Friday, Sept. 3 • Red, White & Q BBQ Competition Check In – Featuring a live band, free hot dogs, water and cold beer (with ID) from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Nichols Park. Band plays at 7 p.m. • Great Plai...

Upgrades to the audio and visual system in the third floor courtroom at the Okmulgee County Courthouse will finally take place soon. Okmulgee County Commissioners gave the approval for the project. Di...

Okmulgee County Treasurer Vonna Lampkins will auction off 27 parcels or tracts of land, all situated in Okmulgee County, to the highest bidder on Monday, Sept. 27 beginning at 9 a.m. The auction will ...

Henryetta Feed the Vet program distribution date has now be finalized and confirmed. Distribution will be held Friday, Sept. 10 at New Life Assembly of God Church on New Lake Road. Volunteers are need...

As a part of the Henryetta annual Labor Day Celebration, Great Plains Amusements has returned with a variety of familiar and new rides. The carnival will be open throughout Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 6....

Henryetta Daily Free-Lance (George Riley Hall, Editor & Publisher) Sept. 1, 1921 ONCE PAROLED BOY BURGLAR AGAIN IN JAIL On May 12, 1921, Ben Hodges, a 16-year-old boy, was charged in an information fi...

WASHINGTON -- The Washington Post reported late Tuesday that the whereabouts of Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin were unknown after he purportedly made a second attempt to gain entry to Afghanist...

The Lady Pirates came away with a split decision Tuesday evening with the Dale Lady Pirates at the Jim Waller Sports Complex in Preston. Tuesday’s twinbill with Dale was between two members of Distric...

The Beggs Lady Demons ran into a buzzsaw in the form of the Haskell Lady Haymakers earlier this week in fastpitch softball action. The Lady Demons were unable to get their offense going in their 2-gam...

The Dewar Lady Dragon fastpitch softball team suffered their first loss of the 2021 campaign Tuesday evening in Ada, falling to the Vanoss Lady Wolves by a 10-2 margin. The setback snapped a 10-game w...

The Henryetta Lady Knights kept their second-place position in the District 3A-7 standings with a pair of wins earlier this week against the Holdenville Lady Wolverines. The Lady Knights began the wee...

For most of the summer, Okmulgee County athletes Taylan Starr and Ailanee Hicks were teammates on the Green Country Little League team that made history as being the first-ever Little League softball ...

The Morris Lady Eagles suffered a pair of 3-run losses to the Eufaula Lady Ironheads earlier this week. The narrow setbacks puts the Lady Eagles fourth in the District 3A-7 standings behind the Lady I...

The Preston Pirate varsity baseball team took the field for the first time in 11 days Tuesday evening, traveling to Paden for a regular-season showdown with the Paden Pirates. The last time the Pirate...

Five of the six Okmulgee County varsity football teams will be in action in Week 1. Four of the five county squads will enter their second week of action still in search of their first win of the 2021...

American children’s book creator, motion picture producer and fantasy artist, Tony DiTerlizzi was born Sept. 6, 1969 in Los Angeles, Calif. He was the first of three children born into an artistic hou...

A couple weeks ago, I mentioned my new air fryer and how much I have been using it. I am still using it like crazy because it’s been so stinking hot lately. I wanted to go ahead and break it down it d...

Funeral services for Quintell Cantrell, 76, resident of Henryetta, were Tuesday, Aug. 31 at 2 p.m. at the Cornerstone Apostolic Tabernacle in Dewar where Rev. David Edmonds, Rev. Lee Mantooth and Rev....

Arlene Rogers, resident of Henryetta, passed away Thursday, Aug. 26 in Henryetta at the age of 78. Services are pending with Integrity Funeral Service.

Funeral services for Virginia L. “Penny” Wallace-Britt, 58, resident of Hoffman, were Monday, Aug. 30 at 10 a.m. at Integrity Chapel where Rev. Michael Branum officiated. Interment followed at Dustin ...