A deadline for the second half of property taxes has been extended, Okmulgee County Treasurer Vonna Lampkins announced Monday. “The deadline has been extended to April 15,” Lampkins said. “If you paid...

Henryetta Public Schools administration, faculty and staff were excited to share the news earlier this week that the new gymnasium floor is finished. The project has been ongoing after the gym was flo...

Henryetta High School (HHS) athletes, faculty, students and the community have awaited the new gymnasium restoration for several months now. The gym received extensive water damage earlier in the scho...

Okmulgee County Commissioners asked for assistance from residents during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during their Monday meeting. Commissioners said that in keeping with the Center for Disease...

Jandebeur’s Motor Sports Park hosted its 9th Annual Youth Spring Break MX camp last week. The four-day camp allowed aspiring motocross riders to learn the intricacies of the sport with supervised coac...

It doesn’t matter if a college athlete puts all their effort out on a golf course, track, or swings a bat in front of a field full of opponents - their season has been canceled indefinitely. Several c...

An abundance of energy led Jeremy Stoudemire into the world of sports at an early age. Stoudemire started his journey into baseball playing in tee ball and never put a bat down again. “I actually star...

Henryetta senior Autumn Blackbear was first introduced to basketball when her dad would corral her to the gym. Creating a memory with the sport, Blackbear eventually found herself on the court during ...

“I won’t call names or hit people,” says Heather, 8. That’s a start. Being the light of the world doesn’t call for knocking everyone else’s lights out. Jesus had something different in mind when he to...

To better keep you informed, the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy is planning a telephone town hall for April 1, with hopefully other calls to follow each week. The telephone town hall will allow...

Some days I feel I could outrun a jack rabbit in a 50 yard dash! Then, when I finally get this stiff old body out of bed and reach for my wheels/walker – I say to myself, “I guess I won’t be trying to...

Henryetta Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 539 has cancelled their regular meeting scheduled for Tuesday, April 7. Updates will be announced as soon as they become available. For more information a...

Two Tulsans are in the Okmulgee jail, arrested on several complaints including stolen property. On Monday, a call was made at 5:53 p.m. to the Okmulgee County Sheriff ’s Office from the Okemah Police ...

A woman was arrested in Tulsa, following a shooting in Okmulgee early Wednesday. According to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, at 5:30 a.m., the Creek Nation Lighthorse Police Department re...

Oklahoma Farm Bureau members recently honored members of the Oklahoma Legislature with its 100 Percent Club Award for a 100-percent voting record with the organization during the 2019 legislative sess...

The number of COVID-19 cases in our country is growing by the day and without taking any steps to address it, the number of people who become infected will exponentially grow. It’s going to take all o...

A representative from the Okmulgee County Health Department was on hand at Monday's meeting of the Okmulgee County Board of Commissioners about the COVID-19 virus threat. (See article on page A1). The...

Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) announced earlier this week they are encouraging unemployment claimants to use the internet to file in order to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. ...

Oklahoma State Election Board (OSEB) Secretary Paul Ziriax declared an election emergency on Thursday for local elections being held in 74 counties on April 7, 2020. The election emergency declaration...

Okmulgee County Emergency Management (OCEM) announced as of March 17, the Board of County Commissioners for Okmulgee County declared a State of Emergency within the county. Commissioners said this is ...