Henryetta Board of Education hosted a special meeting early last Friday morning to review bids for the Troy Aikman Drive Road Paving Project. The two lowest bids were discussed and tabled in order to ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Following the 2022 Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) Fall Forum, we are still feeling overwhelmed with the number of positive solutions provided by the delegates who attende...

Henryetta Mayor Wayne Francis announced some very good news for the city at the Lion’s Club meeting on Tuesday. The City of Henryetta will receive a $1,000,000 (one-million dollar) grant from the Okla...

Nazarene Youth Fundraiser Tulledega Hills Music Theater will host a NYC Fundraiser beginning on Wednesday, Oct. 26 with a Facebook Auction. The auction will begin at 8 a.m. and ends on Saturday, Oct. ...

The Dewar Dragons extended their two winning streaks last Thursday with a 62-14 road win at Quinton. The Dragons kept their regular-season (42) and district (33) win streaks alive with the ‘mercy rule...

Now, I have a little mini farm which includes goats, turkeys, geese, chickens and bees. I love my little home in the country. I take great pleasure in taking care of the livestock, sitting back on the...

Two Okmulgee County high school football teams are guaranteed to play past Week 10 in 2022. The Dewar Dragons and Wilson Tigers punched their tickets to the 2022 postseason earlier this week in somewh...

In a recent press release, Okmulgee County Sheriff ’s Office (OCSO) is actively investigating the disappearance of an Okmulgee man, Lonnie Leon Jones, from South 118 Road near the Old Rocky Hill Schoo...

Aug. 23, 1943 – Oct. 23, 2022 Funeral services will be held for Linda Irene Morton, 79, a resident of Granbury, Texas, on Thursday, Oct. 27 at 2 p.m. at the Schulter School Gymnasium with Rev. Randall...

St. Michael Catholic Church in Henryetta welcomed new priest, Father Robert Duck to the parish on July 1. Father Duck was assigned pastor of two additional churches, St. Teresa Catholic Church in Okem...

May 4, 1947 – Oct. 22, 2022 A Celebration of Life for Ronald Marion Crews, 75, will be held on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022 at 2 p.m. at Canyon Road Baptist Church in Tulsa. All are welcome to join the family...

First Baptist Church (FBC) in Henryetta is seeking donations for their Thanksgiving Basket Giveaway for needy families in the community. Two other churches, Joy In Life Ministries in Henryetta and Fir...

Sept.12, 1959 – Oct. 24, 2022 Services for Terri Gingrich, 63, a resident of Pryor, will be held Saturday Oct. 29 at 1 p.m. at Wilson Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Salt Creek Cemetery. Dinn...

Folks, you already know I drive a little, old red PT Cruiser. In car years, it is about as old as I am. I drive it very little these days. Mostly, I let it rest there on the south carport. I do go out...

A leak in a pipeline stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to Chicago caused some anxious moments for a Tulsa company Monday. Scott Van Dyke, president and CEO of Explorer Pipeline Company of Tulsa, said...

PHOTOS BY TRACY GOZA & PAM HARDMAN | FREE-LANCE

Henryetta Free-Lance will publish a special Veteran’s Day feature, dedicated to our veterans in the community on Friday, Nov. 11. We would like to honor and give thanks to all the men and women who ha...

Henryetta’s Annual Main Street Halloween Trick or Treat will be held on Friday, Oct. 28 from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Participating merchants and organizations will have tables set up along the sidewalk on...

Over the past few weeks, Henryetta’s H-Town Theatre students have been working overtime practicing for this weekend’s productions of The Addams Family in the Alice Ghostley Auditorium at Henryetta Hig...

Faculty, staff and students and Henryetta High School (HHS) witnessed creativity unfold over the past few weeks with a brand new 20foot mural painted on one of the walls on the north side of the Libra...