The Okmulgee County Family YMCA will soon kick off its annual Support Campaign with the goal of raising $60,000. The theme for the campaign is “Together, We Can Create a Better US.” “This annual campa...

Henryetta Chamber of Commerce will host Legislative Forums on the first Friday for the months of March, April and May for 2019. All forums will be held at Shoney’s Restaurant at 12 p.m. The nearest fo...

Two bids were awarded during Monday’s meeting of the Okmulgee County Board of Commissioners. Bid #11 was awarded to James Cole for $500. This was for a 1991 GMC one-ton truck with no bed. Eddie Ross w...

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 2018 legislative sess...

Legislation designed to better protect children in the custody of the Department Human Services passed off the House Floor on Tuesday, Feb. 19. House Bill 1036, authored by Rep. Collin Walke (D-OKC), ...

HENRYETTA - The Henryetta Golden Knights saw their promising 2018-19 basketball season come to an abrupt end last Friday with a heartbreaking 55-54 loss to the Marietta Indians. The season-ending loss...

HENRYETTA - The clock on the Henryetta Lady Knights' Cinderella story reached midnight last Saturday afternoon. The Lady Knights' run through the loser's bracket of the Class 3A, Area IV, regional bas...

The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) has been very active at the state Capitol since the beginning of session, and it is hard to believe the legislature is about to hit their first deadlin...

Very frequently people around us judge us either right or wrong but most of the times we know their judgement is wrong because they don’t use proper yardstick or criterion in their half-baked judicial...

The Legislative session is three weeks underway, and things are busy, busy at the state Capitol. Feb. 28 is the committee deadline for bills to be heard in their chamber of origin. There are some bill...

First Baptist Church - Okmulgee First Baptist Church of Okmulgee will host a Free Women’s Conference on Saturday, Feb. 2, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Guest speaker will be Brittany Klaus. Free registration ...

Henryetta Public Schools Breakfast Wednesday, Feb. 27 – Sausage on a Stick, Fruits Galore, and Milk Thursday, Feb. 28 – Scrambled Eggs, Toast and Jelly, Fruits Galore, and Milk Friday, March 1 – Choic...

Oklahomans receiving SNAP food benefits will automatically receive their benefits March 1, the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) announced this week. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Progra...

Green Country Technology Center is planning an open house for the new Business & Industry Services Building (BIS) on Wednesday, March 6. Superintendent Roger King and staff are excited to showcase the...

Four properties were added to an abatement list by Henryetta City Council members at their Feb. 19 regular meeting. Council members approved abating two properties owned by Harrison Albert Brace at 20...

Several sentencings and pleas were announced this week in federal court, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. Stacey Becker Lawson, 41, of Henryetta, ...

The Town of Grayson will hold their annual Pancake Breakfast Benefit on Saturday, March 2 from 8 to 11 a.m. at the Grayson Community Center, 24160 Martin Luther King. The menu includes pancakes or bis...

In celebration of National FFA Week, Wilson Future Farmers of America (FFA) Chapter hosted a Petting Zoo for Wilson students. FFA students, parents and volunteers all helped to make the event a succes...

A global research and consulting firm, Great Place to Work and Fortune magazine proudly announced financial services firm Edward Jones Investments ranks number 7 on the 2019 Fortune “100 Best Companie...

Henryetta Public School student-athletes will take to the baseball/softball diamonds, tennis courts, golf courses, and football stadiums to compete in various spring sports activities in the coming we...