The Henryetta Golden Knights survived the season with a 70-58 win over Adair.Henryetta Middle School was one of nine county schools that participated in Preston School’s Inaugural Middle School Schola...

March 9, 1928, is the birth date celebrated by American novelist, short story writer, teacher and children’s book author Lore Segal. Born in Vienna, Austria the only child of her Jewish parents, her d...

Stories of Courage and ProgressOnce upon a time, in a world where women’s voices were often silenced and their contributions overlooked, there arose a movement to shine a light on the remarkable achie...

“Save for a rainy day” is an old piece of advice - and a good one. But is it possible to save too much?To begin with, what defines a “rainy day” in terms of financial needs? It could be any number of ...

Each year, the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) holds an Advocacy Day at the State Capitol to promote awareness of children’s issues before the Legislature.These ideas come from the ideas ...

Our volunteer board member received a distress call about puppies who were dumped by the side of the road in Okmulgee County. When she and her husband arrived at the scene, they found four puppies dum...

The Henryetta Animal Aid Rescue Team held a low income spay/neuter clinic, with only 15 applicants accepted.HES 3rd grader Emily Stockholm won the Spelling Bee and represented Henryetta at the Eastern...

Author and illustrator of children’s books Suse MacDonald celebrates her birth date as March 3, 1940, in Glencoe, Ill. Her dad was a professor at Northwestern University and her mom a writer. They spe...

Remember the old TV cartoon “Popeye The Sailor Man?” He had a favorite saying: “I yam what I yam and dat’s all I yam.” And poor old Olive Oyl could never get him to see himself any other way.A popular...

On February 7, children in an Oklahoma school got into an altercation which became violent. The day after, one of the children, 16-yearold Nex Benedict, died.The initial result of a preliminary autops...

It’s election season again. Over the next several months, you’re bound to hear an array of promises from the candidates and speculation from the pundits on what those promises, if enacted, could mean ...

Does it seem to you that God is always saying “No” or “Don’t do that” or “Thou shalt not?” If you think that, you are not alone. Many people feel the same way. Seems as if all He wants to do is stop t...

It’s almost that time of year when many people start receiving their tax refunds. If you get one, what will you do with it?Of course, the answer will depend somewhat on how big your refund is. Last ye...

Has anyone else been bombarded with flies? Clear back to November, I have intermittently been battling flies. It’s highly annoying. For the life of me, I haven’t been able to figure out how they are g...

Carole S. Adler, American author of children’s books, celebrates her birth date on Feb. 23, 1932, in Long Island, N.Y.She spent most of her life in New York and was a Hunter College undergraduate, Rus...

We have been creating Missed Connection satire stories for the Month of Love on our Facebook page and thought it would be fun to share them as one article.--- Missed Connection: Rockstar Pup Zeppelin ...

Last week, I toured Mabel Bassett Correctional Facility led by my former legislative colleague Kris Steele, now the director of The Education and Employment Ministry (TEEM) in Oklahoma City.TEEM is a ...

Oklahoma is in the throes of an epidemic, and it is called fentanyl.A synthetic opioid, fentanyl is as addictive as it is deadly. It is 50 times stronger than heroin, cheap to produce - and destroying...

Lions Billie Been and Donnie Smith received a $3,000 check from the Lions District Office which enabled the Henryetta Lions to assist locals in need of eyeglasses.HHS senior Alissa Taylor signed a Let...

If you are in the habit of consulting only yourself, trusting your own instincts and believing that you will know in your heart what to do when the time comes, then you have a big problem.In Proverbs ...