Okmulgee County continues to follow a downward trend with a decrease of 0.1 percent in unemployment reported by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. With an unemployment rate of 5.6 percent, O...

University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) Foundation recently awarded Henryetta High School graduate Cameron Pak with a Julian and Irene Rothbaum Student Achievement Award at its annual Presidental Partner...

An Okmulgee doctor is facing license revocation after being arrested in July by Oklahoma Highway Patrol for a suspected DUI. ZachariahAnderson, 46, was pulled over July 21, 2018, around 6:30 p.m. by a...

When the new school year begins this fall, there is bound to be lots of excitement, but also some nerves for both students and their parents. Whether children and young people are returning to the sam...

Registration cost for the annual Henryetta Labor Day Baby Pageant is $15 for ages zero to 47 months. Cost of registration for the Labor Day Pageant, for ages 4 to 20, is $25. Payments and entry deadli...

Classes for two Okmulgee County schools have already begun. Wilson Public School students returned to school on Aug. 8 and Schulter Public Schools started on Aug. 9. The majority of county schools wil...

One in four children in eastern Oklahoma struggles with hunger. In order to fight childhood hunger, the Masonic Fraternity of Oklahoma has launched its matching campaign for donations to the Community...

Would you like a chance to appear in a feature film? Freihofer Casting is seeking rodeo fans in Okmulgee County for various roles for Friday, Aug. 10 and Saturday, Aug. 11. According to Freihofer, a m...

Aug. 11 Indoor Sale Fundraiser Dewar PeeWee Football will be having an indoor yard sale fundraiser from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sat., Aug. 11, at the Dewar Senior Center. They will also have baked goods and d...

Air Evac Lifeteam 135 of Henryetta hosted a Membership Appreciation and Sign Up Day on Aug. 3 at their base on West Main Street. The team offered free hot dogs, chili dogs and frito chili pies. Guests...

August 12th, 1955 is the birth date of Ann Martin, author of children’s books and best known for her Baby-Sitters Club series. We have (JF) A Dog’s Life: the autobiography of a Stray; Needle and Threa...

Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) Trooper Dakota Bunch reported a two-vehicle accident on Aug. 7 at 10:21 a.m. on Hwy. 75 and Hectorville Road, about seven miles north of Beggs. According to the accident ...

MaKayla Baxter, a 2018 Henryetta High School graduate, attended the Aug. 7 meeting of the Henryetta Lions Club. Baxter expressed a great appreciation and thanks to the Lions Club for all the support s...

(StatePoint) Fast food coupons used as prizes, candy sale fundraisers, vending machine exteriors -- these are just a few examples of the kinds of junk food marketing that regularly takes place in U.S....

“We’ll carry you. Like we did in the winter times, Miss Opaline. Please stay.” Her students adored her, the auburn-haired tutor of English and Geometry and Shorthand. In cold season icy patches could ...

The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from May business. Companies that remit more than $2,500 monthly in sales t...

One of my favorite things is a bonfire. I don’t know what it is, but there is something that just mesmerizes me when we get a good fire going. I mean a good fire that requires little work and will bur...

July 23 4:37 p.m. – False Alarm or False Call, other 5:37 p.m. – Authorized Controlled Burning July 24 8:49 a.m. – Person in Distress, other 4:09 p.m. – Dispatched and Canceled En Route 4:33 p.m. – Au...

Civil Cases Exceeding $10,000 Aug. 6 21st Mortgage Corporation vs. Snyder, William R. – Foreclosure 21st Mortgage Corporation vs. Snyder, William R. (Snyder, Melissa D.) – Foreclosure Aug. 8 Wells Far...

08/01/2018 9:33 a.m.-Threats-15100 block of N. 253 Rd. Reporting party advised man is screaming and acting like he was going to hit her after she refused payment for an unfinished lawn care job. 11:53...