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

OKLAHOMA CITY – The House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday to address doctor shortages in rural areas. House Bill 3823, by House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka, authorizes a $25,000 tax cre...

Oral arguments in a case that could reshape tribal justice in eastern Oklahoma have been set to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on April 21. The case, McGirt v. Oklahoma, argues under the Indian Ma...

Some things in life are not fun – feelings of “scarcity” counted among them. Language classes started and I was nervously eager – ready for routine. But funds were tight for our little emerging family...

LYNCHBURG, Virginia -- Young voters across Virginia will get their chance to back a presidential candidate on Tuesday, but the University of Lynchburg Democrats led by an Oklahoma City sophomore are s...

A Performance Contracting Agreement for LED lighting with Entegrity was reviewed and approved by the Henryetta Board of Education during a special meeting early Wednesday morning. Entegrity officials ...

First Family Federal Credit Union (FFFCU) is now accepting applications for 12 scholarships in the amount of $500 each. Scholarships will be awarded to high school seniors within Atoka, Coal, Haskell,...

Denise McCrary with the Okmulgee County and Creek Nation Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) was the guest speaker during the Henryetta Lions Club meeting on February 25. McCrary said CASA is in ...

Uncover some of Okmulgee County's 'treasures' by reading the annual Focus magazine inside today's issue. The publication, a joint collaboration of the Henryetta Free-Lance and Okmulgee Times, features...

Voters will go to the polls Tuesday for the March 3 Presidential Preferential Primary Election, Okmulgee County Election Board Secretary Ashley Carnes said today. There will be 14 candidates for Democ...

First Family Federal Credit Union (FFFCU) staff Ashley Morris and Amber Pippin are working with AARP Foundation to offer free inperson tax assistance and preparation through the Tax-Aide Program at Th...

Jared Cooper (above) with the Oklahoma Department of Commerce was the guest speaker during the regular meeting of the Henryetta Chamber of Commerce on Monday. Cooper discussed how the Department of Co...

Henryetta Middle School and High School TSA will host a Daddy Daughter Dance on Saturday, March 7 at 6:30 p.m. in the middle school gym. There will also be a VIP dinner held at 5 p.m. Tickets must be ...

Three countians facing separate federal charges entered pleas recently in federal court in Muskogee. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that 68-year-old...

Henryetta Firefighters Local 2700 will host a first annual Golf Tournament on Saturday, May 16 at the Henryetta Golf and Country Club. Registration begins at 9 a.m. with a shotgun start at 10 a.m. Fou...

Henryetta resident Tricia Bear was recently awarded with a Women for OSU Endowed Student Scholarship for 2020-2021 by the Women for OSU Council. A full-time culinary major at OSUIT in Okmulgee, Bear r...

Air Evac Lifeteam 135 recently partnered with Okmulgee County Farm Bureau (FB) Insurance Agent Jim Hall to provide coverage for all athletes at Henryetta and Beggs Public Schools. The coverage will al...

Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-Dist. 2) will hold a Telephone Town Hall for Oklahomans on Monday, March 2 at 6:30 p.m. The call will last approximately one hour. “Telephone town halls allow me to he...

Okmulgee County Commissioners covered a short agenda during their meeting on Monday. Agenda items approved were: • Blanket Purchase Orders: District 3 to AutoZone in the amount of $250; District 2 to ...

An Okmulgee woman was killed in a two-vehicle wreck Tuesday evening on Hwy. 75, one-half mile south of Bristlecone Road and one-half mile north of Schulter according Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) Troo...