sales, complete with author-signings will highlight his visit to his o...

Craving a funnel cake, huge corn dog and a ferris wheel ride? Okmulgee’s Pecan Festival will have plenty of those things to entertain visitors during the three day event, June 6-8. Great Plains Amusem...

Henryetta Board of Education hired Stacy Been and Justin Been as support staff and faculty at a May 21 special board meeting. Stacy will serve as an Activity Clerk and Justin will serve as a Drama/U.S...

Henryetta Chamber of Commerce board member Donnie Smith (right) presented a $200 check to Henryetta Public Schools Band Director Alan Montgomery at the May 20 regular chamber meeting. The check is to ...

Ashton Been, Wilson High School (WHS) Senior and 2019 Valedictorian, recently signed a Letter of Intent to attend Northeastern Oklahoma (NEO) A&M College and major in Agriculture. She plans to emphasi...

As the Memorial Day holiday approaches, the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office (OHSO) and Oklahoma law enforcement want to remind all drivers of the importance of seat belt use. The annual 'Click It or Ti...

Henryetta Elementary School announced 1st through 5th grade students listed on the Board of Education Honor Roll, Superintendent’s Honor Roll, Principal’s Honor Roll and Perfect Attendance for the 1st...

Hillcrest Hospital in Henryetta was recently named one of Modern Healthcare’s 150 Best Places to Work in Healthcare for 2019. The hospital is one of seven Oklahoma health care organizations on the 201...

Oklahoma House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year-2020 general appropriations bill May 17, approving an $8.1 billion state budget that includes historic savings, pay raises for teachers and sta...

Okmulgee District Representative Del Beaver has formally announced his candidacy for Second Chief of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in the upcoming election. Rep. Beaver made his announcement on his fami...

Two Georgia men are facing drug complaints following their arrest Friday evening on Interstate 40 near Henryetta. Dusty Ryan Brooks, 25, and Colby Tyler Brooks, 28, both of Cedartown, Georgia, are bei...