Henryetta High School (HHS) Students of the Month for August are from left, Caveryn Foster, Junior; Abbi Dodge, Sophomore; Sheldon Andrews, Senior and Lincoln McCarty, Freshman. Administrators, teache...

FREE-LANCE LANCE EDITOR EDITOR Artussee, Okmulgee announced that his district Dan Artussee, Okmulgee County Dist. 3 Commissioner, announced this week that his district received three grants from the D...

HEDA hosts regular meet FREE-LANCE LANCE EDITOR  Henryetta Economic Development Authority (HEDA) discussed and approved the sale of eight lots within the Crabtree Addition to Deep Fork Community Actio...

FREE-LANCE LANCE EDITOR  Henryetta Board of Education accepted a letter of resignation from Nikki Dwiggins during their regular monthly meeting on Monday evening. Dwiggins held the position of Pre-Sch...

FREE-LANCE EDITOR Retired Commander Henryetta Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 539 Retired Commander Bill Goodner announced a variety of medical equipment is available for area veterans, their fami...

LARRY OWEN | SPORTS EDITOR The Morris Eagles and Henryetta Golden Knights played for more than just bragging rights when they went to battle on the football field this past Friday night. Also on the l...

The Wilson Tiger varsity football team earned their first win of 2022 last Thursday night with a 40-8 victory over the visiting Olive Wildcats. The blowout victory snapped a 17game losing streak for t...

The Beggs Golden Demons evened their season record at 1-1 following a 70-16 loss to the Rejoice Christian Eagles last Friday night in Owasso. The last time the Demons were on the losing end of a 50-pl...

LARRY OWEN | SPORTS EDITOR The Morris Lady Eagle varsity fastpitch softball team took home the runner-up trophy from their home tournament this past Saturday night, following a 13-1 loss to the Pocola...

The Okmulgee Bulldog varsity football team suffered their first loss of the 2022 campaign this past Friday night in Tulsa. The first setback for the Bulldogs this season came against the Tulsa Central...

The Preston Lady Pirate varsity fastpitch softball team earned the runner-up trophy this past Saturday at the Mounds Softball Tournament. The Lady Pirates’ bid for a tournament championship came to an...

LARRY OWEN SPORTS EDITOR The Henryetta Lady Knight varsity fastpitch softball team finished sixth at the Silo Softball Tournament last Saturday afternoon following a 3-2 loss to the Davis Lady Wolves....

PATRICK FORD NEWS EDITOR Okmulgee High School Cross Country athlete Shawn Mouse placed 23rd at the Cross Country Invitational at Okemah High School Sept. 3, according to Coach Dwight Pankey. Placing a...

The Okmulgee Junior High football team opened their season by defeating the Henryetta Knights 26-6.      

The 3rd annual Anthony Cooks Boxing clinic was held on Labor Day. Coordinated by Ronnie Warrior Sr., he and his crew worked with the young boxers on their skills. Pictured are the participants who wer...

Folks, a little snippet of a book came my way a few days ago. So, I started checking it out. Very soon, I was convinced it was written by a young woman. It was telling me how not to become a little ol...

OKLAHOMA INSTITUTE FOR CHILD ADVOCACY CEO OKLAHOMA CITY – The opportunity to visit the various parts of the state is a welcome chance to see the good work done by local youth-serving organizations. Su...

25TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (C) (Amos. 8: 4 – 7 / 1Tim. 2: 1 – 8 / Lk. 16: 1 – 13) BY FATHER PETER PHUNG The topic I want to share with you this Sunday is “The Social Justice.” There is no doubt but ...

Breakfast Thursday, Sept. 15 – Sausage and biscuit, fruits galore, milk, choice of cereal, toast and jelly. Friday, Sept. 16 – No school. Monday, Sept. 19 – Blueberry muffin, fruits galore, milk, choi...

Funeral services for Tommy Lee Silkwood, 72, a resident of Okemah, will be held on Saturday, Sept. 10 at 2 pm at New Covenant Tabernacle in Grayson with Pastor Robert Lay officiating and the Eulogy by...