The Henryetta junior football program will close out their regular-season schedule this Saturday at home against the Inola Longhorns. The regular-season finale will get started with the first and seco...

With two weeks left in the regular-season schedule, two Okmulgee County football teams have punched their ticket to the playoffs in 2018. One other county squad has their postseason plans on life supp...

It’s National Frankenstein Friday! What a perfect time to celebrate as Halloween is just next week! Frankenstein was created in the mind of Mary Shelley and brought to life on the pages of a novel she...

My father and mother lost their first son to drowning. Given such trauma I thank God for their courage years later when their next two boys reached swimming age. We loved water. Farm ponds, rivers and...

DEAR ABBY: I'm a millennial, and it seems these days people stay at jobs for only a few years before moving on. That has been my experience in the past, but now I'm in a position that's fulfilling and...

Last month, OSUIT received national recognition when US News, once again, ranked it among the top colleges in its annual Best Colleges edition. OSUIT was ranked as the 8th best public college in the w...

One of the greatest honors I have as a member of Congress is nominating individuals to our country’s well respected service academies. Attending a U.S. service academy is an invaluable experience that...

A call was made to area dispatch regarding a fire in the Tiger Mountain area, just off the I-40 exit at 12:07 p.m. on Oct. 21. First responders on the scene were Salem, Henryetta, Dewar and Tiger Moun...

A popular documentary series, American Pickers, will return to Eastern Oklahoma this December to film episodes of the hit series. Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz will explore the world of antique “picking”...

One year ago, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the revitalization and enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods, commonly referred to as “PSN.” PSN is a key component of DOJ’s violent crime...

Henryetta Public Schools would like to remind everyone that “National School Bus Safety Week” is this week, Monday, Oct. 22 through Friday, Oct. 26. School buses are such a common sight; it can be eas...

East Central Oklahoma Family Health Center, Inc. (ECOFHC) will host an Open House and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony this Friday, Oct. 26 at 12 p.m. at their new state-of-the art facility located at 104 E. S...

Henryetta Main Street as well as other venues will soon be filled with little goblins, ghouls, princesses, superheroes and more! With some really scary costumes and others sweet, it’s time to Trick or...

Joe McIntosh has had a deep desire to lift weights starting in his teenage years. For him, this desire turned into a deep passion. His inspiration was created by a foundation of pro wrestlers, comic b...

The Henryetta Lil Knights 6-Under Boys T-Ball team finished the Muskogee Love Hatbox Fall League with a spotless 13-0 record. The Lil Knights went up against tough competition from Fort Gibson, Muskog...

DEWAR - The Dewar Dragons inched closer to their second-straight district championship last Thursday with a 55-6 win over the visiting Gans Grizzlies. The latest mercy-rule victory puts the Dragons at...

SHAWNEE - The Henryetta Golden Knight cross country team came away with a 17th-place finish at last Saturday's Class 3A state cross country championships at the Gordon Cooper Technology Center. The Kn...

HENRYETTA - The Henryetta Golden Knights suffered their seventh-straight loss of the 2018 season last Thursday night at home to the Jones Longhorns. The setback to the 2016 Class 3A state champion Lon...

Henryetta Middle School Students of the Month for September were announced this week. Pictured above (left to right): Skylar Morris, 8th Grade; Kenleigh Kaler, 6th Grade; Caveryn Foster, 7th Grade and...