Henryetta Elementary School (HES) will present “Shrek the Musical Jr.” on Friday, March 6 at 6 p.m. in the Alice Ghostley Auditorium in the high school. The musical was announced last week by Freddie ...

Pete’s Pantry Program, an emergency food assistance program available to all OSUIT, Green Country Technology Center and College of Muskogee Nation students, was discussed by Beth Rogers of OSUIT at th...

AARP Foundation will offer free in-person tax assistance and preparation through the Tax-Aide Program starting Feb. 5 at The Briefcase located at 131 W. Main Street in Henryetta. The AARP Tax-Aide Sit...

An Okmulgee County man has been sentenced to prison on a Child Sex Abuse charge. Lester “Larry” Lay, 75, appeared before District Judge Cynthia Pickering on Jan. 10 and entered a plea of guilty. Lay w...

Henryetta resident Kristie Stidman is among 89 candidates who graduated from East Central University (ECU) with a master’s degree. Commencement ceremonies were held on Dec. 14 at the Kerr Activities C...

A Groundbreaking Ceremony was held by American Exchange Bank’s (AEB) Board of Directors for the new Okemah Branch in July last year. “Several years of strategic planning went into the decision to expa...

A 60-year-old Mounds woman was killed in a two-vehicle accident in northern Okmulgee County on Jan. 14 at 11:02 a.m., Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) Trooper Mark Southall of the Okmulgee County Detachm...

A two vehicle accident in Okemah on Jan. 14 at 3:34 p.m. resulted in injuries for two women, one from Okemah and the other from Checotah. Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) Trooper Mike Choate of the Okfus...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today announced he has filed a lawsuit against the McKesson Corporation, Cardinal Health, Inc. and AmerisourceBergen Corporation, three leading distributor...

WASHINGTON -- The Senate Appropriations Committee voted nearly unanimously to move the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act, or USMCA, closer towards a vote on the Senate floor. Th...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Two new Oklahoma Health Care Authority policies will increase SoonerCare members’ access to care and lower OHCA costs. The new policies include adding diabetes self-management training...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Tobacco kills thousands of Oklahomans every year. In an effort to change that, Gov. Kevin Stitt has declared Jan. 15–22, 2020 as Quit Week in Oklahoma. The proclamation kicks off OK to...

OKLAHOMA CITY (Jan. 13, 2020) – The 2020 Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) is looking for new and returning sponsors. SFSP, a U.S. Department of Agriculture program administered by the Oklahoma State...

WASHINGTON -- Oklahoma Congresswoman Kendra Horn (D-OK) annnounced the filing of a bipartisan amicus brief, signed by four Republicans and nine other Democrats, with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf o...

The excitement and angst we felt passing into the conference room was palpable. How would my wife and I be received by this foreign missions board? Would the elders usher us forward to the field? Are ...

Henryetta Free-Lance awarded the 76th Henryettan of the Year award to James and Connie McCullough during the annual Henryetta Chamber of Commerce Banquet on Monday night at the Henryetta Civic Center....

Just over 70-percent of Henryetta Public School District voters approved a $980,000 Transportation Bond Election in September. The approval presented school officials with the ability to upgrade their...

Henryetta Chamber of Commerce hosted their annual banquet and silent auction on Jan. 13 at the Henryetta Civic Center with approximately 160 guests in attendance. Theme for the banquet was “Dress for ...

Henryetta Middle School (HMS) announced the Board of Education, Superintendent’s and Principal’s Honor Rolls for the first semester. Students honored are listed below, by honor roll and grade: Board o...

McIntosh Tumbling Competition Team in Henryetta is currently hosting their 6th annual Valentine’s Day Chocolate-Covered Strawberry fundraiser. This year, half a dozen strawberries will be coated in mi...