Schulter Middle School Student of the Month for May is 7th grader, Journey Henderson. The daughter of Tim Henderson, Journey plays basketball and is also a cheerleader. Students were chosen by teacher...

Local Gamma chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, an international society for key women educators, recently awarded a 2019 Recruitment Grant to Haylee Horton. A graduate student at Northeastern State Univers...

University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) announced two Okmulgee County undergraduate students are among 1,937 graduates who will attend Spring Commencement Ceremonies May 10-11 in UCO’s Hamilton Field Hou...

Henryetta Free-Lance is proud to announce the 2019 Okmulgee County Graduation Section in today’s edition. This special section features Senior pictures and biographies from all of the following area h...

Okmulgee County Shrine Club will host the annual John Godwin Shriner’s Golf Tournament on Saturday, June 22 at the Henryetta Golf Club at 10 a.m. Cash prizes will be awarded for first and second place...

A Texas man is behind bars after he allegedly brandished a weapon to another motorist Wednesday afternoon in Okmulgee. Around 2:30 p.m. on May 1, Okmulgee Police Chief Joe Prentice reported Okmulgee C...

Oklahoma State Representative Scott Fetgatter (R-Okmulgee) and Oklahoma Secretary of Commerce and Workforce Development Sean Kouplen will discuss economic development opportunities in the Okmulgee are...

The 2019 Pecan Festival BBQ Competition is coming in just a month and the application deadline is approaching. The barbecue competition will be held Saturday, June 8. There are two different categorie...

Samariah Husman and Sieriah Husman, Wilson FFA members, were named state runners-up at an Agriscience Fair. They participated in the Social Science Division at the OSU State FFA Interscholastic Meet h...

American Exchange Bank (AEB) Henryetta employee Stacey Blanchett received a $1,500 Oklahoma Banker’s Association 2019 Millennium Scholarship on April 26. Henryetta branch president Terri Thompson awar...

Joshua Craig was the featured guest speaker at the April 23 meeting of the Henryetta Lions Club. Craig took on the task of cleaning up 40 acres of land at Nichols Park for a Disc Golf Course. “I wante...

Henryetta High School Tennis Team members Haley Glass and Bailey Davis will be attending the upcoming Oklahoma State Tennis Tournament in #1 Doubles on May 3-4 in OKC.

A bill allowing law enforcement to use cameras on school buses to track down drivers who illegally pass stopped buses was signed into law on Thursday. House Bill 1926, by Rep. Dell Kerbs, R-Shawnee, a...

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) representatives will host a free soil health workshop, “Simple Steps to Better Soil Health,” on Tuesday, May 14 at 11 a.m. The workshop will be held at th...

A proclamation for National Day of Prayer was approved during Okmulgee County’s Commissioners regular meeting this week. National Day of Prayer is held every year on the first Tuesday of May and is a ...

An Okmulgee County man is in jail on numerous complaints following a multi-county pursuit Sunday. According to the Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO), deputies responded April 28 to a domestic di...

An eyewitness and video surveillance has led to the arrest of two people, accused of stealing from Okmulgee County mailboxes. An Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) deputy was called to a home on ...

Henryetta man, 54-year-old Raymond Thomasson, was killed in a one-vehicle accident on April 25 at 5:40 p.m. on Gentry Circle Road in Gentry Creek Park, three miles east of Hichita in McIntosh County, ...

Okmulgee County Treasurer Vonna Lampkins announced the Resale of Land for four-year delinquent taxes will be held on Monday, June 10 at 9 a.m. The sale will be held in the treasurer’s office located o...