Eight Henryetta High School students immersed themselves in the sights and sounds and a history lesson during their recent Spring Break. HHS History teacher Patrick Turner and his wife accompanied the...

The Henryetta Chamber of Commerce Events Committee, composed of Lyle Stogner, Valarie Mosco and Kelly Dobson, recently shared with Interim Director Bruce Jones news about upcoming events planned and s...

Wallace to serve on County Board of HealthOkmulgee County Emergency Management Director Tim Craighton submitted his resignation effective immediately during Monday’s meeting of the county commissioner...

Beggs and Morris met on the baseball diamond earlier this week for a 2-game, home-and-home, District 3A5, series between the two Okmulgee County schools.The Beggs Golden Demons opened the county battl...

Varsity track and field teams from Beggs and Okmulgee began the 2023 season last Friday at the Glenpool Invitational.The Beggs Golden Demons were the top county team at the event, finishing 12th overa...

March is Sauce Month designed to celebrate all things saucy! In honor of this, I made sauces this week! I actually prefer making my own things as much as possible. It’s so nice to be able to control s...

American author of children’s books, Sarah Weeks, celebrates her birth date on March 18, 1955, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Her dad was an English professor who told funny stories and she learned a lot from hi...

We all have done it. Whether we deliberately intend to speak those words, or they just kind of slide out when our mouth opens. But things that we should’na said are suddenly floating there in the air ...

Now that we’ve put winter behind us - at least on the calendar it’s time for us to think about sprucing up our homes, inside and out. But it also may be time to do some financial spring cleaning.Some ...

Recently, I took part in a workshop out of Missouri. The teacher shared with us how to tap maple trees for sap and how to take the sap and turn it into maple syrup. I found this highly exciting. I was...

2:50 p.m. - Unauthorized burning.3:05 p.m. - Person in distress, other.5:12 p.m. - Person in distress, other.03/06/202312:09 a.m. - Service call, other.7:25 a.m. - Good intent call, other.03/07/202312...

8:48 a.m. - Animal call - 4th and RR tracks - RP advising her grandkids showed her a picture on the phone of two dogs dead by 4th St. and the RR tracks. RP advised one of the dogs has its head chopped...

6:42 a.m. - Disturbance - 12200 block of Butternut Rd. - RP advising of an irate employee slamming doors wants to make a report.10:22 a.m. - Speak with an officer - 500 block of N. 256 Rd. - RP would ...

CF-2023-0003503/10/2023 State of Oklahoma vs. May, Vincent Jerome Assault & Battery w/a Dangerous Weapon Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle Petit LarcenyMisdemeanorsCM-2023-0007403/09/2023Inattentive Drivi...

The Preston Lady Pirate slowpitch softball field opened their 2023 season earlier this week with back-to-back wins over the Mounds Lady Eagles.The Lady Pirates officially kicked off the slowpitch seas...

The Preston Pirates began their spring baseball season Tuesday afternoon with a 10-0 victory over the Varnum Whippets.The season-opening win took place at the newly turfed high school baseball field a...

The Okmulgee County Local Emergency Planning Committee & Hazard Mitigation Planning will meet in a regular scheduled meeting March 21, at 1 p.m. at the Okmulgee EOC office, 110 N. Alabama.Agenda items...

The Lucky Leprechaun, otherwise known as Kathy Sutton, was around town yesterday, including the Senior Nutrition Center, giving out gold coins for St. Patrick’s Day, which is today. She said that she ...

Agency leaders working hard for communityIn honor of International Women’s History Month, the Henryetta Free-Lance is taking a moment to highlight local women impacting the community through the work ...

Woman injured in Wednesday evening eventThe Okmulgee Police Department responded to a shooting Wednesday evening at a residence in the 1200 block of East 20th Street.According to Chief Joe Prentice, j...