When we hear someone say, “I can tell you ‘this one thing’ for sure,” our thoughts go immediately to that person being totally committed or fully convinced in some area of their life. Today, I want to...

March 3 is National Soup It Forward Day! I know, I know. That’s stretching it a little, right? Well, I needed an idea and when it’s food related, I am usually pretty willing to go with it. The weather...

The shepherd-sheep metaphor offers you and me a firm picture of what “abiding in Christ” looks like. Good-Shepherd Jesus initiates the relationship (“I have come to seek and to save that which was los...

Growing up, I wasn’t especially fond of fish for dinner. Perch aren’t the best tasting fish in the world. Except when I caught some perch and then, I thought they were delicious. Later, I decided catf...

10 Years Ago: Preston Lady Pirates Basketball Team Headed to State The Preston High School cheerleaders cheered on the Lady Pirates basketball team who played in the first round of the state tournamen...

DEAR ABBY: My brother-in-law and his fiancee, “Shana,” have been dating for five years. They have a beautiful son and have a date set for their wedding. I have been with my husband for four years, and...

November 5, 1952 - March 1, 2023 Larry Duane Story passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2023, in Tulsa at 77 of age. He was born November 5, 1952 in Clovis, Calif. to Charles E. and Betty M. (Dawson) Story...

October 2, 1949 - February 6, 2023 Gala Yvonne Mann, longtime resident of Okmulgee, passed away February 6, 2023, in Okmulgee at 73 years of age. Arrangements are pending with McClendon-Winters Funera...

June 3, 1977 - February 25, 2023 Allen Dean Smith, a resident of Henryetta, died February 25, 2023, in Tulsa at the age of 45. He was born June 3, 1977, in Henryetta to Treman and Ruby (McElhanon) Smi...

March 15, 1941 - February 27, 2023 Donald James Gaynor, Sr., 81, United States Army veteran and retired electronics technician of Henryetta, died Monday, February 27, 2023. He was born Saturday, March...

November 1, 1927 - February 21, 2023 Lura Frances Wilson, 95 and formerly of Okmulgee, passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at Trinity Woods Health Center in Tulsa. The family will receive friends ...

June 6, 1931 - February 25, 2023 Robert Louis Mall, Ret. USN AMS1, passed away Saturday, February 25, 2023, in Henryetta at 91 years of age. He was born June 6, 1931, in Henryetta to the late Louis Eu...

September 18, 1938 - February 25, 2023 Waltraud Haynes passed away Saturday, February 25, 2023, at the age of 84 at home in Henryetta. Waltraud was born on September 18, 1938, in Germany to her parent...

November 9, 1946 - February 26, 2023 Sandra Kay Finnell, a beloved member of the Morris community, passed away Sunday, February 26, 2023, at the age of 76 years. Sandra was born on November 9, 1946, i...

December 8, 1941 - February 27, 2023 Richard Wayne Walters was born December 8, 1941, to Dora Belle and Carl Clifford Walters in Okmulgee. He was one of six siblings that grew up on the family farm in...

January 4, 1942 - February 26, 2023 Services are pending for John Vernon Gazalski, 81, of Kellyville, with Integrity Funeral Service. He passed away Sunday, February 26, 2023, in Kellyville.

3-day event began Thursday at 1:30 p.m. For the second-straight weekend, the Henryetta Event Center is the site for a high school basketball area tournament. Last weekend, 12 teams battled for four st...

Baseball, slowpitch softball kick off 2023 campaigns Monday The 2023 spring sports schedules for Okmulgee Public Schools was recently released by the OPS athletic department. The Okmulgee Spring Sport...

Lady Knight golf kicked off 2023 Wednesday Henryetta Public Schools recently released the 2023 schedules for its Spring Sports programs. The Spring Sports programs at HPS feature baseball, slowpitch s...

Eight new members were inducted into the Beggs High School chapter of the National Honor Society. Along with the induction, new 2022-23 officers were sworn in. BHS principal Autumn Caldwell spoke to t...