Ed Johnson won a close race to win election as the next Okmulgee County Assessor in Tuesday’s election over Candice Gaither. Unofficial results show Johnson garnered 5,551 votes to Gaither’s 5,366. In...

AMY HALL The outpouring of support continues as the community copes with the tragic shooting of three teens near Nuyaka last Thursday. Amy Hall is being held in the Okmulgee County Jail on complaints ...

For the past 50 years Linda Dudley has been cutting and styling hair for Henryetta and the surrounding area. A current stylist at Sizzors Salon on West Main Street in Henryetta, Linda was surprised wi...

An undercover operation by law enforcement agencies resulted in the seizure of heroin and arrest of a woman. On Oct. 31, the Okmulgee Police, assisted by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous...

Okmulgee police are looking for the whereabouts of a man involved in a robbery and shooting on Halloween Day. According to Chief Joe Prentice, the incident occurred in the 800 block of South Rogers in...

Four Henryetta FFA members competed in the Northeast District AFR Speech Contest on Nov. 4. Members Allison DeVore, James Martin, Ryan Clark and Whittney Treagesser each competed for the first time in...

Church of the Living God The Church of the Living God, 1301 West Eufaula, invite the public to come and worship with them in their church anniversary/homecoming on Sunday, Nov. 11 at 3 p.m. Special gu...

The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) has awarded Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-2) the NAM Award for Manufacturing Legislative Excellence. The award is based on his votes in the 115th Con...

The Okmulgee County Commissioners covered a short agenda during their Monday session. The following agenda items were approved: •Officers Reports - Assessors Office for the month of September and Octo...

Alumni, friends, and fans of Oklahoma State University are invited to a Watch Party for the Bedlam game against OU Saturday, Nov. 10 at Tavern 56. The party is open to anyone interested in forming an ...

A Morris man suffered injuries in a car accident late Monday. The crash happened at 10:49 p.m. at the intersection of Loop 56 and Highway 62, east of Okmulgee, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol...

A Henryetta woman, Stephanie Minyard-Rogers, and a Sulphur Springs, Texas man, Garett Harness, were injured in a one-vehicle accident on Nov. 4 nine miles west of Checotah on I-40 Westbound at 10:56 p...

Mona’s Rose of Sharon Cafe in Henryetta was awarded People’s Choice Best Fried Fish in Okmulgee County this past week by the Okmulgee County Restaurant Review. Administrators of Okmulgee County Restau...

A teen is dead, and two other children were shot in an incident early Thursday in Nuyaka, in western Okmulgee County. The suspect, identified as Amy Leann Hall, 39, was taken into custody. She is beli...

An Okmulgee man is facing a Thursday court date after he was arrested on several felony warrants, the most recent for the theft of a vehicle. Mitchell Lee Webb, 35, is being held in the Okmulgee Count...

Henryetta’s Yard of the Month for October was awarded to Jimmy Spurlock, Integrity Funeral Home Director, for his beautiful yard on the corner of 5th and Cummings. Decorated for Fall with pumpkins and...

Angela Polk and Rebecca Hold were hostesses for the October 16th meeting of the Okemah Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution at Pepino’s Restaurant in Okemah. The tables were decorated w...

With Muscogee (Creek) Nation being a sovereign Nation, comes unique opportunities for programs to serve citizens at the highest level through the extensive program efforts to receive grant funding and...

The 16th Annual Muscogee (Creek) Nation Pink Party was held at the Glenpool Convention Center Oct. 30 to bring awareness to breast cancer while honoring those who have lost their battle and sharing th...

Okmulgee County Emergency Medical Service is one of 20 different EMS-related entities that will benefit from a grant from the Oklahoma State Department of Health. OSDH awarded the $1.7 million in gran...