The Okmulgee County Board of Commissioners approved a memorandum of Agreement for a bridge replacement project. The MOA is with the county, along with the Muscogee Creek Nation, Bureau of Indian Affai...

Michael Dickey was appointed to the Henryetta Economic Development Authority (HEDA) by the Henryetta City Council during their regular meeting on Tuesday evening. Council members approved the abatemen...

With nearly 60 in attendance, the Nichols Park Earth Day Clean Up was a success. Prizes first through third place were awarded to teams who gathered the most trash. First place prize of $250 went to C...

PHOTOS BY TRACY GOZA | FREE-LANCE

HENRYETTA HIGH SCHOOL SWEEPS ENTIRE FIELD…In the East Central District track meet held here today the Henryetta high school won first place with 32 points and was declared the winner of the meet. Ther...

As the medical marijuana industry continues to grow in Oklahoma, many are seeing cannabis clinics opening throughout the state as well. However, The Anointed Leaf is one of the only cannabis clinics i...

The Beggs Golden Demons came up on the short end of a pair of District 3A-8 outcomes to the visiting Lincoln Christian Bulldogs Monday evening. The Demons dropped the opening contest by a 4-2 margin, ...

The Morris Eagles saw their current losing streak reach four games following a 10-2, run-rule, loss to the host Coweta Tigers on Monday evening. The Eagles found themselves in an early deficit and wer...

The Dewar Dragons found themselves on the losing end of an 11-6 outcome to the Class B third-ranked Varnum Whippets Monday evening at Wiley Ryal Park in Dewar. The Dragons (ranked 11th in Class A) gra...

The Okmulgee Bulldog varsity baseball team were held off the scoreboard Monday evening in their doubleheader against the visiting Kellyville Ponies. The Bulldogs were outscored 52-0 in Monday’s twinbi...

Preston high school basketball coaches Rylie and Chase Littlejohn will be conducting a basketball camp May 24-26 at the Jim Waller Event Center in Preston. The 3-day camp will be for boys and girls wh...

The Henryetta Golden Knight varsity baseball team suffered a pair of defeats at home Monday to the visiting Eufaula Ironheads. The Knights dropped Monday’s opening contest by a 6-3 margin, then were o...

The varsity softball teams from Preston and Dewar met at the Al Kessel Field in Dewar Monday for a scheduled 7-inning county showdown. Monday’s county battle was a rematch of the championship game of ...

As the school year came to an end in 2011, so did the baseball and softball programs at Schulter Public Schools as then Head Coach Price Brown was ending his fourth year at his alma mater. The school ...

The Preston Lady Pirate slowpitch softball team closed out their regular-season schedule Tuesday evening with a pair of showdowns with two Class 4A powerhouses - the Eufaula Lady Ironheads and the Kel...

The Henryetta Lady Knight slowpitch softball team closed out their regular-season schedule Monday evening at Kellyville High School. The Lady Knights scored a 12-0 shutout win over the Kiefer Lady Tro...

The Morris Lady Eagle slowpitch softball team snapped a 9-game losing streak Tuesday with a hard-fought 6-5 win over the Warner Lady Eagles. The last win for the Morris diamond squad prior to Tuesday ...

The Dewar Dragon varsity baseball team completed the first phase in their journey towards a state championship by capturing the Class A district championship plaque Wednesday evening at Wiley Ryal Fie...

Stuart J. Murphy, author of children’s books and visual learning specialist, was born April 25, 1942 in Rockville, Conn. Murphy enjoyed creating stories and drawing at an early age. His grade school t...

This week, I didn’t have much time for cooking and preparing a column. I had a cake to make for a friend so I was busy at the beginning of the week. That left me with little time to actually get this ...