The Friday night lights at H-Town are going to be dark for a while. Henryetta Athletics announced Wednesday morning that either a player or staff on their football team tested positive for COVID-19, s...

As a kid, Andy was outdoors during much of the summer months. And not lying by the pool with a Coke in one hand and a fetch-it stick for his dog in the other. His dad started him at age nine to help i...

September 11 is National Hot Cross Buns Day! This is a sweet, spiced bun adorned with a cross. They are a quintessential Easter food but the National Day is in September. Go figure. There are many leg...

This Sunday, Sept. 13 is the 14TH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. The readings will be from Proverbs 4:10–23, Galatians 5:16–24 and Luke 17:11–19 The Cry of Faith: Lord, Have Mercy The ten lepers cried out from...

The Boston Recorder, in July of 1824, described them as “a remarkably peaceful and quiet race.” The Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma’s name derives from O-gah-pa, “Downstream People.” The French and the Illin...

Henryetta’s Miss Labor Day 2020, Macee Henderson, made an appearance at the annual Labor Day Parade on Monday morning. Streets were lined with residents and visitors during the annual event. There wer...

Henryetta Cub Scouts Pack 118 hosted a committee planning meeting on Sept. 3 with several topics on the agenda. An Indian Taco Fundraiser and pie raffle is planned for Nov. 23 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m....

Dewar High School (DHS) and the Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) will host a Blood Drive on Tuesday, Sept. 22 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Community Room at Dewar Town Hall. All donors will receive a ch...

Henryetta Feed the Vet program distribution will be held Friday, Sept. 11 at New Life Assembly of God Church on New Lake Road. Volunteers are needed to put together and distribute food boxes to partic...

Dewar Dragons football team members will hold a Cornhole Tournament Fundraiser on Saturday, Sept. 12 at 10 a.m. at the Dewar Football Field. The event will be hosted by Beens’ Workshop. Donations will...

Okmulgee County’s jobless rate was up in July, according to figures released recently by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC). The county’s unemployment rate moved to 8.0 percent for the...

The first annual Red, White & Q BBQ Competition was held over Labor Day weekend with seven teams vying for first place in St. Louis Ribs, Pork Butt, Brisket and People’s Choice categories at Nichols P...

Last year’s rodeo “Cowman” turned this year’s “Chef Boyarley,” Arley Gray (left) headed the Smoke Show team at the Red, White and Q BBQ Competition on Saturday. Team members each donned special shirts...

The first annual Red, White & Q BBQ Competion wouldn’t have been complete without a famous photobomb from Steve Sanford, owner of Rustler’s BBQ and competition organizer. Sanford is pictured giving a ...

Team O Town Q was awarded first place in the Pork Butt category at the first annual Red, White & Q BBQ Competition held over Labor Day weekend at Nichols Park in Henryetta. The team also won third pla...

B Team BBQ was named the Overall Grand Champion of the first annual Red, White and Q BBQ Competition at Nichols Park over the weekend. The team also took home first place in the Brisket category and s...

Winning third place in the St. Louis Ribs category at the Red, White & Q BBQ Competition was 4E BBQ.

Accepting the first place award for St. Louis Ribs on behalf of team Smoke Show at the Red, White & Q BBQ Competition was Aubrey (above), daughter of Arley Gray. Smoke Show also received four other aw...

PHOTOS BY TRACY GOZA | FREE-LANCE See more Labor Day pictures inside the Friday, Sept. 11 issue of the Henryetta Free-Lance!

JACOB FACTOR | SPORTS EDITOR