Henryetta FFA Chapter was recently honored with the Great American Cleanup Best Overall Award by Keep Oklahoma Beautiful (KOB) during their 28th annual Environmental Excellence Celebration on Nov. 30....

The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) encourages the public to take safety precautions for the upcoming winter weather. Proper planning can reduce the risk of injury and illness while also en...

Weather updates are still being made as Okmulgee County and the state prepare for a predicted winter storm this weekend. Due to the possibility of bad weather this weekend, the Henryetta Chamber of Co...

American Exchange Bank (AEB) in Henryetta will host a holiday celebration on Friday, Dec. 21 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Free pictures with Santa will be offered and refreshments of cookies and punch will b...

The unemployment rate for all counties in Oklahoma dropped during the month of Octoboer, according to the latest numbers from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. In Okmulgee County, the unemp...

Henryetta Walmart Assistant Store Manager Mary Smiley (above) announced the Angel Tree is now up in the front of the store. Angels from Henryetta, Dewar and Schulter Schools are available on the tree....

Donations and school staff volunteers are needed for the School Trauma Kit Project in Henryetta. Organizer of the project and Henryetta resident, Alan Kerby, continues to assemble kits and provide Sto...

Midway Convenience Store in Dewar was recently named “Best Hot Food Box” in Okmulgee County during a month-long poll in November by the Okmulgee County Restaurant Review (OCRR). April Taber and Dave C...

Henryetta FFA and 4-H’s 1st annual Livestock Show will be held on Saturday, Jan. 19 at the Okmulgee County Fairgrounds at 12 noon. According to FFA Advisor Cody Dawson, there will be 18 students parti...

Volunteers are needed to aid the Henryetta Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 539, VFW Auxiliary and the American Legion with the Feed the Veterans food distribution event this Friday, Dec. 7 at New ...

A Morris couple has been jailed after they used a stolen credit card to make purchases. Brandon Stuard, 38 and Tracey Stuard, 34 were arrested Nov. 29 by Morris police on numerous complaints. On Nov. ...

Okmulgee County Treasurer Vonna Lampkins and her staff mailed out the 2018 Tax Statements on Monday, Nov. 26. Normally the ‘first half’ is due on Dec. 31, but Lampkins has extended that deadline to Ja...

The Office of the District Attorney, Carol Iski, is making preparations for the 11th annual Victim’s Tree for Okmulgee County. The project, coordinated by the Victim Witness Coordinator Debi Woodard, ...

Henryetta High School (HHS) is partnering with Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) to host a Blood Drive today-Dec. 5 from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium. OBI encourages healthy adul...

Two Okemah men entered guilty pleas in federal court last week in separate cases. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that Steven James McNinch, 35, ent...

Four years ago, Tom Crowley was asked to play Santa at Homeland in Henryetta and at a local school and later on as a part of a Relay for Life event. Happily he obliged and in a borrowed Santa costume ...

Two persons have been arrested in an extortion case in Okmulgee. Dominic Lynch Lee Waterdown, 24 of Okmulgee and Sandra Kathleen Howard, 22, were arrested Monday following an investigation between the...

Henryetta Chamber of Commerce would like to announce the winner of the first Christmas Bucks drawing held Nov. 27. The winner was Racheal Decker, a Henryetta Eye Center employee, who won $1,000 in Chr...

Nov. 13 10:12 a.m. – Good Intent Call, other 11:18 a.m. – Medical Assist, Assist EMS Crew 11:36 a.m. – Authorized Controlled Burning 1:17 p.m. – Person in Distress, other 3:28 p.m. – Accident, Potenti...

Civil Cases Exceeding $10,000 Nov. 26 Burton, Clinton vs. Ausbrooks, Dwayne – Damages Burton, Clinton vs. Ausbrooks, Dwayne (a Business Entity) – Damages Burton, Clinton vs. Ausbrooks, Dwayne (an Indi...