Henryetta Little League Tournament will be held on Saturday, June 8 at Nichols Park. Two games are guaranteed with OK Kids Rules to be followed. Registration fees of $75 for 8U boys and girls are due ...

Sign-up for Driver’s Education classes at Henryetta Public Schools begin on Monday, March 25. Classes will be offered for $225 per student. Twenty slots are available for each of the 30-hour May and J...

Okmulgee County Emergency Management received some new equipment this week thanks to a grant from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality. OCEM Director Tim Craighton was working at getting t...

OKEMAH - The Preston Lady Pirate slowpitch softball team came away with a 2-1 record last Saturday at the Okemah Slowpitch Softball Festival. The Lady Pirates (6-2) began festival action with a 9-5 lo...

HENRYETTA - The Henryetta Golden Knights evened their season record at 4-4 Monday afternoon with a 21-2 thrashing of the visiting Midway Chargers. Back-to-back 9-run innings in the third and fourth in...

BEGGS - The Morris varsity slowpitch softball team dropped back-to-back games at the annual Beggs Under Armour Classic. The Lady Eagles (2-4) began the 2-day event suffering a 20-2 defeat at the hands...

HENRYETTA - For the first time in 2019, the Henryetta Golden Knight baseball team sits at above .500 thanks to a pair of run-rule wins over the visiting Okmulgee Bulldogs Tuesday afternoon. The Knight...

Kent and Linda Pharaoh recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary! They were married on March 15, 1969 in Columbus, GA. The festivities included dinner with family at Giacomo’s Italian Restaur...

I love avocados. My love of guacamole goes way back to my childhood, but as an adult I have a newfound love for the fruit itself and will eat it by itself as well as on top of salad or on a sandwich, ...

At sixty miles per hour, an icy chill pummeled my face. The mountain air kept up its assault as Cody, Wyoming receded back of me to the south. I had left home before 7 a.m. My destination this Labor D...

March 25th, 1964 is the birth date of Kate DiCamillo born in Philadelphia, PA. At the age of five Kate, her mother and older brother moved to Florida because of Kate’s chronic illness, pneumonia and h...

If we are to grow our population, I believe everyone in town needs to be ready, willing, and able to share the compelling story of Okmulgee and be able to explain the advantages of living in a small t...

Dear Abby DEAR ABBY: For several years, my husband and I were good friends with "Pam" and "David." About a year ago, we moved to a new house just a few blocks from theirs. They decided they liked some...

Despite the opioid crisis leading to the deaths of more than 70,000 Americans by drug overdoses, only one in ten Americans with an addiction receives treatment. Over 7 million opioid pills were prescr...

This Sunday, March 24th, is the THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT (Oculi) The readings for this the Third Sunday in Lent are from Exodus 8:16–24, Ephesians 5:1–9, and Luke 11:14–28 Jesus Overcomes the Strong Man J...

A 12th annual Okmulgee County Honor Band rehearsal was held throughout the day on March 14 at OSUIT in Okmulgee. A concert was performed that evening. Henryetta Knight Brigade Honor Band members pictu...

An undercover sexual predator sting resulted in the arrest of a man Monday in Henryetta. The Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) reports that Keith McVicker, 44, was taken into custody after trave...

Tracey Sontag received an award on behalf of Henryetta Public Schools JOM for Exemplary National JOM Program of the Year for the 3A area. “I’m so proud of the parents, staff and teachers who put in th...

The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from December business. The monies they reported this period represent sale...

An Okmulgee man was among seven persons named in the March Federal Grand Jury. Sterling Ross IV, 25, was indicted for Felon in Possession of Firearm on March 14 in Muskogee. An investigation by the Ok...