Four Okmulgee County athletes closed out their high school baseball careers this past Saturday afternoon at Morgan Field at Bateman Park in Okmulgee. The four county athletes - Dewar’s Jameson Ross, T...

Local rivalries abound in public schools, where parents and students rally around their local mascots. Likewise, collegiate supporters bleed the colors of their alma mater. Such wholesome rivalries cr...

This Sunday we celebrate the solemnity of the Body and the Blood of Jesus Christ. In Latin it is said, “Corpus Christi.” This is an opportunity to renew our appreciation of the Eucharist, not by depri...

Folks, today as I write this, Father’s Day is approaching. So, I am asking you to humor me and let me tell you a bit about my dear, old dad. Truthfully, it would take a book as he was definitely bigge...

  OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma State Department of Health has identified its first probable case of monkeypox and is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to confirm the in...

East Central Oklahoma Electric Cooperative (ECOEC) of Okmulgee announced two area high school graduates were recently awarded scholarships. Dewar High School graduate Talyn Been was awarded a $1,000 O...

Highway to Henryetta concert goers will have the chance to take part in a Treasure Hunt, thanks to Henryetta resident and artist Eddy Thomas. Several hand-painted treasure boxes that read “Highway to ...

Okmulgee County Republicans will host their monthly meeting on Tuesday, June 14 at the American Legion located at 730 W. 6th Street in Okmulgee. A business meeting will be held at 6 p.m. followed by t...

Henryetta Public Library hosted the first in a six-week series of the Summer Reading Program on Monday morning. One of seven children in attendance, pictured above, was all smiles as she enjoyed makin...

Highway to Henryetta Music Festival will open at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 11 at Nichols Park in Henryetta. Parking areas will be open at 10 a.m. Festival performance lineup will include, by stage: HE...

STILLWATER, Okla. – While rain is a good thing for most landscapes, it also often invites unwanted guests around the home in the form of pesky, blood-sucking mosquitoes. More than 60 mosquito species ...

Civil Cases Exceeding $10,000 June 3 Velocity Investments vs. Barnard, Jason – Indebtedness Newrez LLC D/B/A Shellpoint vs. Grant, Elizabeth Kay – Foreclosure Newrez LLC D/B/A Shellpoint vs. Grant, El...

Husband has had a horrible time at work that day. Feeling kicked around, unappreciated and definitely out of sorts, he pulls into the driveway, only to find that his three-year-old has left her tricyc...

Henryetta Daily Free-Lance – 1922 (George Riley Hall, Editor & Publisher) June 9, 1922 HEARING DATE FOR ARRESTED MEN Thus far there has been no preliminary hearing arranged for the men accused of the ...

Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA) recently announced the launch of its updated website. OMMA worked closely with the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) to carry this project...

The deadline to request absentee ballots by mail is approaching. Applications must be received by the Okmulgee County Election Board no later than 5 p.m. on Monday, June 13. Okmulgee County Election B...

Three Okmulgee County girls varsity basketball teams competed at the Okmulgee summer girls basketball league this past Tuesday. Above left, Okmulgee’s Cora Love (11) fires a shot over Dewar’s Gracie J...

Former Major League Baseball hitting coach/supervisor Bill Springman held a 2-day baseball camp earlier this week at the Ron Gardenhire Indoor Hitting Facility in Okmulgee. The first day of the camp f...

For a high school athlete to earn All-State honors in one sport is a tremendous feat. For a high school athlete to earn All-State honors in three different sports is somewhat of a rare occurrence. Whe...

Beggs Golden Demon baseball standouts Andrew Duclos, left, and Braden Gable, right, signed letters of intent to play college baseball at Seminole State College in Seminole. Joining the Beggs duo at th...