The end of the 2019 legislative session has arrived. While there were some great ideas passed into law and a budget that provided additional funding to many worthy causes, there were also several issu...

Henryetta First Christian Church Sunday morning services and fellowship with Pastor Carl Tinnea – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast in downstairs Fellowship Hall with Bible Study for adults and Sunday school for ch...

Senior Citizens Wednesday, May 29 – Chicken Enchilada Casserole, Mexican Rice, Corn, Tomato Spoon Relish, Fruited Gelatin, and Milk Thursday, May 30 – Navy Beans and Ham with Onion, Cornbread, Cold Pi...

Henryetta City Council held a special meeting consisting of a Public Hearing on May 23 to discuss the 2019-2020 Fiscal Year Annual Budget. Due to no Henryetta citizens having attended, the meeting adj...

Henryetta Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 539 members and auxiliary as well at the American Legion will host the annual Memorial Day Service at Westlawn Cemetery in Henryetta on Monday, May 27 at ...

Hillcrest Hospital Henryetta will host a public preview for the emergency room expansion and remodel project on Tuesday, May 28 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Hospital staff will provide tours of radiology, th...

Henryetta Quarterback Club and the Henryetta Knights Football Team will host a spring game this Saturday, May 25. The game will be held at Cameron Field from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. New Head Football Coach, ...

First United Methodist Church of Henryetta will serve lunches to all children up to the age of 18. Lunches will be served Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. starting June 3. The final day lu...

Some county residents living near rivers were encouraged to begin evacuation preparations on Wednesday. Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Okmulgee County Emergency Management asked citi...

In preparation for the June 1 Cruise Knight in Henryetta, First Family Federal Credit Union (FFFCU) staff spent Friday cleaning up shrubbery and weeds on the corners of Main Street near their corporat...

Okmulgee ‘native son’ author Jerry Lout brings his memoir narratives to The Lokal Okmulgee during the city’s Pecan Festival. Book sales, complete with author-signings will highlight his visit to his o...

Craving a funnel cake, huge corn dog and a ferris wheel ride? Okmulgee’s Pecan Festival will have plenty of those things to entertain visitors during the three day event, June 6-8. Great Plains Amusem...

Henryetta Board of Education hired Stacy Been and Justin Been as support staff and faculty at a May 21 special board meeting. Stacy will serve as an Activity Clerk and Justin will serve as a Drama/U.S...

Henryetta running back Logan Whitlock runs through the middle of the field during an offensive drill during last Thursday’s spring practice workout at historic Cameron Field.

Henryetta’s Lauren Lee and Dewar's Savannah Been and Morgan Britt will have one final opportunity to represent their respective high schools at the 2019 Slowpitch Softball All-State Games. The annual ...

OKMULGEE - The Henryetta Lady Knight varsity basketball team began preparations for their upcoming 2019-20 season Tuesday evening at historic Brock Memorial Gymnasium. The Lady Knights are hosting a 5...

I have always enjoyed bananas. Growing up Dad taught us to eat a bite of banana with a Cheezit. Don’t ask me why, but it works and I like to eat them that way even today. My granny always made banana ...

DEAR ABBY: I could use your advice on training my husband. He refuses to enter his work travel schedule on the household calendar. He snapped at me this week when he finally revealed that he was leavi...

OSUIT was recently recognized for its astute business practices in dealing with an unprecedented reduction in state appropriations. Our entire faculty and staff deserve credit for making sacrifices an...

For families across the country, Memorial Day Weekend means barbeques, an extra day off work, and the beginning of summer vacation for our kids. But even with many fun activities happening, we should ...