Yvonna Coulter, above, of Henryetta was the first to claim the letter “F” Bingo at the Free-Lance office on Wednesday. Blackout Bingo still remains to be claimed as of press time.

FREE-LANCE EDITOR Two days remain for Okmulgee County voters to cast early ballots for the Aug. 23 Runoff Primary Election. Early voting will continue today, Friday, Aug. 19 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and ...

EDITOR Henryetta City Council approved awarding a bid for demolition of nine properties to American Demolition during their regular meeting on Tuesday evening. American Demolition was the lowest of tw...

  Two new staff members were hired and one resignation was approved by the Wilson Board of Education during their Aug. 2 regular meeting. Melissa Brown and Misty Robison were hired as cafeteria worker...

Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) began conversion of streetlights within Henryetta on Monday. New LED technology replaces the old amber lighting that will provide brighter roadways, street cor...

A plan to install new heating and cooling systems at the Okmulgee County Courthouse was discussed during Monday’s commissioner meeting. Jason Davey of the Trane Corporation spoke to the board members....

The potency of a gun, even in the hands of a “kid” is something wonderful, as was evidenced last night in a number of cases of hi-jacking in the city in which the offenders were two boys, giving their...

A meeting of all the County Judges in the State to make plans for an organized fight against the encroachment of the United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs has been called to meet Tuesday, Sept....

While visiting in Mineral Wells, Texas about two weeks ago, Mrs. Will Maderia of this city learned of the tragic death of Misses Lottie and Ruth Anthony, former residents, of Kusa, and well known in t...

Ben C. Eastin, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, returned last night from near Rolla, Mo., where he went to spend his well-earned vacation. Mr. Eastin expected to remain longer than he did, but ow...

One of the young hi-jackers who held up half a dozen or more persons here in Okmulgee, Wednesday night, is at liberty. It was reported at the police station that he was ordered released by the county ...

City Attorney R. B. F. Hummer, who is in the east spending his vacation, sends Mayor Hawes a card, mailed at some point way up in the Adirondacks of New York. Before he left, the mayor put a box of ci...

The Kroh Music Co., Oklahoma teaching music house for the past 15 years has been in Henryetta. Several player pianos that are left with us by people who have moved away doing the recent labor tie up t...

Violations of the traffic laws have become such a menace in Okmulgee that the whole people have been crying out for relief and with the result that the police have awakened and are going to make a cle...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Last week, I shared tips from different professionals about safety when traveling to and from school. This week let’s talk about ideas on how to prepare for the schedule of the school ...

  Henryetta Municipal Authority hosted a brief regular meeting on Tuesday evening in the council chambers at City Hall. Consent Agenda items consisting of financial reports, minutes of a meeting and c...

The Morris Lady Eagle varsity fastpitch softball team suffered their first losses of the 2022 campaign earlier this week. The first setbacks for the Lady Eagles in 2022 came at the hands of the Haskel...

The Preston Pirate fall baseball team returned to their winning ways earlier this week with three run-rule wins. The Pirates (6-1) began the week with a 12-4 win over the Stuart Hornets Monday evening...

Preston and Wilson met on the softball field Tuesday evening for a battle between two Okmulgee County schools. The Lady Pirates turned a scoreless tie after one inning into a 21-0 runrule victory with...

LARRY OWEN SPORTS EDITOR The six Okmulgee County varsity football teams will continue their preparations for the upcoming 2022 season this Friday with preseason scrimmages. A ll six gridiron squads wi...