The Okmulgee and Beggs fastpitch softball teams opened the 2022 season with back-to-back contests earlier this week. The two Okmulgee County squads began the season Monday in Beggs then concluded the ...

LARRY OWEN SPORTS EDITOR The Dewar Lady Dragons earned their first win of the 2022 season Tuesday evening at Al Kessel Field in Dewar. After opening the fastpitch softball season Monday with a 10-0 lo...

LARRY OWEN SPORTS EDITOR The Preston varsity baseball team opened their 2022 fall season Tuesday evening with a 25-0, runrule, win over the Santa Fe South Saints. The fall season opener took place at ...

School started this week for some area schools, the rest will start next week. I don‘t know about the kids in your life, but the ones in mine are always starving when they get home – starving like the...

Legend has it that Oklahoma was surveyed by a team of government agents prior to statehood. At the end of the project, they met to compare their results, but all presented vastly different accounts of...

Muscogee (Creek) Freedmen Coalition of Okmulgee will host a genealogy workshop, “Rodeo Your Roots by Pony Express in Genealogy” on Saturday, Aug. 13. The event will be held from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at...

In the gospel of Luke this Sunday Jesus tells his disciples and then all of us that God came into the world to bring peace on earth, but people prefer darkness! Does the teaching of Christ Jesus ever ...

Joy In Life Ministries Pastor James Page, above, kicked off the churches annual Education Appreciation Event on Friday evening at 611 E. Trudgeon in Henryetta with a prayer. The event was open to all ...

Okmulgee County Treasurer Vonna Lampkins will auction off to the highest bidder 20 tracts, parcels or lots of land all situated in Okmulgee County. The auction will be held on Monday, Aug. 29 at 9 a.m...

As a part of Henryetta Labor Day festivities, the 6th annual Butch Sullivan “Love Wins” Horseshoe Tournament will be held on Sunday, Sept. 4 at End Time Revival Church. Registration for the tournament...

Henryetta Economic Development Authority (HEDA) heard a presentation from Deep Fork Community Action Foundation Inc. Executive Director Christie Baldridge during their regular meeting on Monday mornin...

Open auditions for Henryetta High School students in 9th through 12th grades for the Theatre Department’s presentation of Addams Family will be held on Monday, Aug. 15 at 6:30 p.m. in the high school ...

FREE-LANCE EDITOR Three new staff members were hired by the Henryetta Board of Education during their regular monthly meeting on Monday evening for the 2022-2023 school year. Kari Layman was hired as ...

The Morris Lady Eagles welcomed county rival Dewar to town Monday evening for the 2022 varsity fastpitch softball season opener. The host Lady Eagles turned a 3-0 advantage after two innings into a 10...

The Preston Lady Pirate varsity fastpitch softball team began their 2022 campaign on a winning note Monday evening at Henryetta High School. The Lady Pirates, behind a stellar offensive performance, k...

Henryetta’s Shelby Kilhoffer was near perfect in the circle Monday evening against the visiting Checotah Lady Wildcats. The junior right-hander allowed just two baserunners in five innings of work in ...

Folks, I have heard it said you are never too old to learn something new. Well, I just proved that to be true. All my growing up years, I heard my dad sing a particular song as he went through his day...

Okmulgee County Republicans will host their monthly meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 9 at the American Legion located at 730 W. 6th Street in Okmulgee. The business meeting begins at 6 p.m. and is for all reg...

Severe storms and flooding in May of this year wreaked havoc on county roads. Many residents are still having to deal with damaged roads as county crews are working to make needed repairs or replace t...

The body of David D. Duvall, 66, of Henryetta was recovered in Lake Eufaula at Gentry Creek Park on Tuesday morning by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) Marine Enforcement Division. According to a dro...