Columns & Opinion
February 22, 2023
The hardest lesson for me is acceptance of things I can’t control
The hardest lesson for me is acceptance of things I can’t control.
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February 5, 2025
Just days before the curtain rises on Henryetta Public Schools’ production of Cinderella, the Henryetta Education Foundation (HEF) presented a $5,000 check to the theatre program.HEF board members Kei...
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February 5, 2025
The Okmulgee Public Schools Board approved a resignation agreement for Superintendent Clay Vinyard, effective June 30, 2025. Until then, Vinyard will be on administrative leave, with Assistant Superin...
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February 5, 2025
The Henryetta Chamber of Commerce will hold their Legislative Forum this Friday, beginning at 11 a.m. at Shoney’s Restaurant.Guest speaker will be Senator David Bullard from Durant. Senator Bullard co...
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February 5, 2025
New officers for OSU Extension were announced during a brief meeting of the Okmulgee County Board of Commissioners on Monday. OSU Extension Interim County Extension Director Brenda Miller introduced J...
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February 5, 2025
The Well Done Foundation (WDF), a national nonprofit committed to combating climate change by plugging abandoned oil and gas wells, has partnered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and We...
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February 5, 2025
The Okmulgee County Election Board will hold special hours Feb. 6-7 to accommodate voters, according to Secretary Ashley Carnes.During those dates, the County Election Board office will be open for ea...
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February 5, 2025
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Cody Lynn Lusk, 34, of Henryetta, entered a guilty plea to one count of Burglary in the First Degree in Indian C...
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February 5, 2025
It’s time once again for the annual Okmulgee County Spring Livestock Show, where Future Farmers of America (FFA) members and 4-H students will showcase their prize livestock projects. The highly antic...
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February 5, 2025
On Monday, Feb. 3, Gov. Kevin Stitt delivered his annual “State of the State” address to the members of the Oklahoma Legislature and the entire state, which coincides with the opening of the 60th Okla...
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February 5, 2025
“By hating this world, you don’t put the things of this world in front of God,” says Enoch, 10. “This is how you earn rewards in God’s kingdom.”There is one Bible verse that Christians rarely quote: “...
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February 5, 2025
Isaiah 43:18 - Do not call to mind the former things, or ponder things of the past.We often look back to childhood, remembering our friends, school days and the reckless abandonment of little responsi...