Henryetta Elementary School (HES) will present “Shrek the Musical Jr.” on Friday, March 6 at 6 p.m. in the Alice Ghostley Auditorium in the high school. The musical was announced last week by Freddie ...

The Knights suffered tough consecutive losses last week to the Oktaha Lions and the Beggs Golden Demons. Struggling to end a recent losing streak, the Knights faced defensive troubles against two shoo...

Fully recovering from a series of wins and losses, the Dewar Lady Dragons took down two opponents last week at home. The Watts Lady Engineers fell to the shooting power of Dewar senior guard Skyler Ra...

After a one-point loss disrupted their winning streak, the Dewar Dragons overpowered the Watts Engineers and Hanna Dragons to improve their record to 7-4. Taking down the Engineers first in a 75-48 vi...

Schulter’s varsity boys’ and girls’ team faced tough losses at the Okmulgee County Tournament Monday night. Both teams struggled to get their offenses going, which resulted in double digit losses for ...

The Henryetta Lady Knights lost control of an early lead in the first round of the Okmulgee County Tournament, falling to the Beggs Golden Demons in a 65-59 contest. Despite garnering a two-point lead...

KIDS TALK ABOUT GOD “Gideon used fire because the electricity ran out. God said blow the horns and crash real big, and he would give them electricity,” says Weston, 4. I’m sure Gideon and his band of ...

Often times here at the retirement village, we talk about things we sold at our moving sale or gave away and wish we had back. For instance, I sold my Bundt cake pan. A friend that lives here at the r...

Grand Avenue Church Of Christ "I hear so many things about the different churches . . . And what about this 'church of Christ' group, who are they?" Such are just a sample of the comments often heard ...

HENRYETTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS BREAKFAST Wednesday, Jan. 22 – Sausage on a Stick, Fruits Galore and Milk Thursday, Jan. 23 – Sausage and Biscuit, Fruits Galore and Milk Friday, Jan. 24 – Choice of Cereal, T...

Pete’s Pantry Program, an emergency food assistance program available to all OSUIT, Green Country Technology Center and College of Muskogee Nation students, was discussed by Beth Rogers of OSUIT at th...

AARP Foundation will offer free in-person tax assistance and preparation through the Tax-Aide Program starting Feb. 5 at The Briefcase located at 131 W. Main Street in Henryetta. The AARP Tax-Aide Sit...

An Okmulgee County man has been sentenced to prison on a Child Sex Abuse charge. Lester “Larry” Lay, 75, appeared before District Judge Cynthia Pickering on Jan. 10 and entered a plea of guilty. Lay w...

Henryetta resident Kristie Stidman is among 89 candidates who graduated from East Central University (ECU) with a master’s degree. Commencement ceremonies were held on Dec. 14 at the Kerr Activities C...

A Groundbreaking Ceremony was held by American Exchange Bank’s (AEB) Board of Directors for the new Okemah Branch in July last year. “Several years of strategic planning went into the decision to expa...

A 60-year-old Mounds woman was killed in a two-vehicle accident in northern Okmulgee County on Jan. 14 at 11:02 a.m., Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) Trooper Mark Southall of the Okmulgee County Detachm...

A two vehicle accident in Okemah on Jan. 14 at 3:34 p.m. resulted in injuries for two women, one from Okemah and the other from Checotah. Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) Trooper Mike Choate of the Okfus...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today announced he has filed a lawsuit against the McKesson Corporation, Cardinal Health, Inc. and AmerisourceBergen Corporation, three leading distributor...

WASHINGTON -- The Senate Appropriations Committee voted nearly unanimously to move the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act, or USMCA, closer towards a vote on the Senate floor. Th...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Two new Oklahoma Health Care Authority policies will increase SoonerCare members’ access to care and lower OHCA costs. The new policies include adding diabetes self-management training...