Henryetta Middle School (HMS) faculty announced a schedule for locker content retrieval for 6th through 8th grade students. Pick-up days and times for locker contents are April 28, April 30, May 5 and...

Officers were dispatched to Hillcrest Hospital in Henryetta after reports came in of a doctor who was assaulted by a possible patient. Court documents state on April 17 at approximately 4:56 p.m., a d...

A Wetumka man is in jail following his arrest for burglary of a Henryetta business. Henryetta Police Henryetta Police Department (HPD) officers arrested 21-year-old Zachary Austin Berry for his role i...

Property owners at 320 West Main Street in Henryetta have been busy the past few weeks with building upgrades to house their new business, Henryetta Nutrition. Co-owners Kelli Ogle and Hayley Thomason...

Henryetta Chamber of Commerce combined efforts with Representative Logan Phillips to host a combined virtual legislative forum with the Okmulgee Chamber of Commerce on May 1 at 9 a.m. The meeting will...

Henryetta City Council approved the resignation of Gary Clason during their Tuesday evening regular monthly meeting. Clason was elected to the councilman-at-large ward last year by Henryetta voters. M...

Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology (OSUIT) in Okmulgee announced two new financial incentives for returning students designed exclusively to help offset the economic and educational imp...

Area students were recently asked by Free-Lance staff how they feel about being quarantined and not able to attend public school. The majority of them really miss being around and playing with their f...

If you have braved travel to any local stores during the last month, you would notice that toilet paper and hand sanitizer have been pretty thin on the ground, if not missing entirely. Since the pande...

With Spring in full effect, hummingbirds are visiting feeders as some Henryetta residents’ homes as a supplement to their natural diet. Hummingbirds use the sugar water, fueling their quick energy to ...

Henryetta Yard of the Month Committee is seeking nominations for yards that are wellgroomed, attractive and enrich the quality of life in their community. Deadline for the April Yard of the Month is F...

Henryetta Public Schools announced high school graduation will be held on Saturday, July 11 at 8 p.m. at Cameron Field, provided Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines have been lifted at that t...

The Contest of the Candidacy has been set for April 27 at 9 a.m. at the Okmulgee County Courthouse, Courtroom 1. R. David Walker filed the motion against Rashid Abdulla. In his petition, Walker states...

An Okmulgee woman is behind bars after her recent arrest following a home burglary. A deputy with the Okmulgee County Sheriff ’s Office responded Saturday morning to a burglary call on South 340 Road,...

The Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town has its roots in Alabama. In the 1830s and 1840s the tribe was forcibly relocated to Oklahoma under the Indian Removal Act and now is headquartered in Wetumka with a ...

Agreements with two county towns were approved during Monday’s meeting of the Okmulgee Board of County Commissioners. The renewal service agreements are for Emergency Management for Dewar and Morris, ...

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

Applications are now open for the Fall 2020 Price Lang $500 Scholarship for C o m m u n i c a t i o n s Excellence at the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO). The scholarship recognizes an outstandin...

April 6   12:24 a.m. – Medical Assist, Assist EMS Crew 9:54 a.m. – Good Intent Call, other 6:56 p.m. – Medical Assist, Assist EMS Crew April 7   9:05 a.m. – Authorized Controlled Burning 11:59 a.m. – ...

Names of twenty-four (24) law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty in Oklahoma, one of which was a special deputy office with the Okmulgee Police Department, were recently engraved on the...