Rural and city fire departments were busy over the weekend battling fires. According to Okmulgee County Emergency Management Director Tim Craighton, approximately 2,000 acres burned due to ‘carelessne...

Henryetta High School and Middle School Choir students participated in the OSSAA District Vocal Solo/Ensemble Concert on March 5 in Tahlequah. Though several of the students competed for the first tim...

Henryetta Historical Society President Mike Doak was the featured guest speaker at the March 3 meeting of the Henryetta Lions Club. He discussed various He discussed various aspects related to the his...

Okmulgee County Election Board (OCEB) announced that the polling place for Henryetta Precinct 560014 located at the American Legion Post 58 at 508 Frisco Avenue will move. Effective immediately, the n...

Allison DeVore and Ethan Palmer, Henryetta FFA members and Jessica Otto, Wilson FFA member were recently named State FFA Degree recipients. They will be awarded during the 96th annual State FFA Conven...

Ryker Bottoms, a 4th grade student at Henryetta Elementary enjoyed reading during Dr. Seuss Week as a part of Read Across America. COURTESY PHOTO | FREE-LANCE Pre-Kindergarteners Autry Collett and Oak...

Henryetta Police Officer Jason Spradling, standing at back, read to 1st grade students at Henryetta Elementary School during Dr. Seuss Week as part of Read Across America. Elementary students enjoyed ...

Henryetta Daily Free-Lance – 1922 (George Riley Hall, Editor & Publisher) March 12, 1922 WOOSTER OIL CO. MOVING RIG TO NEW TERRITORY The territory in the Henryetta field is to be extended to the north...

Sen. Roger Thompson was the sole legislator available to attend the Henryetta Chamber of Commerce Legislative Forum held on March 4. Thompson touched based on several issues including the impact the M...

National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE) Chapter 730 will meet at Shoney‘s Restaurant in Henryetta on Thursday, March 10. Special guest will be Lori Coplin. Coplin began servi...

Okmulgee County Democratic Party will meet on Thursday, March 17 at 6 p.m. in the Student Union Building on the OSUIT campus in Okmulgee. Discussion will be presented on the “Get Out The Vote” Campaig...

An exciting new event will be coming to Nichols Park in Henryetta at the end of October. A first annual Henryetta Mule & Donkey Days and Mule Jump & Trade Day, presented by Sandy Warschaw and Every Co...

During an early morning special meeting on March 4, Henryetta Board of Education approved hiring Leslie Jones as Henryetta High School Principal for the 2022-2023 school year. After returning from an ...

Henryetta Feed the Vet food distribution event held March 4 was a success with 125 food baskets distributed to area veterans and their families. Well over 50 volunteers participated including Americas...

Henryetta Daily Free-Lance – 1922 (George Riley Hall, Editor & Publisher) March 9, 1922 WALTER BROWN IS KILLED BY FALL OF ROCK Walter Brown, about 40 years of age, a coal miner, was injured by fall of...

While Oklahoma remains in a power struggle with its 39 tribes on criminal jurisdiction and whether Native American reservations still exist, some Western states have been collaborating with their trib...

A Beggs man was killed in a one-vehicle accident on March 1 just after 7 p.m. one-half-of-a-mile east of Okmulgee on Celia Berryhill Road. According to investigating Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) Troo...

More improvements are coming to the Okmulgee County Courthouse. Work was scheduled to begin Monday on providing hot water for the restrooms in the building. During Monday’s session, the board approved...

Hillcrest Hospital Henryetta along with American Red Cross will host a Blood Drive on Friday, March 25 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the hospital conference room at 2401 W. Main Street. “We are continuing ...

Christy Jeffcoat, Henryetta City Councilwoman, was the featured guest speaker at the March 2 meeting of the Henryetta Rotary Club. Jeffcoat provided the following updates on the June 11 Highway to Hen...