Okmulgee County Republicans will hold their regular business meeting on Tuesday, May 11 at 6 p.m. at the American Legion in Okmulgee. All registered Republicans are encouraged to attend. After the mee...

Okmulgee County has approximately 22,000 residents, with an average age of 37 years old. Currently at the Okmulgee County Health Department (OCHD), staff are reaching out through different avenues by ...

A Henryetta man, 35-yearold Glen Thomas West, entered a plea of guilty in the July 2019 death of Edwin Dominic Reid. On July 10, 2019, Henryetta Police Department (HPD) responded to a 911 call regardi...

Henryetta Economic Development Authority (HEDA) will host their monthly meeting on Monday, May 10 at 10 a.m. in the courtroom at Henryetta City Hall. The meeting agenda will be as follows: • Discuss/a...

Henryetta Public Schools hosted the Spring Choral Program on Tuesday evening with performances from the 6th, 7th and 8th grade choirs, Concert Choir and Advanced Honor Choir. There were also middle sc...

Edmond Deer Creek head coach Trent Patterson celebrates following a home run in Wednesday’s quarterfinal battle with top-ranked Southmoore at the Class 6A state slowpitch softball championships at The...

Mark Sheets and Mark Smith visited the Morris Eagles Freestyle Wrestling club for a clinic this past week. Both Sheets and Smith are National Champion wrestlers. They, along with Coach Jack Crawford, ...

The Okmulgee Bulldog varsity baseball team had their 2021 season come to a close last Thursday with a pair of double-digit losses to the Metro Christian Patriots. The two setbacks to the Patriots came...

The Henryetta Golden Knight varsity tennis team captured the team championship Tuesday at the Ada Invitational. The Knight net squad finished with 32 team points and captured tournament championships ...

Wilson senior Terra Blackbear signed a letter of intent to play college basketball at Bacone College in Muskogee last Friday morning. Blackbear is joined at the signing by her mother, Celeste Blackbea...

The Henryetta Lady Knight tennis team will be well represented at this weekend’s Class 4A state tennis championships at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center in Oklahoma City. The Lady Knights finished four...

The Henryetta Lady Knight varsity slowpitch softball team had their dreams of a state championship dashed Wednesday afternoon. The season-ending setback came by an 11-6 margin to the fourth-ranked Was...

This summer, Green Country Technology Center (GCTC) will offer a Hands-On Career Exploration camp for students entering the 7th, 8th and 9th grades. This three-day camp will allow students the opportu...

Henryetta baseball coach Bryan Leader was the guest speaker at this week’s Henryetta Rotary Club meeting. Leader discussed the ailments of the fencing around the baseball field. “Henryetta baseball ha...

Christopher Paul Curtis, American author of children’s books, was born May 10, 1953 in Flint, Mich. The second oldest of five siblings, his father was a podiatrist and his mother was a teacher. Curtis...

Mother’s Day has almost arrived. As an adult, you can fully appreciate all your mother has done for you, so, on this occasion, you may be happy to give Mom flowers, candy, jewelry or something similar...

During last week’s meeting of the Henryetta Rotary Club, special guest was Sherri Crosby, owner of Crosby’s Real Estate in Henryetta. Crosby discussed how land prices in and around Henryetta are being...

National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) Association Chapter 730 will host a meeting on Thursday, May 13 at 11 a.m. at Shoney’s Restaurant. Okfuskee County OSU Extension Family and Consum...

During the April 29 meeting of the Henryetta Lions Club, special guest, Angela Wilhite with Henryetta Tag Agency, discussed Real ID. “As everyone’s anxiety rises with the upcoming due date for Real ID...

A crowd of nearly 100 gathered outside the Okmulgee County Courthouse last Thursday, protesting the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) and Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority’s (OMMA) agreeme...