Ed Johnson won a close race to win election as the next Okmulgee County Assessor in Tuesday’s election over Candice Gaither. Unofficial results show Johnson garnered 5,551 votes to Gaither’s 5,366. In...

AMY HALL The outpouring of support continues as the community copes with the tragic shooting of three teens near Nuyaka last Thursday. Amy Hall is being held in the Okmulgee County Jail on complaints ...

For the past 50 years Linda Dudley has been cutting and styling hair for Henryetta and the surrounding area. A current stylist at Sizzors Salon on West Main Street in Henryetta, Linda was surprised wi...

An undercover operation by law enforcement agencies resulted in the seizure of heroin and arrest of a woman. On Oct. 31, the Okmulgee Police, assisted by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous...

Okmulgee police are looking for the whereabouts of a man involved in a robbery and shooting on Halloween Day. According to Chief Joe Prentice, the incident occurred in the 800 block of South Rogers in...

Four Henryetta FFA members competed in the Northeast District AFR Speech Contest on Nov. 4. Members Allison DeVore, James Martin, Ryan Clark and Whittney Treagesser each competed for the first time in...

Church of the Living God The Church of the Living God, 1301 West Eufaula, invite the public to come and worship with them in their church anniversary/homecoming on Sunday, Nov. 11 at 3 p.m. Special gu...

The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) has awarded Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-2) the NAM Award for Manufacturing Legislative Excellence. The award is based on his votes in the 115th Con...

The Okmulgee County Commissioners covered a short agenda during their Monday session. The following agenda items were approved: •Officers Reports - Assessors Office for the month of September and Octo...

Alumni, friends, and fans of Oklahoma State University are invited to a Watch Party for the Bedlam game against OU Saturday, Nov. 10 at Tavern 56. The party is open to anyone interested in forming an ...

A Morris man suffered injuries in a car accident late Monday. The crash happened at 10:49 p.m. at the intersection of Loop 56 and Highway 62, east of Okmulgee, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol...

A Henryetta woman, Stephanie Minyard-Rogers, and a Sulphur Springs, Texas man, Garett Harness, were injured in a one-vehicle accident on Nov. 4 nine miles west of Checotah on I-40 Westbound at 10:56 p...

HENRYETTA - The Henryetta middle school basketball program kicked off its 2018-19 season on Monday evening by hosting its annual basketball tournament. The Knights and Lady Knights battled the Wewoka ...

DEWAR - The Dewar Dragons captured their second-straight district championship last Friday night with a 60-18 victory over the visiting Porum Panthers. The district championship means the Dragons will...

HENRYETTA - The 2018 varsity football season for the Henryetta Golden Knights came to a close last Friday night at historic Cameron Field. The season finale did not feature the outcome the Knights wer...

Five Muscogee (Creek) citizens represented the Nation as 2018 recipients of the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development “Native American 40 Under 40” award during the Oct. 30 ceremo...

As the single most preventable cause of disease and premature death in the U.S., commercial tobacco use prevention remains at the forefront throughout the country. Each year, on the third Thursday of ...

“Attitude of Gratitude”, “A Thankful Heart is a Happy Heart”, “Thankfulness is The Beginning of Happiness.” These are just some of the quotes you see after a quick search about thankfulness. On the su...

No matter the outcome of Tuesday’s election (this column was penned on Monday), early voting indicates there is a huge, nationwide surge of interest in American politics and government this year. As o...