HHS net squad finishes as champions in 3 of 4 divisions The Henryetta Golden Knight varsity tennis team will send its entire 6-member team to this weekend’s Class 4A state tennis championships followi...

Henryetta sophomore Brady Norman closed out his first state golf tournament appearance this past Tuesday at Lakeview Golf Course in Ardmore. Norman finished the 2-day, 54-hole, event with a total of 2...

Tuesday’s Okmulgee Lions Club program was a new story for a middle-age agency that has been around for quite some time now - the Okmulgee-Okfuskee County Youth Shelter, commonly referred to as the Ann...

OHS Seniors Kevin Washington and Alexander Armstrong were awarded scholarships of $1,000 each by the Future Farmers of America, in collaboration with Harlan Ford Inc. in Okmulgee. Shawn Morris, Genera...

Proposal now available to public The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces the availability of a Draft Compatibility Determination for Short-Term Disturbance or Other Public Interest Projects with ...

Joseph Morgan is the son of Brittany Morgan and Sam and Mirani Morgan and the grandson of Steve and Stacey Morgan and Genero and Zandy Garza. He has two siblings, Sage and Henry Morgan. He was a membe...

Filming for the upcoming season of “Reservation Dogs” is going on around the Okmulgee area. Members of the Okmulgee Fire Department were on hand for one of the scenes involving the explosion of a bus....

Michael is the son of Bren and Darla Baxter. He has three siblings, an older sister attending college, another older sister in high school, and a younger brother who attends Twin Hills. Michael began ...

This Sunday, May 7, is The 6th Sunday of Easter. The readings are from Numbers 21:4-9, 1 Timothy 2:1-6, John 16:23-30 (31-33). The Father Answers Our Prayers Because of Jesus “Truly, truly, I say to y...

Without a doubt there is mercy, God’s marvelous mercy, enough to go around for me, for you, for the whole wide world - for every person in every generation since the beginning of time to the end of th...

My husband was a huge fan of buying a large piece of meat and eating it in different forms every night of the week. It provided a way for us to buy less meat and still give us a different meal every n...

DEAR ABBY: This is in response to “Living a Soap Opera” (Jan. 3), the unhappy woman who is married to an alcoholic. She is flattered by the three younger men she’s conversing with online. My experienc...

Carl was upset. The night before had been a baptismal service at his church. Now, he was riding in a car with a group of fellow pastors, heading for an educational conference. Feeling a sense of confi...

11:27 a.m. 9000 block Ferguson Road. Phone Call - RP stated between 2-4 a.m., there was a subject in a hoodie on their camera, kept saying ‘sheriff ’ and there are missing items. Wants to speak with d...

CF-2023-00062 05/03/2023 State of Oklahoma vs. Hamlin, Sandy Jo Assault & Battery Upon Officer CF-2023-00063 05/03/2023 State of Oklahoma vs. Stephens, Truth Allen Felony Value-False Pretense, Bogus C...

Beggs High School Senior Destiny Jackson signed this week with OCU Cheer team, and received two scholarships to the university. She is joined by her parents and an OCU representative.

Lighthorse investigating incident Around 4 a.m. on Tuesday morning, at least three people broke into the Big Dollar Pawn shop, located off Highway 75 south of Okmulgee. The thieves are said to have st...

New Beginnings Church, 1019 S. Florida Ave. in Okmulgee, will hold a yard sale Saturday, May 13, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The sale will feature lots of items, including clothes, furniture, shoes and more...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced earlier this week that Neil Shai Cameron Lewis, 28, of Okmulgee County, was sentenced to 18 1/2 years in prison for M...

Awards, scholarships announced The Okmulgee Service League (OSL) celebrated another successful year recently, and hosted their annual Provisional Dinner to award this year’s recipients, along with stu...