Henryetta Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 539 installed bronze plaques at the graves of area veterans earlier this week. Plaques installed included: • Roy Williamson, U.S. Army, who died on Jan. 8...

Attendance numbers were up for the Feb. 17 meeting of the Henryetta Lions Club. Lion of the Week, Missy Nash, introduced her guest speaker, Daniel Cornelison. Cornelison, lead contractor for the const...

Henryetta Chamber of Commerce hosted their annual Chamber Banquet on Monday evening with a room filled with guests in attendance. Jeremy Roberts was the emcee for the evening. Special guest Tony Fay, ...

2021 Chamber President Service Award for David Dykes. First Family Federal Credit Union staff accepted the award on his behalf. From left, Chamber Executive Director Ron Richmond presented the award; ...

Henryetta Daily Free-Lance – 1922 (George Riley Hall, Editor & Publisher) Feb. 26, 1922 FIRE DESTROYS BUILDING AND GROCER STOCK A 1-story frame building, at 211 Main Street, occupied by F.W. Wallins a...

The Preston varsity basketball program kicked off their postseason journey this past Friday with a pair of double-digit wins over the visiting Chouteau-Mazie Wildcats and Lady Wildcats. The sweep came...

Morris junior Jaxen Wright will make his third-straight trip to the state wrestling championships this weekend. Morris junior Jaxen Wright will make his third-straight trip to the state wrestling cham...

The Glencoe Panthers, ranked fourth in Class B, took home the Class B, Area II, regional championship this past Monday evening with a 34-24 win over the ninth-ranked Kinta Eagles at the Mvskoke Dome i...

The Varnum Lady Whippets, ranked fifth in Class B, needed overtime to capture the Class B, Area II, regional championship this past Monday evening at the Mvskoke Dome in Okmulgee. Varnum, who finished...

The 2022 Spring Sports schedules for junior high and high school athletic programs at Henryetta Public Schools have been released. The Spring Sports programs at HPS in 2022 will consist of baseball, s...

Okmulgee’s historic Harmon Field will serve as the home field for a semi-professional football team in 2022. The home of the Okmulgee Bulldogs will become the home of the Oklahoma Hornets for their fi...

For the second-straight weekend, Mother Nature has forced playoff basketball games to be pushed back one day. Last weekend, two sets of regional tournaments in Classes A and B (Area I and II) were pus...

The athletics department at Okmulgee Public Schools recently released the 2022 schedules for their junior high and high school Spring Sports programs. In 2022, Okmulgee fans are encouraged to cheer on...

Henryetta Public Library has seven Junior Fiction books available to check out by author Cynthia Voigt. Titles include: “Augus and Sadie,” “The Book of Secrets,” “Teddy & Co.,” “Toaff ’s Way,” “Young ...

Most of us love cheeseburgers, right? There is nothing quite like a hamburger patty smothered with a slice of melty cheese. It is rather cold right now though and I don’t know about you, but I am not ...

University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) announced two Henryetta area students were listed on the Fall 2021 Honor Rolls. Madelynn Holuby of Henryetta was listed on the Dean’s Honor Roll. James Avery Briso...

Henryetta Public School was among 330 school districts across the state to be awarded first-time Redbud School Grants by the Oklahoma Department of Education. Grant amount awarded to Henryetta Public ...

As a part of Read Across America, Henryetta Elementary School (HES) will celebrate Dr. Seuss Week Monday, Feb. 28 through Friday, March 4 with daily themes. Themes for the week will include: • Monday ...

Steve Sanford, right, was awarded the Henryetta Free-Lance Henryettan of the Year for 2021 during the Henryetta Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet held Monday evening at the Civic Center. The award wa...

Fourth and fifth grade students at Henryetta Elementary School will present their production of Elf The Musical Jr. on Friday, March 4 at 6 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Around 125 students will...