The FireLake Fireflight Balloon Festival will once again take to the skies over Shawnee this August. Presented by Citizen Potawatomi Nation (CPN), the FireLake Fireflight Balloon Fest is Oklahoma’s la...

OSU Institute of Technology will celebrate the 219th graduating class in Covelle Hall on Friday, August 20 with ceremonies at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. The 10 a.m. ceremony will include graduates from the Sc...

A BINGO Night benefit to aid Okmulgee Humane Society and Department of Human Services (DHS) Foster Care & Adoption will be held on Monday, Aug. 30 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Common Grounds Coffee ...

A Tulsa woman was arrested following a crash in a stolen vehicle. On Aug. 8, an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper was dispatched to a crash on Highway 75 southbound near Conifer Road about 11:44 a.m. Ac...

The annual Little League Baseball World Series is scheduled to take place August 19-29 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The 11-day tournament to determine the best overall team in Little League Baseball...

History is being made today in Greenville, North Carolina. For the first time ever, a Little League softball team from Oklahoma will be represented at the Little League Softball World Series. The annu...

Michael McKinney (center), a 2021 graduate of Wilson High School, signed a letter of intent to play college basketball at Haskell College in Haskell, Oklahoma, this past Friday morning inside the Wils...

The Henryetta Lady Knight fastpitch softball team cruised past the Checotah Lady Wildcats Monday evening in Checotah. An 11-run fourth inning turned a 2-1 Henryetta lead into a 13-1 run-rule victory f...

Okmulgee County rivals Okmulgee and Beggs met in Okmulgee Monday evening to begin the 2021 high school fastpitch softball season. The season opener was originally scheduled to take place in Beggs, but...

With the school year starting, we at the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) wish for everyone to have a safe return to the classroom. Unfortunately, our state must find a difficult balance a...

Well Folks – around here we have stopped whining and complaining about the rain. Now, we are whining and complaining about this blasted heat! The neverending rain kept us from being out and about and ...

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

August is here, which means summer is coming to an end. In our family, like many other families, there is a mix of sadness that summer vacation is almost over and anticipation for the new school year ...

Okmulgee County Board of Commissioners approved a small agenda in their Monday morning meeting. County Emergency Management Director Tim Craighton urged everyone to be cautious due to the rising COVID...

August 6 through August 8, Oklahoma will celebrate its sales tax holiday. Intended to coincide with back-to-school shopping, Oklahoma’s tax-free weekend benefits both consumers and retailers in the st...

American author Frank Asch was born Aug. 6, 1946 in Somerville, New Jersey. He has written 80 children’s books and is best known for his Moonbear picture books. Asch graduated with a Fine Arts degree ...

If you’ve had an IRA and a 401(k) for many years, you may occasionally ask yourself some questions: “Am I contributing enough?” “Am I still funding these accounts with the right mix of investments for...

Henryetta Opry Music Show will be held this Saturday, Aug. 7 with a live performance by Oklahoma’s own Rodeo Heart Band (RHB) with classic and modern country music. The family-friendly event will be h...

Hillcrest Hospital Henryetta will host a COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic on Tuesday, Aug. 10. The clinic is being hosted due to Hillcrest recently receiving a shipment of 100 Pfizer doses that will expire on ...

After deciding to bring home-cooked meals to Henryetta and surrounding communities, Tina and Dusty Holt opened their restaurant, Tina Ann’s Country Cooking on August 1. Signage for the new restaurant ...