The health impacts of sugar-filled Halloween treats don’t need to cause a scare. Shape Your Future, a program of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET), recommends physical activity and practic...

Henryetta Public Library has “The Green Monster in Left Field,” “The Shortstop Who Knew Too Much” and “Honus and Me,” by author Dan Gutman, available to check out. The library recognizes Oct. 15 as Na...

This Sunday, Oct. 17 is the Twentieth Sunday After Trinity. Readings will be from Isaiah 55:1– 9, Ephesians 5:15–21 and Matthew 22:1–14. Jesus Invites Us to His Wedding Feast to Receive Abundant Right...

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) THE SERVANT AND HIS SERVANTS The Church invites us to hear Jesus teaching how to serve each other this Sunday Mass. Most people see authority as a chance to promote th...

HENRYETTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS BREAKFAST Wednesday, Oct. 13 – French Toast Stick, Juice, Craisins and Milk Thursday, Oct. 14 – Cereal, Apple Slices, Orange and Milk Friday, Oct. 15 – NO SCHOOL FALL BREAK Mo...

This Sunday, Oct. 10 is the Nineteenth Sunday After Trinity. Readings will be from Genesis 28:10–17, Ephesians 4:22–28 and Matthew 9:1–8. Jesus’ Incarnation Secures for Us Life, Forgiveness & Healing ...

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) God’s Wisdom The readings this Sunday Mass emphasized the Wisdom, not human wisdom but divine wisdom only God can give us if we know how to balance our physical, mater...

Fifty years ago, on Oct. 3, 1971, Deniece Fay Ross and Joseph “Jody” Preston Caldwell III were married. They met at the Tasty Freeze in Okmulgee where Jody fell in love at first sight. Deniece served ...

BREAKFAST Wednesday, Oct. 6 – Breakfast Bars, Juice and Milk Thursday, Oct. 7 – Pancakes, Cheese Sticks, Juice and Milk Friday, Oct. 8 – Egg Patties, Sausage Biscuit, Applesauce, Juice and Milk Monday...

BREAKFAST Wednesday, Oct. 6 – Pancake on a Stick, Apple Slices, Fruit Cup and Milk Thursday, Oct. 7 – Donuts, Juice, Fruit Cup and Milk Friday, Oct. 8 – Cereal, Applesauce Cup, Orange and Milk Monday,...

This Sunday, Oct. 3 is the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity. Readings will be from Deuteronomy 10:12-21, Corinthians 1:1-3 and 4-9 and Matthew 22:34-46. In Life & Death, Christ Fulfills the Law of God ...

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) What God has joined man cannot separate. The readings of this Sunday talk about the bond of love that marriage created between a man and a woman, a bond that at the be...

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) A Stumbling Block or a Stepping Stone Our world today has become a lot smaller. Today people live closer to each other than ever before. Hence they depend on each othe...

HENRYETTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS BREAKFAST Wednesday, Sept. 22 – Biscuit and Gravy, Juice, Fruit Cup and Milk Thursday, Sept. 23 – Cereal, Applesauce Cup, Orange and Milk Friday, Sept. 24 – French Toast Stick...

The Okmulgee County Board of Commissioners approved a change into which employees are eligible to begin receiving insurance benefits. According to Resolution #21-113, insurance benefits will begin on ...

Henryetta Daily Free-Lance – 1921 (George Riley Hall, Editor & Publisher) Sept. 14, 1921 SHERIFF KUHN IS READY FOR TRIAL HE SAYS Okmulgee, Sept. 14 – “I am ready to go to bat.” Lon Kuhn, suspended she...

Okmulgee-Okfuskee County Youth Services. Inc. (OOCYS) and their board of directors will host an annual meeting on Monday, Sept. 20 at 5:30 p.m. in Okmulgee. The meeting will be held at Anne Moroney Yo...

Okmulgee County Humane Society (OCHS) will host an adoption event, Clear the Shelter! on Saturday, Sept. 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 1239 N. Okmulgee Ave. in Okmulgee. “This is an important, life-sav...

25th Sunday (B) (Wis. 2:12, 17-20/James 3:16, 4:3/Mk. 9:30-37) It is reassuring to know that the Apostles whom Jesus lived with and taught were slow in coming to understanding of his message. In today...

BREAKFAST Wednesday, Sept. 15 – Cereal, Breakfast Burrito, Fruit or Juice and Milk Thursday, Sept. 16 – Cereal, Donut, Omelet with Toast, Fruit or Juice and Milk Friday, Sept. 17 – NO SCHOOL Monday, S...