Annual 3-day event to take place at BOK CenterSixteen of the best girls and boys basketball teams in the state of Oklahoma will converge on Tulsa’s BOK Center for three days this week to compete at th...

I hope you have a wonderful holiday season, whichever of the joyous events you chose to celebrate in your life.I have been laid up the past week with bronchitis, so it was a quiet few days around my h...

January 23, 1957 - December 20, 2023Linda Davenport, age 66, retired architect, resident of Okmulgee, died December 20, 2023, in Tulsa surrounded by family. Private services have been arranged with Ho...

April 8, 1955 - December 20, 2023Frances Ann Morgan, a resident of Bristow, passed away Wednesday, December 20, 2023, in Tulsa at 68 years of age. Frances was born April 8, 1955, in Claremore to the l...

March 21, 1934 - December 21, 2023Claudine Sue Griggs, age 89, passed away in Tulsa on December 21, 2023. She was born to Claude and Mammie Jane (Morgan) Lovell on March 21, 1934, in Wetumka.Graveside...

December 22, 2023Services are pending for Terry Troglin, of Weleetka, with Integrity Funeral Service. He passed away Friday, December 22, 2023.

November 19, 1968 - December 19, 2023Services are pending for Robert Cremeans, 55, of Henryetta, with Integrity Funeral Service. He passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2023.

February 24, 1947 - December 20, 2023Donald Jackson McCullar, age 76, died December 20, 2023, in Dewey. He was born on February24, 1947, in Hitchita to the late Henry and Helen Lee (Hale) McCullar.A m...

April 3, 1942 - December 20, 2023Leonard Leroy Lewis, 81, died Wednesday, December 20, 2023, in Okmulgee. The Hour of Remembrance for Mr. Lewis will be held Saturday, December 30, 2023, at 11 a.m. at ...

Just before the Christmas break, Green Country Technology Center held its Go Green Assembly recognizing Students of the Month across the various programs.A huge congratulations to the following studen...

“O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me; many are saying of me, there is no help for him in God. But thou, O Lord, art a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head. I cry a...

“I would give baby Jesus some food, because they probably didn’t have a lot of money. They might have been poor, and they weren’t near a place with food,” says Megan, 9.It’s easy to look at poor peopl...

Oklahoma spent more than $544,000 for the state’s National Guard to help secure the U.S. border with Mexico, money that came from a disaster fund typically used for National Guard response to tornadoe...

Travelin’ Trimmers, LLC opened up a business in Henryetta specializing in tree trimming, removals, mowing, firewood and small engine repair.Eagle Heights Christian Center hosted a New Year’s Revival S...

PEO Chapter Z President Carolyn Brown presents Okmulgee County Homeless Shelter Director Brenda Brewer a check for food at Randy’s Foods for shelter food needs. PEO is a philanthropic education organi...

Chief Joe Prentice provided the following information after requests for comments made last week that stated Okmulgee Police refused to respond to a request by Muscogee Nation Lighthorse Police.“I was...

Okmulgee County Election Board Secretary Ashley Carnes is enjoying the new windows that have been installed so far at the courthouse. The windows allow lots of natural light, but are tinted to cut dow...

Nominations are now being accepted for the Henryettan of the Year.The Henryetta Free-Lance has conducted this event since 1949. Every year since then, some outstanding citizen has received the disting...

An Okmulgee man died in a collision Saturday, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.The OHP stated the crash happened at 12:05 a.m. Dec. 23 on Hwy. 75 southbound, ¼ mile north of Cedar Rd. near Sch...

OCCJA Executive Director Shannon Clark and Director of Law Enforcement Tim Lawson provided the Times with further information about the incident with Muscogee Nation Lighthorse Police and their intera...