The Beggs Golden Demons inched closer to snapping their 19- year state tournament drought this past Saturday with a convincing 61-31 victory over the 15th-ranked Roland Rangers. The lopsided win over ...

Three Okmulgee County basketball teams will have a chance to punch their ticket to next week’s Oklahoma State Basketball Championships this weekend in area tournament action. The Preston Lady Pirates ...

The first major deadline for the Oklahoma legislature arrived last week with the conclusion of committee meetings for the “house of origin” of bills. This means, the bills filed in the Oklahoma House ...

Recently, I was reminded of “wash day” in the good old days. Oh no, there was not always automatic washers and dryers. My first remembrance of helping mother with the wash was when I was seven years o...

Where everyone is welcome and everyone is somebody. Upcoming events: • Wednesday, March 3 at 6 p.m. will be Evangelism Part 2 with Danny Davis (Part 3 will be March 17 at 6 p.m.); • Saturday, March 6 ...

Sunday School for all ages starts at 10 a.m. Morning worship service is at 11 a.m. It will be a great service. Come join us. New Life Assembly of God is located on the corner of New Lake Road and C St...

"You may say to yourself, ‘How can we recognize a message the Lord has not spoken?’ When a prophet speaks in the Lord ’s name, and the message does not come true or is not fulfilled, that is a message...

3rd Sunday of Lent (B) (Ex. 20:1-17/1 Cor. 1:22-25/Jn. 2:13-25) On the third Sunday of Lent, the Church invites us to hear John’s Gospel chapter two, what Jesus does as he begins his work to drive the...

WILSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Breakfast Wednesday, March 3 – Cereal, Omelet with Toast, Juice or Fruit and Milk Thursday, March 4 – Cereal, Blueberry Muffin, Juice or Fruit and Milk Friday, March 5 – VIRTUAL ...

Every winter, nearly one thousand high school students from all corners of the state crowd into auditoriums and line school hallways, dragging oversized instrument cases, rehearsing lines from Shakesp...

Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) has launched a dedicated hotline and online Virtual Agent to assist Oklahomans who have questions regarding 1099-G tax forms they received from OESC. “We...

The little rural church always held its annual summer Bible School for kids. Each mid-morning, loud and boisterous honyocks were let outside for a few minutes for snacks and exercise. Balls were tosse...

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol arrested two men in separate incidents in Okmulgee County. Dominic Richard Sanchez, 36, was arrested Feb. 20 around 1:42 a.m. on Highway 75 near Schulter. According to the ...

American author of children's picture books, Megan McDonald was born Feb. 28, 1959 in Pittsburgh, Penn. Her favorite series is Judy Moody books about a third grader. McDonald was the youngest of five ...

Wilson Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) took time to participate in a CPR class while providing water for area residents. Special appreciation is given to firefighters Wade Danker, Matt Otto, David Ken...

During the Henryetta Chamber of Commerce monthly meeting on Tuesday, it was decided that Sue Richmond will take over office operations including mail, answering phones, deposits and invoices. Executiv...

AARP and First Family Federal Credit Union (FFFCU) are once again partnering to offer free tax preparation assistance. “Our tax aide site opened on Feb. 3,” Shirley McCowan, of AARP, said. “Assistance...

Henryetta Chamber of Commerce 2021 Legislative Forums are still planned for the last Friday of February, March, April and May at 12 p.m. inside Shoney’s Restaurant on the patio. The first meeting will...

Hillcrest Hospital Henryetta gave kudos to all hospital staff who continued to provide patient care during the recent winter storms. Multiple departments stayed overnight and worked double shifts or o...

Due to the extreme weather conditions over the past two weeks, there have been numerous main line leaks throughout the City of Henryetta. Area residents and businesses who are on city water were urged...