33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) MY WORDS WILL REMAIN During the course of a single week we hear a lot of words, but how many of them are worth remembering? Here each Sunday we hear the words of Chris...

Henryetta City Council approved the $32,500 purchase of property located at 419 W. Trudgeon during a special meeting held on Nov. 4. The property is planned to be used for public parking. Council memb...

Henryetta Economic Development Authority (HEDA) tabled a motion to approve a low bid of $623,380.66 for an increased cost of QuikTrip water main replacement during their regular meeting on Monday morn...

Richard Craig, World War II veteran and last living survivor of the USS Foote Battleship, was the guest of honor for the Henryetta Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 539 Veteran’s Lunch held Monday a...

Wilson FFA member, Mackenzie “Kenzie” Hicks, above, was awarded the American FFA Degree on Oct. 30 during the FFA National Convention. This award is the highest degree that an FFA member can achieve. ...

Henryetta Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 539 is holding a Flag Drive to raise money to purchase new flags due to wear and tear of current flags. Service life of each flag is between three and fou...

After returning from a nearly hour-long executive session, Henryetta Board of Education approved hiring two positions for the remainder of the 2021-2022 school year at their regular meeting on Tuesday...

The public is invited to attend the dedication of the new Okmulgee County Veterans Memorial next week. The event will be held on Veterans Day, Thursday, beginning at 11 a.m. on the northwest corner of...

Nov. 10 – Nov. 17 Wednesday, Nov. 10 – Polish Cuts with Onions and Peppers, Cabbage, Cubed Potatoes, Cornbread, Seasonal Fruit and Milk Thursday, Nov. 11 – Brown Sugar Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes with B...

“When the frost is on the punkin and the fodders in the shock, and you can hear the kyouck and gobble of the struttin’ turkey cock, and the clackin’ of the guineas, and the cluckin’ of the hens, and t...

World War I Martin L. Adams Leslie D. Alford Frank Anderson Balie Arnold George W. Atwood Hubert M. Banks Sapper A. Barrie Herman H. Bell Samuel C. Benningfield William A. Billbe Arthur L. Boerstler H...

The Preston varsity basketball program kicked off their 2021-2022 campaign this past Friday with a trip to Okarche for a showdown with the host Okarche Warriors and Lady Warriors. The Preston cage squ...

The Morris Eagle varsity football team saw their 2021 campaign come to a close last Friday night at Kiefer High School. The regular-season finale did not end the way the Eagles had hoped, falling to t...

The Beggs Golden Demons came up short in their bid for their first district championship since 2018 this past Saturday at Victory Christian School in Tulsa. The Demons overcame an early deficit and le...

The Dewar Dragon varsity football team extended three different winning streaks this past Friday in Quinton. The Dragons scored 56 unanswered points last Friday to rout the host Quinton Savages 56-6 i...

Henryetta senior softball player Kasedi Gobin, front row center, signed a letter of intent to play college softball at Rose State College in Oklahoma City last Friday afternoon. Joining Gobin at the s...

Henryetta and Okmulgee closed out their varsity football regular-season schedules this past Friday night in a county battle at historic Harmon Field in Okmulgee. Both county gridiron squads were looki...

OKLAHOMA CITY – The state Legislature’s interim studies are ending as lawmakers prepare for the 2022 session. The studies showed lawmakers are focused on relating to children which could make Oklahoma...

DEWAR PUBLIC SCHOOLS BREAKFAST Wednesday, Nov. 10 – Cereal, Toast and Jelly, Assorted Fruit, Juice and Milk Thursday, Nov. 11 – Sausage, Egg, Cheese, Assorted Fruit, Juice and Milk Friday, Nov. 12 – V...

Today, Friday, Nov. 5, Okmulgee County is the final day voters can participate in early voting for the Special General Election set for Tuesday. Early voting will be held from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. today a...