Okmulgee High School’s Cross Country runner Shawn Mouse placed 19th at the Wilburton Invitational last weekend. Poteau swept all four divisions - High School Boys with 36 points, High School Girls wit...

The Henryetta cross country program has been busy competing over the last three weeks, coming away with medals at each event. After opening the 2022 campaign August 20 at Holdenville, the Henryetta ru...

The high school baseball field at the Jim Waller Sports Complex in Preston is nearing the completion of having artificial turf placed on the playing surface.

The fastpitch softball regular-season schedule is nearing its conclusion with some teams gearing up for a deep postseason run. In Classes 2A-4A, postseason spots are determined by district standings w...

The Preston Lady Pirate varsity fastpitch softball team inched closer to a second-place finish in the District 2A-7 standings Monday evening with 16-1 thrashing of the Mounds Lady Eagles. The run-rule...

Wilson’s Bryson Miller (7) looks for running room during last Thurs- day’s season opener against Olive. Miller and the Tigers will travel to Bowlegs Friday for a non-district game against the Bowlegs ...

Morris and Henryetta met on the softball field earler this week for a pair of Class 3A-7 district contests. The first game of the home-and-home district series took place Monday in Morris with Game 2 ...

Lions Bingo Fundraiser Henryetta Lions Club will host a Bingo Fundraiser on Saturday, Sept. 17 at The Briefcase in Henryetta. Card sales begin at 4 p.m. and the first game starts at 4:30 p.m. The Brie...

Okmulgee’s 5th annual Indigenous People's Day will be held Oct. 10 on the south lawn of the Council House Museum for a day of fun, food and festivities. Indigenous Peoples' Day is celebrated on the se...

The county commissioner campaign warmed up Saturday with the two run-off opponents taking different views on food stamps versus commodities. Challenger Ike Donathan issued a statement coming out in fa...

Henryetta Historical Society recently celebrated a 1st Place win for their historical float that appeared in the Henryetta Labor Day parade on Sept. 5. Board members pictured above with the award incl...

Funeral services for Doris Jones, 72, a resident of Henryetta, will be held on Friday, Sept. 16 at 10 a.m. at the Henryetta Nazarene Church. Interment will follow at Westlawn Cemetery under the direct...

Funeral services will be held for Norma Dean Tipton, 97, on Saturday, Sept. 17 at Integrity Funeral Home in Henryetta with Rev. Terry Cossey officiating. Interment will follow at Westlawn Cemetery in ...

Funeral services will be held for Leona Woodward, 90, a resident of Henryetta, on Thursday, Sept. 15 at 2 p.m. at the Downtown Pentecostal Holiness Church in Shawnee. Interment will follow at the Rest...

FREE-LANCE EDITOR First Baptist Church of Henryetta services for Sunday include Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. followed by Morning Worship at 10:45 a.m. Volunteers are needed as van or bus drivers and nur...

Henryetta Daily Free-Lance – 1922 (George Riley Hall, Editor & Publisher) EXCISE BOARD MEETS; COUNTY LEVY REDUCED A reduction of 1.1 mills in Okmulgee county levy was announced yesterday by the county...

The entire slate of CD2, Nov. 8th Federal, State and County Democratic candidates participated in the annual Henryetta Labor Day activities. Candidates spoke at the Henryetta Civic Center to an overfl...

The polling place for the Morris Community Center has moved, Ashley Carnes, Secretary of the Okmulgee County Election Board, announced Monday. Voters in Precinct 560026 formerly voted at the Morris Co...

Okmulgee County Democratic Party will host their monthly meeting on Thursday, Sept. 15 at 6 p.m. in the Student Union Building on the OSUIT Campus in Okmulgee. The group will continue their work of “t...

Wilson FFA members recently attended and participated in the Okmulgee County Fair held Sept. 810 at the Okmulgee County Fairgrounds. Overall placings, by show held, were as follows: POULTRY SHOW David...