The Beggs Lady Demon varsity track and field program accomplished something special this past Saturday at Western Heights High School in Oklahoma City. The Lady Demons became the first sports program ...

Waaaay back in August, at the start of this school year, Baby Yoda roamed our hallways collecting positive predictions for the upcoming school year. (Yes, Star Wars zealots, I know it’s not Baby Yoda....

Folks, now and then I hear someone talk about things yet on their bucket list. So, I ask myself, do I have a bucket list? I guess I don’t at this ripe old age. I am told a bucket list can be a number ...

5TH SUNDAY OF EASTER (Act. 14:21-27/Rev. 21:1-5/Jn. 13:31-35) BY FATHER PETE PHUNG This Sunday the Church invites us to hear and meditate a special thing, sometimes as human beings we are not ready to...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced the availability of a Draft Compatibility Determination for Scientific Research within Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge in Okmulgee for public revie...

Henryetta Chamber of Commerce will host their final Legislative Forum for this term today-Friday, May 6 at 12 p.m. at Shoney’s Restaurant. Purpose of the forums are to offer constituents an opportunit...

Kaysen Pigeon, a first grade student at Ryal Public Schools, right, received first place in the Energy Reserve Board State-Wide Coloring Contest. Pigeon recently visited the Oklahoma State Capitol whe...

Henryetta Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 539 is seeking volunteers to help place 2,000 flags at Westlawn Cemetery in Henryetta in preparation for Memorial Day. Volunteers will also be needed to h...

Henryetta Education Foundation (HEF) awarded an additional $2,500 in Cultural Program grant funds to Henryetta High School’s H-Town Theatre earlier this week. Funds will be used for this year’s produc...

May 1-7 has been named Oklahoma Home and Community Education Week. During Monday’s session of the county commissioners, a proclamation was read by Chairman Ron Ballard observing the hard work and dedi...

With no manual or list of emergency procedures, school boards across the country were each in a unique position to build district plans and decide what was best for their communities as the COVID-19 p...

OKLAHOMA CITY – For young people in schools across our nation, and even around the world, extracurricular activities are vital for social and emotional development. Oklahoma is fortunate to be home to...

Henryetta Daily Free-Lance – 1922 (George Riley Hall, Editor & Publisher) May 6, 1922 LIGGETT GOES TO BANKHEAD MEETING Commissioner Joe Liggett is always watching out for his hometown, and while thus ...

Henryetta Public Library has Junior Fiction book, “Bud, Not Buddy” and Young Adult Fiction book, “The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963” available to check out. Books are authored by Christopher Paul Cu...

Okmulgee County was well represented at last Saturday’s Class 3A regional track and field championships in Okmulgee. Athletes from Okmulgee, Morris, and Beggs battled athletes from across the state at...

The Beggs Lady Demon track and field team will look to repeat as state champions this Friday and Saturday at the Class 3A state track and field championships at Western Heights High School in Oklahoma...

The Henryetta Golden Knight varsity golf team had more than other golf teams to battle at Monday’s Class 3A regional championships at Arrowhead Golf Course in Canadian. Besides 11 other teams, the Kni...

Two Okmulgee County Spring sports programs were scheduled to battle for state championships this week. Mother Nature had a different opinion, sending heavy rainfall across the state on Wednesday, forc...

The Beggs and Henryetta girls golf teams are currently competing at the Class 3A state golf championships at Lake Murray Golf Course in Ardmore. The two Okmulgee County link squads began tournament pl...

The postseason accolades continue to pour in for the Henryetta girls Spring sports programs in 2022. Last Tuesday, the Henryetta girls golf team earned a trip to the Class 3A state golf championships ...