12:15 a.m. - 11000 Block Hectorville Rd - Alarm - RP advised of an audible alarm going off at the water department.12:40 a.m. - 26000 Block Wilson Rd - Suspicious Person - RP advised of a person walki...

As a parent, you naturally want to help your children - but is it always a good idea to provide them with support when they’re adults? You may want to proceed carefully in this area - to protect every...

Our country. Home sweet home. The United States of America since 1776. To us citizens, it is the best country in the world. At least, to the citizens who still believe in the values of our great, grea...

Author and illustrator of books for children David McPhail celebrates his birth date on June 30, 1940, in Newburyport, Mass. David began drawing as a child and loved playing in the fields and woods ne...

I started dating a widower awhile back. He was married for 27 years to a lady who was a full blood Muscogee Creek Native. He speaks Creek and actively participates in the Creek culture. The more time ...

Green Country Technology Center is delighted to announce the graduation of its Summer Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) cohort on June 29. This exceptional group of nine graduates has successfully comple...

City of Okmulgee Emergency Management Director and Licensed Pyro Technician Ken Anderson, along with his skilled group of assistants, are putting the final touches on another spectacular fireworks dis...

Three county students won the 2013 Rural Electric Cooperative “Youth Tour” contest. Two of the students were from Henryetta and the other was from Beggs.AEB paid for the senior citizens to eat, and ev...

A private school voucher program funded with federal pandemic relief dollars selected schools for preferential treatment, awarded funds to families not facing financial hardship, and then ran out of f...

One thing we hear often as priests with regards to our preaching is we should, when we preach, make it applicable. Make it practical, relevant to our lives so it finds a way to break open the Scriptur...

Registration open for July 20 eventThe Oklahoma City Thunder has spots available for its summer youth basketball camp in Okmulgee for kids ages 6-14.Thunder Youth Basketball camps, presented by Simple...

The Okmulgee County Genealogical Society held their first in-person meeting Monday at the Okmulgee Library. This is the first one since 2021, when COVID-19 led them virtually instead. The mayor of Gra...

Downtown Henryetta businesses are showing their patriotism by participating in Henryetta Chamber of Commerce window decorating contest. Businesses have decorated their storefronts in preparation for t...

Elizabeth Ponthieux, receptionist for the Henryetta Free-Lance and Okmulgee Times, presents 2023 Henryetta High School graduate Mabrey Been with the Herman L. Brown Memorial Scholarship.The scholarshi...

AARP Oklahoma announced five organizations, including one in Okmulgee, will receive 2023 Community Challenge grants - part of the largest group of grantees to date with $3.6 million awarded among 310 ...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced Wednesday that Lakota John Trumon Watson, age 23, of Okmulgee, was sentenced for his role in a violent armed assault....

Undersheriff Fred McGuire retires todayIn 2004, when newly- elected Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice was looking for an undersheriff, he said he wanted someone with integrity, someone who would be re...

Henryetta football snaps 6-year playoff drought in 2022The Henryetta Golden Knight varsity football team had their most successful season in seven years in 2022.The Knights finished with a 5-6 record ...

The Muscogee Nation Festival drew thousands to Okmulgee last week, featuring carnival rides, live entertainment and more. Pictured are some of the scenes from the event, which primarily took place at ...

Monday was the second meeting for the kids of the summer reading program at the Henryetta Public Library. Kathy Crosby talked to the kids about how helping others can change the world. She told them i...