Okmulgee County had the second highest unemployment in April, according to the latest news from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. During April, Latimer County and McIntosh County tied for f...

Oklahoma Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat named Senator Roger Thompson as co-chair of the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency (LOFT) oversight committee on May 29. Senate Bill 1, signed i...

Henryetta will see many visitors this Saturday, June 1 during Summer Cruise Knight, Henryetta R/C Aviators Fly-In & Air Show and the Disc Golf Tournament. R/C Aviators event begins with flying at 9:30...

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...

Oklahoma lawmakers closed out the 2019 session Thursday after nearly four months of debate on hundreds of bills that could impact the state for years to come. The final week of the session saw the pas...

Three more cases of measles have been confirmed in Okmulgee County, according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) and the Okmulgee County Health Department (OCHD). The heath department s...

Wilson Public Schools Board of Education hired Larry Childers as a teacher and football coach for the 2019-2020 school year. On Wednesday, Childers stopped by the Free-Lance office to announce that he...

Oklahoma’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is now offering free bacteriological testing of private water wells that have been submerged in flood water for all 77 counties in the state. “If y...

Henryetta’s Feed the Vet program announced the next food distribution date will be Friday, June 7 at New Life Assembly of God Church. “Volunteers are needed to assist with putting together and helping...

Henryetta Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 539, VFW Auxiliary, American Legion Post 85 and other volunteers spent all Saturday placing flags on veterans graves at six area cemeteries in honor of Me...

Flood waters continue to rise on the Deep Fork River near Grayson and Hoffman in Okmulgee County. Between Friday and Tuesday, waters rose so greatly that the boat ramp and road leading to it are compl...

CREOKS Health Services, a non-profit behavioral health organization in Okmulgee, held the official launch Tuesday of the Individual Placement and Support Program (IPS). Chief Executive Officer Brent B...

Eats & Beats returns to downtown Okmulgee on the square this Thursday, from 6-8 p.m. This event is sponsored by the Okmulgee Main Street and promises great food, lawn games and live music around the s...

Citizen Rita Lee was at the commissioners meeting to thank District 1 Commissioner Ron Ballard for his swift response in repairing her road. “I want to publicly thank Ron for fixing my road because it...

(Oklahoma City, May 22)_ The Oklahoma Energy Resources Board (OERB) is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its well site cleanup program, which is voluntarily funded by oil and natural gas producers a...

The Tulsa Health Department (THD) and the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) partnered last week to investigate a confirmed case of measles in Okmulgee County. The confirmed case was announced...

Three Dewar-area girls were injured during a one-vehicle accident on May 25 at 1:27 a.m. on I-40 at Mile Marker 218, three miles west of Okemah. According to Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) Trooper Keit...

Non-certified staff and teachers were hired for the 2019-2020 school year by the Schulter Public Schools Board of Education at their May 6 meeting. Teachers hired included Gwyneth Ayres and Mary Beltr...