Okmulgee County Commissioners covered a brief agenda during their regular weekly meeting Monday. Items approved were: • Officers Report - For the month of August, Sheriff’s Office revolving accounts i...

Deep Fork Community Action Foundation, Inc. (DFCAF) will hold an election for a Low-Income Representative for Okmulgee County on Wednesday, Nov. 6 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Okmulgee Public Library...

Two Okmulgee County men were uninjured in a traffic accident that occurred on Oct. 21 at 8:02 a.m. on Hwy. 10, one mile west of Grove in Delaware County, Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) Trooper Micah St...

Dewar Indian Community Center will host a 2nd Annual Haunted House Tuesday, Oct. 29 through Thursday, Oct. 31 at dark each night. There will be games, a costume contest, cake decorating contest, chili...

Henryetta Quarterback Club and Rustler’s BBQ will host an H-Town Proud Cornhole Tournament Fundraiser on Sunday, Oct. 27 at 3 p.m. The tournament will be held at Rustler’s located at 806 Industry Road...

During a Henryetta Board of Education Special Meeting on Tuesday morning, Sherry Eldridge was hired as a fourth grade teacher for the remainder of 2019-2020. Board members approved a consulting contra...

Henryetta Elementary School’s annual Halloween Monster Mash Bash for three-year-old through fifth grade classes will be held on Thursday, Oct. 31. Event times, by class are as follows: • Three-year-ol...

American Exchange Bank (AEB) of Henryetta branch employees wore pink and served pink punch and cookies on Friday in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. All during the month of October, businesse...

An Okmulgee man has entered a guilty plea to Child Sexual Abuse in federal court. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced last week that Carl Ray Smith, 52, ...

An annual increase in postage classes heavily used by newspapers has been revealed by the US Postal Service and National Newspaper Association (NNA) was pleased that they are relatively moderate, in l...

A Holdenville resident won’t have to worry about laying out a feast for Thanksgiving. All he needs is a turkey to put beside his 25-plus pound sweet potato. Fred Millard, Jr. has been featured by Nati...

Leonard Coote “saw” an image of a cross, possibly a vision. Affixed to the cross with iron nails hung a bleeding man. “I seemed to understand this blood was for my sins.” Leonard knew the man to be Je...

Cade Bridges of Tulsa graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering on Aug. 23 at OSUIT in Okmulgee. The grandson of Phyllis Chaney and the late Carl Chaney of Henryetta, Cade is the son of the la...

Next week – Monday, Oct. 21 through Friday, Oct. 25 – is National School Bus Safety Week. Following are some tips for children and motorists to ensure safety. Teach children how to stay safe around a ...

Oklahoma’s fast-growing medical marijuana market is also swelling state and local tax revenue, but not evenly across the state. Medical marijuana generated more than $34.5 million in tax revenue throu...

Henryetta Arts & Crafts Fall Bazaar will be held on Saturday, Oct. 26 with a large variety of handmade and unique items available for everyone just in time for the holiday and gift-giving season. Held...

Jeremy Roberts was appointed to the Henryetta Hospital Authority Board to fill the vacated trustee position of Jennifer Johnson during the regular meeting of the Henryetta City Council on Tuesday even...

Dewar High School (DHS) Homecoming ceremonies were held Oct. 10 at Dragon Stadium prior to the Thursday night football game against the Cave Springs Hornets. A large crowd of supporters attended the s...

A defendant charged in the killing of a county man last year has plead guilty in Okmulgee County District Court. Thirty-eight-year-old Nacole Bain (Spears) was charged in case number CF-2018-196 for F...

Henryetta Lions Club members read the book, “The Tawny Scrawny Lion,” to children in Dewar Early Childhood classes Tuesday morning. In addition to reading, Lions members purchased a copy of the book f...