The Burn Ban for Okmulgee County was extended by officials on Monday for another 14 days. Since no measurable amount of rain has fallen during the past seven days, combined with the already extremely ...

Henryetta High School's chapter of Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) will host a Prayer Walk and Back to School Bash on Sunday, Aug. 7 on the school campus. A community Prayer Walk begins at 6 p....

Jim Beymer, local retired car dealer and Henryetta Economic Development Authority (HEDA) trustee, recently traveled to Colorado with his son, Dr. James Beymer to enter the Nash Auto Club National Meet...

On Thursday, Aug. 4, the annual Back to School Bash will be held at the Oklahoma History Center from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The event is a resource fair that brings together museums and other cultural and e...

East Central Electric Cooperative (ECEC) will host their Annual Meeting on Thursday, July 28 at Covelle Hall on the Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology (OSUIT) campus. Members are welcom...

Henryetta Daily Free-Lance – 1922 (George Riley Hall, Editor & Publisher) July 24, 1922 NELSON WILL MOVE Cap Nelson has given up the idea of moving his house into town just now, so he has leased the f...

Nadine Graham, above, far right, was the guest speaker at the final day of the Henryetta Public Library Summer Reading Program on Monday. She discussed pool safety and tips with youth, above, left pic...

Henryetta Municipal Authority (HMA) hosted a brief regular meeting on Tuesday evening in the City Council Chambers at City Hall. Consent Agenda items consisting of financial reports, minutes of a meet...

Henryetta Walmart will host a Community Wellness Day on Saturday, July 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. “We're happy to partici pate and offer this free event to the community,” Ringo Spurlock, Henryetta Wal...

Your Henryetta Free-Lance is kicking off BINGO. Readers will find an official BINGO game card inside this issue. The first BINGO numbers will be printed in the Wednesday, July 27 issue of the Free-Lan...

Henryetta Board of Education hired three new staff members for the 2022-2023 school year during a special meeting held Tuesday evening. Staff hired include: • Donavan Goodno as High School History tea...

Henryetta City Council approved allowing the Henryetta Labor Day Committee to utilize the lots located behind O’Reilly’s Auto Parts for the Henryetta Labor Day Carnival Sept. 1-5 during their regular ...

A patriotic sign was placed at Veteran’s Park in Henryetta, east of Henryetta Public Library, at the beginning of July. Henryetta resident artist, Eddy Sires painted the sign. James Pendley and Ashley...

Though the Henryetta Public Library Summer Reading Program has completed, area youth can continue to read through Saturday, Aug. 6 for prizes. Featured books of the week at the library include “The Ve...

With cryptocurrencies so much in the news, you might be wondering if you should invest in them. But “invest” may not be the right word – because, in many ways, cryptocurrencies, or “crypto” for short,...

The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from May business. The monies they reported this period represent sales fro...

T.W. Shannon will present a Town Hall series, “Don’t Give Up On America” on Tuesday, July 26 at 12 p.m. at Steak and Eggs located at 908 E. 6th Street in Okmulgee. This event is open to the public. Th...

Adding another tool to its safety toolbox, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation is testing a wrong way detection and alert system on six ramps along Interstate 40 in Eastern Oklahoma. In Okmulgee...

In Heavener the problem was the brown, dirty water that no one would drink, water that stained clothes and was too polluted to use. In Moore, the problem was arsenic; there was so much arsenic in the ...

Google and Facebook have enormous economic and political power in society – especially over the news industry. Many ask if they have played a role in the misinformation that erodes our free press and ...