The 2019 Pecan Festival BBQ Competition is coming in just a month and the application deadline is approaching. The barbecue competition will be held Saturday, June 8. There are two different categorie...

Samariah Husman and Sieriah Husman, Wilson FFA members, were named state runners-up at an Agriscience Fair. They participated in the Social Science Division at the OSU State FFA Interscholastic Meet h...

American Exchange Bank (AEB) Henryetta employee Stacey Blanchett received a $1,500 Oklahoma Banker’s Association 2019 Millennium Scholarship on April 26. Henryetta branch president Terri Thompson awar...

Joshua Craig was the featured guest speaker at the April 23 meeting of the Henryetta Lions Club. Craig took on the task of cleaning up 40 acres of land at Nichols Park for a Disc Golf Course. “I wante...

Henryetta High School Tennis Team members Haley Glass and Bailey Davis will be attending the upcoming Oklahoma State Tennis Tournament in #1 Doubles on May 3-4 in OKC.

A bill allowing law enforcement to use cameras on school buses to track down drivers who illegally pass stopped buses was signed into law on Thursday. House Bill 1926, by Rep. Dell Kerbs, R-Shawnee, a...

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) representatives will host a free soil health workshop, “Simple Steps to Better Soil Health,” on Tuesday, May 14 at 11 a.m. The workshop will be held at th...

A proclamation for National Day of Prayer was approved during Okmulgee County’s Commissioners regular meeting this week. National Day of Prayer is held every year on the first Tuesday of May and is a ...

An Okmulgee County man is in jail on numerous complaints following a multi-county pursuit Sunday. According to the Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO), deputies responded April 28 to a domestic di...

An eyewitness and video surveillance has led to the arrest of two people, accused of stealing from Okmulgee County mailboxes. An Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) deputy was called to a home on ...

Henryetta man, 54-year-old Raymond Thomasson, was killed in a one-vehicle accident on April 25 at 5:40 p.m. on Gentry Circle Road in Gentry Creek Park, three miles east of Hichita in McIntosh County, ...

Okmulgee County Treasurer Vonna Lampkins announced the Resale of Land for four-year delinquent taxes will be held on Monday, June 10 at 9 a.m. The sale will be held in the treasurer’s office located o...

Henryetta’s 21st Annual Rotary Club Little Olympics will be held Thursday, May 2 at the Henryetta Football Field. All Henryetta Elementary School students in 1st through 5th grades are eligible to par...

Henryetta High School student Tyler Sisson was recently awarded a Superior Rating at the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) State Solo and Ensemble Contest. The rating is the hig...

First Family Federal Credit Union (FFFCU) made a large investment in Henryetta with the additional purchase of buildings in the 300 block of west Main Street as a location for their corporate headquar...

Scout Hawkins and Kiersten Overton, Wilson FFA members, attended the Morris Regional Speech Contest held in Bristow on April 18. Hawkins presented a speech on Agriscience and Overton presented an 8th,...

SHANNON FRAIR First Family Federal Credit Union (FFFCU) of Henryetta honored Shannon Frair for 15 years of service on April 26. Frair has served as teller, vault teller, loan secretary and loan office...

Simple Steps to Better Soil Health. Join the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and NRCS soil scientists for a FREE soil health workshop and lunch. The Quapaw Nation is hosting the FREE wor...

Attorney General Hunter is encouraging Oklahomans to participate in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, April 27. The DEA will have...