As the partial federal government shutdown continues, many local residents are concerned about benefits, especially the Women Infants and Children (WIC) program. The Okmulgee County Health Department ...

Wilson, Dewar, Plainview and Henryetta Fire Departments as well as Oklahoma Highway Patrol and Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) responded to the scene of a fire on westbound I-40 at Mile M...

Henryetta Board of Education held a Special Board Meeting on Jan. 23 to review the H.E.A. Negotiations agenda item for 2018-2019 that was tabled during their regular meeting. According to Superintende...

Henryetta and other area first responders were on scene of an accident on Tuesday morning just north of Schulter and south of Okmulgee on the northbound lane of Hwy. 75 around 11 a.m. Oklahoma Highway...

With the one-lane closure along Hwy. 266 throughout Dewar this week, Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) crews were busy trimming and removing over-hanging trees and directing traffic on Tues...

The first post-walkout legislative session is getting underway and lawmakers have proposed bills aimed at alleviating the teacher shortage and making changes to the state’s public education system. In...

My name is David Deming. I have been an OU professor for 27 years. This letter expresses my personal viewpoint as a citizen of Oklahoma speaking on a matter of public concern. I am not a spokesperson ...

Pecan pie. Pecan roll. Pecan-crusted chicken. Candied pecans. There are many delicious foods made from pecans. But before you can start cooking with them in the kitchen, someone needs to grow and harv...

Sponsoring organizations for the 2019 Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) are now being sought by the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) Child Nutrition programs. Eligible sponsors include p...

University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) recently announced Okmulgee County honor roll students. During the fall 2018 semester, 1,418 students were named to the President’s Honor Roll, an honor achieved b...

Wilson Volunteer Fire Department will hold their annual meeting on Saturday, Jan. 26 at 6:30 p.m. in the Wilson Public School Cafeteria. An election will be held to fill the seat on the Board of Direc...

OKMULGEE - The final opening-round winners of the 2019 Muscogee (Creek) Nation Okmulgee County Basketball Tournament were determined Tuesday evening at the Mvskoke Dome. The final semifinalists of the...

OKMULGEE - The Henryetta varsity basketball teams avoided elimination with a pair of double-digit victories Wednesday evening at the 2019 Muscogee (Creek) Nation Okmulgee County Basketball Tournament....

Lewis Carroll (01-27-1832 to 01-14-1898) English writer famous for his children’s fiction Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass. We have (JF) Alice’s Adventures in ...

“I see black faces.” ReverendAlta, our lady minister, spoke the words to me on a Sunday evening not long before I was to graduate Preston High. “Jerry, there are many gathered, a sea of black faces. I...

If you have read my column enough, you know I like to base my column on whatever celebration day of the month it is. There are a lot of them and it makes it easy to decide what to write about sometime...

DEAR ABBY: I gave birth a month ago to a wonderful baby boy. My husband and I originally planned to put him in day care when I go back to work. I carefully researched and eventually found one I was co...

As I relayed to you last week, I asked the students living in the GOPO to respond voluntarily to a series of questions about living in downtown Okmulgee, and told them that I would include their respo...

The new Congress brought in many new members to Capitol Hill. Along with it came dozens of progressives, whose liberal ideas and leftist platforms would drive our country straight into socialism. One ...

This Sunday, January 27, 2019, is the Third Sunday After The Epiphany The readings for this Sunday are from 2 Kings 5:1–15a, Romans 1:8–17 or Romans 12:16–21, and Matthew 8:1–13 Jesus Came for Gentile...