Formal charges have been filed in Okmulgee County district court against a Morris man for his role in a car crash that killed an Okmulgee woman. Matthew West Nix, 31, has been charged in CF-2018-323 w...

Okmulgee First Assembly 301 North Seminole. “Come check us out! We are more than a church...we are growing an amazing “Family” where everyone is welcome and everyone feels important,” Pastors Jonathan...

Belvin Baptist Church Belvin Baptist Church, 320 North Mission, will be celebrating the "Birth of Christ "by presenting a musical titled "Good News from Home* sung by the Adult Choir on Sunday, Decemb...

The Dewar boys basketball player that was featured in last Friday’s Free-Lance was misidentified. The Dragon player was actually Thomas Brownfield, not Ty Whitlow. We apologize for the misidentificati...

McIntosh Tumblers had a great time hosting The Grinch Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 15 in Henryetta. The athletes did amazing. Here is a list of the results from the meet: Melanie Colwill - 1st on Do...

DEWAR - The Dewar varsity basketball teams came away with a split decision last Friday evening at Clell W. Henson Fieldhouse. The Lady Dragons improved to 4-0 on the year with a 51-24 drubbing of the ...

The Living Faith When God created human life he said ‘good’ because of its simplicity. Regrettably human life today has become so much complicated. We are torn to pieces by our own getups, setups, dre...

The motorbike’s gear stick resisted the touch of my left heel. Normally the gear is shifted by the shoe toe. But polio left me with no upward “lift” so I would improvise, moving my foot over and beyon...

As we enter the week before Christmas, I would like to take time to reflect on the many people who have worked so hard to make a difference this year for the children of our state through the efforts ...

Henryetta Public Schools Breakfast Wednesday, Dec. 19 – Pancakes, Fruits Galore, and Milk Thursday, Dec. 20 – Sausage and Biscuit, Fruits Galore, and Milk Friday, Dec. 21 – Choice of Cereal, Toast and...

Many Henryetta residents and businesses have been without water since mid-morning today due to a main 14-inch water line break on Trudgeon near Kennedy Lumber. According to Henryetta Mayor Jennifer Mu...

Henryetta FFA members who are interested in attending the third annual OSU’s chapter of Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow AGCM CDE Workshop that will be held on Saturday, Jan. 26 are encouraged t...

A new scam has gotten residents’ attention in the last few weeks. Reports are coming in of calls from the ATT/ Verizon billing support number which claims that your account is being suspended unless y...

It won't be long before Santa loads his sleigh and heads toward Okmulgee with lots of Christmas presents for all the good boys and girls. The Salvation Army is very busy preparing for this event. The ...

A county officer involved in a shooting in September has been cleared by the Okmulgee County District Attorney’s Office. In October, then-acting District Attorney Carol Iski submitted a letter to Sher...

A 17-year-old male has been arrested following a shooting Wednesday evening. According to Okmulgee Police Chief Joe Prentice, the department responded to a report of a shooting in the 1700 block of Gl...

Henryetta Chamber of Commerce announced that the third and final Christmas Bucks winner was Sondra Barnett, a life-long Henryetta resident. Barnett received the winning ticket from Sizzor’s Salon. The...

Destiny Crosby was honored this week as she celebrates 10 years of employment at First Family Federal Credit Union (FFFCU). On Dec. 8, 2008, she began her career at FFFCU as a teller. She now serves a...

Henryetta Headstart is selling tickets to win a large family Christmas basket to help raise funds for their Butterfly Project. Tickets are available for $2.00 per ticket or three tickets for $5.00. Th...

Guest speaker at the Dec. 12 meeting of the Henryetta Rotary Club was Dee Renshaw, Hillcrest Hospital Henryetta CEO. Renshaw discussed the five phases of construction, noting that phases one and two a...