Declarations of Candidacy were filed for city council seats in Okmulgee County municipalities Feb. 1 through Feb. 3. Candidate filings for the indicated offices available include: CITY OF BEGGS Ward 1...

Four members of the Henryetta Knights Wrestling Club traveled here last Saturday to compete at the 2021 OKWA Novice State Championships. The HKWC grapplers battled other wrestlers from across the stat...

The Wilson high school basketball teams earned a sweep of their arch rivals from Schulter on Tuesday evening at the Wilson High School gymnasium. The Wilson squads improved their season records to 6-7...

MOJO Grappling competed at the Oklahoma Kids Wrestling Association’s Novice State Championships Jan. 30 in Guthrie. Of the nine team members that competed, four placed in their respective weight divis...

The Morris Eagle varsity basketball team returned to the hardwood Tuesday evening, battling the host Kellyville Ponies. The Eagles had to miss scheduled games last week against Henryetta and Preston d...

The Schulter varsity basketball programs suffered a pair of double-digit losses this past Monday evening to the visiting Midway Chargers and Lady Chargers. The host Lady Bulldogs came up on the short ...

The Wilson Lady Tiger varsity basketball team came away with a split decision in their two scheduled contests last week. The Lady Tigers routed the visiting Graham-Dustin Lady Chieftains by a 63-23 ma...

Beggs senior Kendal Daniels (10) scored his 1,000th point in his high school basketball career in the first period of Tuesday’s county showdown with Henryetta. Daniels was presented a commemorative ba...

The Preston varsity basketball program played host to the Eufaula Ironheads and Lady Ironheads on Tuesday evening. The Preston cage squads battled their conference foes and came away with a split deci...

Many high school students find themselves making decisions about colleges and future careers as juniors working hard to keep grades up and staying focused. In this year of the COVID-19 pandemic, some ...

Two Okmulgee County rivals, Beggs and Henryetta, met on the hardwood Tuesday evening at the Beggs Event Center. The host Beggs Golden Demons and Lady Demons came away with the 2-game sweep, earning de...

The Henryetta varsity wrestling program competed at the 2021 Maverick Conference Tournament last Friday at Wagoner High School. The HHS grappling squad sent five members to the conference tournament w...

Dewar senior football standouts Joey Fowler, above, and Baylor Selby, below, signed National Letters of Intent to play college football on Wednesday afternoon. Fowler will continue his football career...

Henryetta Middle School announced students listed on the Board of Education, Superintendent’s and Principal’s Honor Rolls for the 1st Semester. Board of Education Honor Roll students include: Kenleigh...

World Nutella Day is February 5! Nutella, for those who may not know, is a chocolate hazelnut spread. It was originally created by Pietro Ferrero in 1944 in the back room of his bakery in Alba. It was...

American illustrator and children books author, David Wiesner was born Feb. 5, 1956 at Bridgewater Township, New Jersey. Wiesner is best known for his picture books. As a child, the wallpaper in his r...

Folks, I have had a lot of things said about me in these many years I have been on this good earth. Almost all that was said was good and uplifting. However, it has been said about me and to me, that ...

Cindy Swearingen, above, was the guest speaker of the Henryetta Lions Club weekly meeting on January 28. The Education Assistant Director of the Office of School Safety and Security with the Oklahoma ...

Okmulgee County District 2 Commissioner was nominated to a three-year term on the board of the Eastern Oklahoma Development District. EODD is a voluntary association comprised of local governments. Di...

A Eufaula man is behind bars after he crashed his vehicle while attempting to elude authorities. An officer with the Henryetta Police Department (HPD) was patrolling in the area of 10th and Gentry on ...