The annual Preston Basketball Tournament will take place this Thursday-Saturday at the Jim Waller Event Center in Preston. The 3-day event will get underway Thursday at 10 a.m. with a girls first-roun...

Okmulgee senior Brendan McCall attempts to pin an opponent’s shoulders to the mat during this past Saturday’s Okmulgee Bulldog Classic wrestling tournament at historic Brock Memorial Gymnasium in Okmu...

The Okmulgee Bulldog varsity basketball team scratched and clawed for their first win of the 2021-2022 season this past Friday night at the McAlester High School gymnasium. The Bulldogs evened their s...

The Dewar Lady Dragon varsity basketball team kicked off their 2021-2022 season Monday afternoon at the 2021 Wilson Tiger Classic. The Lady Dragons were unable to begin their campaign on a winning not...

The Wilson Tiger varsity basketball team suffered a 61- 31 defeat to the Webbers Falls Warriors. The 30-point setback came Monday evening in the opening round of the 2021 Wilson Tiger Classic. The ope...

When I heard that Omicron was coming to the United States, I was excited to hear that the next Transformers movie would be released early, but news of the latest giant robot from Cybertron generated m...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Over the weekend, I drove down to Arlington to watch some college football with friends from my days at Oklahoma State. While the game did not end the way I had hoped, it was still a g...

Well, Folks, I want to give you a report on my birthday celebration. Boy howdy, it was full to overflowing! It just kept happening! I feel blessed, and pampered and yes, spoiled. I’m wondering if fami...

(Zep. 3:14-18/Phil. 4:4-7/Lk. 3:10- 18) Luke’s Gospel message on the Third Sunday of Advent is: “What Must We Do?” The people of today’s Gospel seemed to have realized that more than words was require...

Okmulgee County Board of Commissioners approved several agenda items, including the meeting schedule for 2022, during their session Tuesday morning. The board also approved publication of the courthou...

Four injuries were reported in a one-vehicle accident that occurred on Wednesday at 6:08 p.m. at Hwy. 75 and 271st Street South, five miles north of Okmulgee. The vehicle involved in the accident was ...

Candidates for Board of Education seats in 10 school districts in Okmulgee County can file Declarations of Candidacy Monday, Dec. 6 at 8 a.m. through Wednesday, Dec. 8 at 5 p.m. Declarations of Candid...

Henryetta Public Schools hosted their annual Hanging of the Green Ceremony on Tuesday in the high school auditorium. Jordan Osterdock and Tanner Bullard led the welcome and presented a history of Hang...

STEPHEN GOUGE AND ALLISON DeVORE BLAKE NASH AND J.J. PEREZ CAVERYN FOSTER AND BRADY NORMAN CONNOR BULLARD AND LUCAS THOMAS KATIE LONG AND SPENCER SEBRING McKAYLA GREENHAW AND ETHAN GOODNER KASEDI GOBI...

Okemah Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) met on Nov. 16 at Pepino’s Restaurant in Okemah. Regent Becky Hold hosted the meeting. Hold began the meeting and with the opening Hold...

A family program in Okmulgee County will benefit from additional funding announced this week. Oklahoma Human Services (OKDHS) announced Wednesday the investment of $27 million of Temporary Assistance ...

Henryetta Daily Free-Lance – 1921 (George Riley Hall, Editor & Publisher) Dec. 2, 1921 ARRESTED AGAIN ON AN ALIAS WARRANT Everett Smith and Roberta Covey were arrested several weeks ago at the Yale ro...

A one-vehicle accident on Gun Club Road and Mission Lane in Okmulgee on Dec. 1 remains under investigation by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP). According to an accident report by OHP Trooper Brad Giu...

Henryetta Public Library has several books by author David Macaulay available to check-out. They include: “Castle,” “Crossing on Time: Steam Engines, Fast Ships, and a Journey to the New World,” “Mamm...

The Preston varsity basketball program notched their first sweep Tuesday at Kellyville. The Lady Pirates evened their season record at 2-2 with a 55-42 victory over the host Kellyville Lady Ponies in ...