Oklahoma Human Services announced this week that emergency payments intended to increase households’ monthly Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in response to the pandemic are c...

Okmulgee High School has announced the Superintendent and Principals Honor Rolls for the fall semester, 2022-23 school year. Students having All A’s with a 4.0 grade point average are listed on the Su...

Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma kicked off the 2023 Girl Scout Cookie season Jan. 21, as Girl Scouts and their troops are rallying their communities to support the world’s largest entrepreneurial prog...

Gerard A. Alexander, longtime coach at Bristow and Beggs Schools, was one of the 2023 inductees in the Oklahoma Track Coaches Hall of Fame. The event was held Jan. 13 at Grand Hotel and Resort in Shaw...

Tuesday was a prime example of why I try not to schedule out-of-town programs for January and February, because we never know what the weather might bring. And, sure enough, true to its calling, it br...

So ... “Let your light so shine before men (others), that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven (Matthew 5:16).” Remember when, “God said, let there be light: and th...

Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, welcomed 1,085 new initiates from 45 universities during November 2022. Area students welcomed were Anna Hamilton of Morris -Oklahoma Baptis...

“Be a peace maker and not a mean maker,” says Kaira, 10. Words that come too quickly out of our mouths are the main way most people become “mean makers.” “Death and life are in the power of the tongue...

While most of us living in the good ole’ U.S. of A. are basking in the glory of unlimited freedoms and of a plentiful supply of basic-needs products (as long as we have the funds to pay for them), the...

I imagine most all of us have a spilled milk (or some other substance) story we could tell. I have two. In one, my nephew was watching TV when he was about ten years old. It was in black and white in ...

The Okmulgee Indian Community Elders Winter Fundraiser will be held Friday, Jan. 20, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 2900 Osage Place. The fundraiser meal will include stew, chili, cornbread, dessert and a ...

Veteran and post member Pete Rogers has been researching the early history of the post and will be providing a brief history over the next few months in advance of the 100 year celebration. According ...

Two county high school Academic Teams have qualified for State. Coach Jon Robertson and the Preston Academic Team (above), who took home the Area Championship trophy and will head to capture another S...

Ashley Hall of Morris is one of more than 400 students who received diplomas and were recognized as Harding University graduates for Fall 2022 during a commencement ceremony on Dec. 17, 2022. Hall rec...

Henryetta First Christian Church Sunday School begins at 9 a.m. followed by worship service at 10 a.m. Come join us for worship! Everyone is welcome and invited to attend. Henryetta First Christian Ch...

Please be advised that all City Hall offices and Public Works operations will be closed Monday, Jan. 16, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Emergency service operations, police and fire depa...

January 12 NARFE | NARFE Chapter 0730 will meet Thursday, Jan. 12, at 11 a.m. at Shoney’s in Henryetta. Kay Thompson, owner of the Okemah News Leader, will be guest speaker. All active/retired federal...

“Before the Passover, Jesus said to Peter, ‘Let me wash your feet,’” says Mary Jane, 8. “Peter replied, ‘I’m not worthy.’” In respectable homes of ancient Judea, slaves or servants washed the feet of ...

The months of December and January are traditionally more difficult to get programs for the Okmulgee Lions Club because of the holidays, and everybody is busy and don’t want to be bothered by us. Such...

First United Methodist Church 8th & Seminole • Okmulgee www.fumcokmulgee.org Plan to join us this Sunday morning! Our traditional worship begins in the Sanctuary at 9 a.m. followed by Sunday School fo...