Hearing her diagnosis of lung cancer was difficult enough for Tulsa resident Pat Jones. But when she was told that she would undergo a surgery that included a large incision, the spreading of her ribs...

During the spring of 2019, extensive amounts of rainfall created flooding in many Oklahoma river bottoms and their tributaries and caused unprecedented destruction over a very large portion of northea...

A one-vehicle accident resulted in critical injuries to an Okmulgee man on June 18 at 5:52 p.m. on Hwy. 60 and Birch in Pond Creek in Grant County. According to Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) Trooper J...

Youth obtain alcohol from many sources including friends, parents, and other relatives, strangers, stealing it, and purchasing it themselves. One of the risk factors on the 2018 Oklahoma Prevention Ne...

Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-2) will hold a telephone town hall for Oklahomans on Monday, June 24, 2019 at 6:30pm CT. The call will last approximately one hour. “Telephone town halls allow me to h...

Okmulgee County Genealogical Society will have its next monthly meeting on Monday June 24 at 1 p.m. at the Okmulgee Public Library. This month's meeting will feature John Phillips. With a doctorate in...

During the June 18 meeting of the Henryetta Lions Club, member Colleen Fowler was the guest speaker. She discussed her duties as the District Secretary and her hopes that the Henryetta club would be m...

Henryetta City Council approved $3,750 for the Nichols Park Disc Golf Course at their June 18 regular meeting. Joshua Craig with the Nichols Park Disc Golf Association submitted the request for the pu...

Earlier this year, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 539 in Henryetta held a Flag Drive to raise money for the purchase of new U.S. flags that are placed on veterans graves during Memorial Day. The ...

Muscogee (Creek) Nation Principal Chief James Floyd announced Wednesday he would not seek re-election to the post he has held since 2015. In a written statement provided to citizens and members of the...

Registration deadline for the 2019 Henryetta Labor Day and Baby pageants is Wednesday, Aug. 14. The baby pageant will be held on Saturday, Aug. 17 at 10 a.m. and Miss Labor Day will be held at 7 p.m. ...

Area youth are invited to attend First Family Federal Credit Union’s (FFFCU) annual free summer program, Budget or Bust that will be held in “The Briefcase” located at 313 West Main Street in Henryett...

Eufaula’s Legacy on Main Street will present The Best of Motown & More on Saturday, July 6 at 224 N. Main Street in Eufaula. Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. and the show follows at 7:30 p.m. AJSR, William ...

WASHINGTON – Two members of Oklahoma’s congressional delegation saw floor action this week on their legislation, and House members cast a significant vote in the on-going battle between Democrats and ...

MUSKOGEE - Henri Michelle Piette, age 63, recently was found guilty by a federal jury of Kidnapping and Travel with Intent to Engage in Sexual Act with a Juvenile. The verdict was reached on Thursday ...

An Okmulgee nursing home has received a national award that recognizes quality improvements. Rebold Manor was awarded a 2019 Bronze – Commitment to Quality Award from the American Health Care Associat...

Beau Evans Family Dentistry in Henryetta changed over to Spring Dental on June 10. Dr. Evans recently announced that he will be working as a full-time dentist in Tulsa. “This has been a very difficult...

Twenty-five available beds are being added to the Patrick E. Moore Detention Facility in Okmulgee. According to Okmulgee County Jail Director Sam McCoy, the jail is not undergoing major construction. ...

An Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Office deputy had a busy time over the weekend resulting in two arrests. The first call came in on June 15 at around 1:20 a.m. According to an affidavit, the deputy was ca...

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...