Henryetta Economic Development Authority (HEDA) approved the resignation of Michael Dickey as a trustee during their regular monthly meeting on Monday morning. Discussion was held regarding seeking mo...

Winners of the Henryetta Free-Lance Valentine’s Day Coloring Contest pictured above, were Karter Hargis, left, and Kooper Hargis, right. They each received a holidaythemed bag filled with a variety of...

Henryetta Lions Club hosted their weekly meeting on Feb. 10 at The Shack 2.0 with 18 members and three guests in attendance. Nita Robertson led a discussion regarding upcoming fundraising efforts incl...

Henryetta Board of Education approved the resignation and retirement letter from long-time staff member Rick Enis during their regular meeting on Monday evening. Over the past 43 years, Enis has assum...

Henryetta Daily Free-Lance – 1922 (George Riley Hall, Editor & Publisher) Feb. 16, 1922 NEW GRAND JURY CALLED FOR DISTRICT COURT TO BEGIN FEB. 27 No Word Yet Received from Judge Christopher Courts are...

The annual Okmulgee County Spring Livestock Show concluded Tuesday evening at the county fairgrounds with the top places at the show participating in the Premium Auction. County FFA members and 4-H st...

Preston and Henryetta met on the basketball court last Thursday evening at the Jim Waller Event Center in Preston. After the final buzzer sounded, both county cage squads left the Preston gymnasium wi...

Morris and Beggs met on the hardwood for the second time in 2021- 2022 last Thursday at the Don Shoemake Event Center in Morris. The first meeting between the Okmulgee County rivals came January 21 in...

The Henryetta varsity basketball program suffered a pair of double-digit setbacks this past Friday evening at Kiefer High School. The Lady Knights began the road trip on the short end of a 44-15 outco...

Preston and Beggs concluded their varsity basketball season series this past Friday at the Beggs Event Center. The Preston Lady Pirates completed their sweep of the Beggs Lady Demons in the home-and-h...

The Morris varsity basketball program took to the road for the next-to-last time in the regular season this past Friday, traveling to Warner for a meeting with the Warner Eagles and Lady Eagles. Frida...

The Dewar Lady Dragons face a tough road on their journey through the Class A postseason following Saturday’s 67-22 loss to the Ripley Lady Warriors at Ripley High School. The double-digit setback to ...

The Schulter Bulldog varsity basketball team saw their 2021- 2022 season come to an end last Thursday with a 91-32 defeat to the Earlsboro Wildcats at the Tiger Den at Wilson High School. The season-e...

The Schulter Lady Bulldogs’ 2021-2022 basketball campaign came to a close last Thursday evening with a 67-9 loss to the Earlsboro Lady Wildcats at the Tiger Den at Wilson High School. The season-endin...

The Wilson Tiger varsity basketball team watched their 2021-2022 season come to a close this past Friday with a 56-37 setback to the Mason Eagles on the Tigers’ home floor - the Tiger Den. The season-...

The Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association recently announced the playoff assignments for varsity basketball teams in Classes 2A and 3A. Both classifications’ playoff assignments will featu...

The Dewar Dragon varsity basketball team began their postseason journey on the right foot with a pair of wins last weekend at Ripley High School. After beginning the playoffs last Friday with an 83-35...

OKLAHOMA CITY – The importance of using your voice as an advocate is as important today as it has been throughout the history of the world. Those elected officials who represent “We the People” in eve...

The time is early spring. The long, cold days of winter are slowly slipping away. The nights are yet a bit cool and one must make a small fire in the old wood heating stove, for early mornings. Gather...

7th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) (1 Sam. 26:2-23/1 Cor. 15:45-49/ Lk. 6:27-38) Luke’s gospel today tells us that Jesus teaches all mankind: “We must love others as God loves us.” There is an old saying...