Tamora Pierce, American author of young adult fantasy fiction was born Dec. 13, 1954 in South Connellsville, Penn. She has two younger sisters. In 1963, her family moved to California. Tamora began wr...

Cookies are so easy to make and so easy to share. You often only need one or two batches and you have dozens of cookies to go around. When you combine that with 3 or 4 or 6 types of cookies, you have ...

This Sunday, Dec. 13 is the Third Sunday In Advent (Gaudete). Readings will be from Isaiah 40:1–8 (9–11), 1 Corinthians 4:1–5 and Matthew 11:2–10 (11). John the Baptizer prepares the way for the Lord ...

Sunday School begins at 9 a.m. followed by worship service at 10 a.m. Come join us for worship! Everyone is welcome and invited to attend. Henryetta First Christian Church is located at 412 N. 5th. "R...

Wilson Public Schools announced there are several angels still available on their Christmas Angel Tree. This year it has been difficult to make the tree a success as the pandemic forced the schools to...

Morris Public Schools and Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) will host a Mobile Blood Drive on Thursday, Dec. 10 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. In order to help with social distancing, appointments are requested t...

Wilson Public Schools announced there are several angels still available on their Christmas Angel Tree. This year it has been difficult to make the tree a success as the pandemic forced the schools to...

A group of youth were among the volunteers at the Feed the Vet food distribution event in Henryetta on Dec. 4. America’s Guardians Motorcycle Club, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), VFW Auxiliary and ma...

Several local businesses and members of the community have generously provided donations to the Henryetta Lions Club annual Christmas Basket Program. The Club hopes to raise $5,000 to go toward the pr...

America’s Guardians Motorcycle Club Henryetta Chapter 46B hosted their annual Christmas Toy Drive at Shoney’s in Henryetta over the weekend. Members of the organization volunteered to greet and talk t...

While this year has been filled with unique challenges and changes, Oklahoma Bar Association is keeping its tradition in celebrating the 45th annual Law Day by holding an art and writing contest for a...

University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) will celebrate the achievements of approximately 1,074 graduates during the Fall 2020 Virtual Commencement Ceremony premiering at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12. Two ...

Preston Pirates are scheduled to host a tournament at the Jim Waller Event Center Thursday through Saturday, while Morris is scheduled at Haskell’s J.T. Dixon Memorial Basketball Tournament Thursday t...

Unfortunately, Wilson School has four positive tests of students and staff. Contact tracing is in process and those affected are being contacted. However, because of the number of staff members that h...

The Golden Demons are one step closer to Wantland Stadium after a knockout 36-20 victory over the Frederick Bombers. Beggs took a huge lead early with three touchdowns, while Frederick tried to play c...

Morris Eagles opened their season last Friday against the Preston Pirates. The Lady Pirates narrowly took down the Lady Eagles, who are ranked 10th in Class 2A, in a 48-44 upset, while the Eagles took...

Dewar Dragons have beat last year’s record and are headed to the semifinals. The Dragons scored a 68-18 win over Balko-Forgan in the quarterfinals, where they got eliminated last year against Shattuck...

Due to increased positive COVID cases, absences, and quarantines, Henryetta Public Schools will transition to distance learning beginning Monday, December 7, and will remain through the end of the fir...

I am writing this on the first day of autumn. This morning when I saw that on the calendar, I had to restrain myself from leaping into the air, clicking my heels together and whooping! Then, I suddenl...

The son was finishing a very successful senior year as quarterback for his high school’s football team. Recruiters from America’s top football programs came to the family’s humble home to make their a...