Registration open for area children 2nd-8th gradeOklahoma Tennis Hall of Fame and Oklahoma Tennis Foundation will offer a free clinic next week to area children.The clinic will be held at the Henryett...

The Okmulgee County Election Board announced this week that the post-election audit for the Feb. 14, March 7 and April 4 elections has been authorized by State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax.The...

Giveaway includes 42” zero-turn mowerThe Henryetta Education Foundation annual fundraiser is currently underway, according to President James McCullough.For 26 years, the Henryetta Education Foundatio...

Reinstatement of Henryetta Parks Board discussedVarious board appointments were approved during Tuesday’s regular session of the Henryetta City Council.Councilmember Janna Cluck was named to the Henry...

The Henryetta Golden Knight varsity tennis team came away with a 4-way tie for seventh at the 2023 Class 4A state tennis championships this past weekend in Oklahoma City.The Knights finished the 2-day...

Preston diamond squad shut out for first time in 2023 in quarterfinal loss to No. 1 SiloThe Preston Pirate varsity spring baseball team saw their bid for the first-ever state championship end last Thu...

Morris senior Jaxen Wright (center) signed a letter of intent to wrestle collegiately at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. Wright is a 4-time state qualifier at MHS and is the first-ever state ...

With the end of the 2023 session of the Oklahoma Legislature at hand, there is still much work remaining, but a big hurdle was cleared on Monday. The budget negotiations reached a critical milestone w...

High School football teams began the first phase in their preparations for the upcoming 2023 season this week with spring football workouts. Pictured on this page are action shots from Monday’s spring...

Green Country Technology Center had the privilege of hosting the annual Okmulgee County Teacher and Support Staff Awards banquet. Award recipients for this year are:Beggs• Elem. Teacher of the Year: M...

“The Scriptures say, ‘Our lives are like the grass of spring, and any glory we enjoy is like the beauty of a wildflower. The grass dries up and dies, and the flower falls to the ground. But the word o...

I was recently talking with a priest friend of mine about the priesthood and our experiences of it - the joys and the struggles, the disappointments and the surprises. And one of the struggles and dis...

The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from December business. The monies they reported this period represent sale...

Last summer, Wilson Public Schools teacher, Meagan Williams, crocheted 28 bears for her 2nd grade class.Each student adopted and named their bears at the beginning of the school year, and as they read...

The Okmulgee County Democratic Party meets the third Thursday each month from 6-7:30 p.m. The next meeting will take place Thursday, May 18, at the OSUIT Student Union. Everyone is welcome.May 22Lori ...

Okmulgee County stands at 4.0 percentOkmulgee County’s jobless rate declined slightly during the month of March, according to the latest report from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission.The cou...

The seniors of Henryetta and Dewar Public Schools celebrated the end of one chapter and the beginning of many more, as commencement ceremonies were held last weekend. Pictured are the happy group of s...

Memorial Day prep, events announcedThe Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 539 will be distributing red buddy poppies at Walmart and Homeland on May 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.The Buddy Poppy was desig...

The Okmulgee County Board of Commissioners heard a presentation regarding the authorization and use of Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) on commercial buildings in the city.Nancy Grah...

New organization seeking membersHYPE will hold a launch event tomorrow as the new organization seeks members, along with new and fresh ideas to help the city grow in all aspects.Executive Director Apr...