The annual NCAA Divison I College Baseball World Series is set to begin this weekend in Omaha, Nebraska. The 8-team, double-elimination, tournament event will be divided into two brackets: Bracket 1 a...

Preston's Phoebe Finch (left) makes a catch in left field during Wednesday's fastpitch softball scrimmage against Morris in Morris while teammate Emily Stidman moves in to assist on the play. LARRY OW...

Henryetta's Easton Swallow, the United States Golf Association Tulsa Tour champion during the 2021 spring and fall seasons, took home the 2022 US Kids Tulsa Tour championship this past Sunday in Tulsa...

The 2022 Okmulgee girls summer basketball league will come to a close this Tuesday. The 4-week league will conclude with a total of 17 games - 9 on Monday and 8 on Tuesday. Monday's action will begin ...

Three Okmulgee County fastpitch softball teams went to battle with one another on Wednesday at the Morris High School softball field. The first county battle pitted the host Morris Lady Eagles against...

Henryetta Public Library would like to remind everyone of our Summer Reading Program on Monday, June 20 at 1:30 p.m. at Veterans Park, next to the library. Current featured books for the week include ...

STILLWATER, Okla. – The world’s fascination with honey bees is linked to a population decline during the past decade that threatens the production of fruit, nut, forage, vegetable and other crops that...

Almost $70 million in pandemic relief projects now await approval by Gov. Kevin Stitt as the Oklahoma Legislature continued work Wednesday on a special session on the state’s share of $1.87 billion un...

June 17 is my wedding anniversary. This year would have been 22 years. We shared 11 and I will now have celebrated 11 without him. It’s kinda funny I write this column and cook each recipe I include. ...

Henryetta Education Foundation (HEF) will announce the name of one lucky winner of a brand new Kubota Zero-Turn Mower and Buck Daddy trailer on Cruise Knight, Saturday, June 18. For the past few years...

Five new staff members were hired by the Henryetta Board of Education during their regular monthly meeting on Monday evening for the 2022-2023 school year. Upon their return from a 76-minute executive...

More than 10,000 fans attended Troy Aikman’s Highway to Henryetta presented by AT&T on June 11 in Henryetta. Country music superstar Blake Shelton headlined the day-long music festival at Nichols Park...

A Henryetta Rock Hunt, created by Eddy Thomas, was reported as great fun for the community as well as visitors over the past week. Thomas, a Henryetta resident and artist, painted over 100 rocks with ...

Henryetta Economic Development Authority (HEDA) approved an annual budget for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 during their monthly meeting on Monday morning. It was noted that City of Henryetta Public Works Dir...

Are you ready to rev those engines and show off your gas guzzlers, choppers and land yachts or view some unique rides? Henryetta’s Summer Cruise Knight will be held this Saturday, June 18 along Main S...

Devon Garly spoke up about halfway through Jackson Lahmeyer’s speech. “What about the election fraud?” the 69-yearold Pryor resident asked. “How do we know you’d even be elected if we don’t know our v...

Without pollinators, more than 100 crops grown in the United States would not be able to thrive. Plants, including various fruits, vegetables, nuts and more, rely on pollinators to ensure to transport...

Henryetta Daily Free-Lance – 1922 (George Riley Hall, Editor & Publisher) June 15, 1922 ONLY A FEW CASES IN THE POLICE COURT The wind-up of the week’s festivities of the big King Koal Karnival, found ...

Wednesday, June 15 – Sloppy Joe on a Bun, Tater Tots, Warm Fruit Compote, Banana Pudding with Whipped Topping and Milk Thursday, June 16 – Baked Ham, Candied Sweet Potatoes, Creamed Peas, Dinner Roll,...

The last time the Preston Pirate varsity baseball team appeared at the fall baseball state tournament was 2005 when they fell to Byng by an 11-1 margin. The Pirates will look to snap their 16-year fal...