The Okmulgee County Office of Emergency Management has received a grant to purchase a piece of equipment that will help locally during inclement weather. Director Tim Craighton informed the county com...

Guest speaker at the March 12 regular meeting of the Henryetta Lions Club was Henryetta R/C Aviators Club President Wes Arnett. Benefits and features of becoming a club member and more information abo...

March Employees of the Month at Henryetta Elementary School are Sierra Blake, kindergarten teacher’s assistant and Roger Williams, Dean of Students. They are pictured above with Jayme Matlock, Element...

This story was updated March 13 to reflect the Pardon and Parole Board’s vote. In one fell swoop, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board on Wednesday approved 73 inmates for a new type of parole intende...

Henryetta High School (HHS) Students of the Month for March include (left to right): Stephen Gouge, Emily Payne, Chris Luce, Neecie Gillin, Elizabeth Harris, Ryan Clark, Austin Hamilton and Rebecca Pe...

Dewar Middle and High School Students of the Month from the beginning of the school year are pictured at left, front row (left to right): Averie Byrd, Tylor Sullivan, Naea Corbin, Maikya Carter, Breon...

Kirk Ruth was recently named Henryetta Middle School Employee of the Month. He is pictured above (standing, far left) with some of his students.

The head of an international consulting firm that is being sued by more than a dozen veterans has withdrawn his nomination from Gov. Kevin Stitt to be Oklahoma’s next secretary of veterans affairs and...

A 40-year-old Preston man was injured in a one-vehicle accident on March 13 at 8:56 p.m. on Happy Camp Road eastbound at Hwy. 75, two miles south of Winchester in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma Highway Pat...

The Muscogee Nation has been providing financial literacy education to the summer youth participants for the past two summers. This program was made possible through a partnership with Tinker Federal ...

American Exchange Bank (AEB) of Henryetta recently named Julie Stovall as Okemah Market President. AEB’s new branch in Okemah will be under her management. With more than 25 years of banking experienc...

More than 60 Oklahoma ministers have signed an open letter urging Gov. Kevin Stitt and state lawmakers to support school choice policies “which respect the rich diversity of educational approaches in ...

High school seniors have a chance to win one of twelve $500 scholarships through First Family Federal Credit Union (FFFCU) in Henryetta. Applications are currently being accepted. FFFCU plans to award...

Luminaria order forms are available for the Okmulgee County Relay For Life Luminaria Ceremony that will be held on Saturday, April 13 at 9 p.m. at Cameron Field in Henryetta. Relay For Life opening fe...

Jaxen Wright is an eighth grade FFA member of the Henryetta FFA Chapter. He has been very active being that this is his first year in FFA. He has participated on many different CDE and LDE teams such ...

Henryetta Arts & Crafts Spring Bazaar will be held on Saturday, April 6 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church. Many vendors have already signed up including Hargismom’s, A&D Crafts, Leah’s Scr...

The Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Department reported the theft of a 2007 Ford F-350 fire truck belonging to the Liberty Fire Department. The truck was stolen from an Okmulgee County Fire Station. Investi...

Human remains discovered Tuesday along the Deep Fork River have been positively identified as Margie Childers, 54, according to the Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Office. The body was found on private prop...

A weekend shooting claimed the life of a young boy, injured another man, and left a community seeking a solution to the recent string of violence. Early Saturday morning, Okmulgee police responded to ...