Claremore City Councilor Debbie Long announced her resignation from the Claremore City Council, effective Monday, January 24, 2022. She has represented Ward I since March of 2021 and is leaving the Council for personal reasons.

Rogers County Associate District Judge Susan Nigh was sworn in at the county courthouse Friday afternoon.

Years of hard work paid off for two men who made an impact on the local field of America’s favorite pastime.

Jonathan Menzel from Inola High School in Inola is one of two state delegates to the 60th annual U.S. Senate Youth Program (USSYP), which brings together outstanding student leaders from every state.

A water leak that’s been impacting the Blue Starr Drive and Florence Avenue intersection for years has been identified and fixed.

Reasor’s LLC and Brookshire Grocery Co. (BGC) are excited to announce the finalization of their agreement first announced in November. With the confirmed support from the Reasor’s Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP), Reasor’s stores are now a new division of BGC.

Rogers State University named Caitlin Hendrex as the new counseling services coordinator. Hendrex, from, Boca Raton, FL, began her duties on January 3.

J. Farley's Americanized Irish Pub is hosting its first Polar Plunge event to support Special Olympics Oklahoma on Saturday.

A fire off Muskogee Avenue on Friday left Carl Miller with nothing but the clothes on his back, his phone and his wallet.

A school bus knocked down the streetlight on the northwest corner of Cherokee Avenue and Will Rogers Boulevard Monday.

When the curtain rises at Oklahoma City’s Civic Center next week for “Oklahoma!,” audience members from around the state will sing along to the toe-tapping tunes with pride.

WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL MUSEUMS — From the moment, Bart Taylor’s white gloved hands held documents of correspondence between Will Rogers and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, he was riveted with their time in history.

Will Rogers Library now offers the internet to go! Beginning this week library patrons age 13 and over can check out a Mobile Hotspot, a small portable device offering free wireless Internet access to library patrons and families who do not have a reliable Internet connection at home.

Army veteran Dustin Parker said receiving his second service dog, Sissy, was life-changing.

Cherokee Nation Citizen and Rogers State University graduate Cade Thomas said he will always treasure having his film “Laura” featured in the True Crime Film Fest.

Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma’s annual eight-week cookie sale kicks off Saturday with online stores opening.

Rogers State University’s Bartlesville campus established a partnership with Phillips 66 to equip students majoring in business with real-world experience while earning their degree.

TAHLEQUAH — Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. signed an executive order to re-establish the tribe’s task force on domestic violence, following up on similar action he took last year.

Will Rogers Junior High will extend distance learning through Friday. The plan is to return to in-person learning Monday.

Oologah Mayor George Peters presented a request for $250,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds during Tuesday’s regular Board of County Commissioners meeting.

Over 47 patients were tested for COVID-19 last weekend at Hillcrest Hospital.

CATOOSA — The Cherokee Nation’s Catoosa Tag Office is temporarily relocating to the former JW Sam Elementary School building, 701 W. Rollins St., and will reopen to tribal citizens at that new location starting Wednesday, January 19.

S. 4110 Rd./N.W. Franklin closes tomorrow near the SH-20 realignment project over Keetonville Hill in Rogers County. The road will be closed until further notice as part of the ongoing improvement project. This $44 million project, designed to improve four miles of SH-20 in Rogers County, be…

At the 2022 OSU Extension Biennial Conference Awards Program the 2022 OSU Extension Outstanding Team comes from the Northeast District and Rogers County OSU Extension. Together they created the educational program Freezer Beef Production: Pasture to Plate.

The deadline to request absentee ballots by mail for the Feb. 8 Election is approaching. Applications must be received by the County Election Board no later than 5 p.m. Jan. 24th 2022.

To help support the growth and development of K-12 mentoring programs in Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence has announced the recipients of its first Boren Mentoring Initiative start-up grants and opportunity grants totaling $15,000.

Rep. Mark Lepak, R-Claremore, was recently appointed to the Fiscal Affairs & Government Operations Committee for the Council of State Governments (CSG).

Claremore Public Schools Superintendent Bryan Frazier said if the district doesn’t soon get relief from COVID-19, it will be difficult to keep the school doors open.

Safenet Services was named the 2021 Non-Profit of the Year by the Claremore Area Chamber of Commerce.

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation hosted the launch of the United Nations’ International Decade of Indigenous Languages in Tahlequah last week. The three-day event featured language leaders from around the world, both in person and virtually, to share information and best practices on l…

Rogers State University’s department of health sciences announced the hiring of Madeline Haralson as an adjunct instructor for the allied health program.

Oklahoma State Department of Health District 4 Mobile Wellness clinics planned for today in Bartlesville at Agape Mission and Casa Hispana and tomorrow at Tulsa Port of Catoosa have been cancelled.

The American Red Cross is facing a national blood crisis – its worst blood shortage in more than a decade. Dangerously low blood supply levels are posing a concerning risk to patient care and forcing doctors to make difficult decisions about who receives blood transfusions and who will need …

Rogers State University’s academic scholarship application deadline for the fall 2022 semester is set for March 1. RSU freshmen who are admitted before March 1 and meet scholarship requirements will automatically be awarded one of three institutional scholarships.

RCB Bank, a $4.2 billion community bank with 65 locations in 36 cities across Oklahoma and Kansas, is now accepting applications for its 2022 internship program.

Claremore Police Department Captian Milburn Litterell shares how to enroll in the 13th Citizen's Police Academy.