The Town of Grayson will hold a nonpartisan General Election at a Special Town Meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 1. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. with voting at 6:30 p.m. It will be held at the Grayson Communit...

Henryetta Lions Club announced their first meeting of the new year will be held on Thursday, Jan. 6 at The Shack 2.0 at 509 W. Main Street in Henryetta at 12 p.m. During their recent meeting held Dec....

American Exchange Bank (AEB) hosted a Kitty Club Party on Dec. 30, encouraging parents to sign their children up for a new account. Those who signed up received a piggy bank and other fun items. Durin...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Happy New Year! I hope your celebration of the beginning of 2022 was fun, and in these current times, safe! Like so many of you, I contemplated my New Year’s resolutions. Doing that ma...

BREAKFAST Wednesday, Jan. 5 – Pancake on a Stick, Apple Slices, Orange and Milk Thursday, Jan. 6 – Donuts, Applesauce Cup, Fruit Cup and Milk Friday, Jan. 7 – Cereal, Juice, Craisins and Milk Monday, ...

Blood donors will know more about the status of their immunity to COVID-19 thanks to a new antibody testing method offered by the Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI). The new testing runs Jan. 3-31 and ind...

Seven of the eight high school basketball programs in Okmulgee County will be competing at various tournaments this coming weekend. The only county school not competing at a tournament this weekend wi...

Two Okmulgee County basketball programs had scheduled games for the 2021-2022 season pushed back due to the high school football playoffs. The Dewar and Beggs varsity basketball programs were schedule...

The Henryetta Event Center will be the site for the 2022 Henryetta Invitational Basketball Tournament. The annual 3-day tournament will take place Thursday-Saturday and will feature 16 talented teams ...

The Okmulgee varsity basketball program began the second-half portion of their 2021- 2022 season Monday evening at Hilldale High School. The OHS cage squads suffered a pair of double-digit setbacks to...

Henryetta High School’s Academic Team took second place at the Academic Elite Conference. Team members include Neecie Gillin, Leia Howton, Tamra Smith and Tyler Sisson. A temporary withdrawal from a c...

Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) began accepting online applications on Dec. 28 for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and Low Income Home Water Assistance Program (LI...

The Okmulgee County Board of Commissioners approved a few agenda items during their last regular meeting of 2021 Monday morning. Due to the absence of Chairman Ron Ballard, Commissioner David Walker l...

Tulledega Hills Gospel Music Center will host Winnie & Mended By Grace on Friday, Dec. 31. There is no charge to attend the musical event. Doors will open at 7 p.m. Refreshments will be provided. Tull...

Henryetta Elementary School 4th graders, from left, Jhett Carson, Ryker Bottoms, Molly Chew, Keegan Hargrave and Grayson Gillispie took first place at the Oklahoma Association for Academic Competition...

Henryetta Daily Free-Lance – 1921 (George Riley Hall, Editor & Publisher) Dec. 30, 1921 EDITOR’S NOTE Before the Free-Lance issues again, the old year shall have passed into history and 1922 shall hav...

Happy New Year from your staff at Henryetta Public Library! We hope all had a Christmas filled with love and blessings and that 2022 will be a prosperous and healthy new year for you and yours. Januar...

The Morris Eagle varsity basketball team welcomed the Okemah Panthers to town for a Christmas Break scrimmage Tuesday afternoon at the Don Shoemake Fieldhouse. The Eagles used the scrimmage against th...

The Morris Lady Eagle varsity basketball team welcomed the Sasakwa Lady Vikings to town for a Christmas Break scrimmage Tuesday afternoon at the Don Shoemake Fieldhouse. The Lady Eagles used the scrim...

Kelly Kindell (left) and Rikki Wolfe, who were teammates on the Schulter Lady Bulldog basketball team that competed at the Class B state tournament in 2006, were foes on Tuesday when Wolfe’s Sasakwa L...