Oklahomans who want to change their political party affiliation must submit their change no later than March 31, Okmulgee County Election Board Secretary Ashley Carnes announced recently. Voters may c...

Henryetta High School’s Lady Knights slowpitch softball team will host a Slowpitch Alumni Co-Ed game on Saturday, March 12 at 4 p.m. Any and all alumni from Henryetta are welcome and encouraged to sig...

Henryetta Chamber of Commerce will host a Legislative Forum on Friday, March 4 at 12 p.m. at Shoney’s Restaurant at 610 E. Main Street. Purpose of the forums are to offer constituents an opportunity t...

After 100 years, Henryetta residents are still following the tradition of sledding down 5th Street hill when the road is covered in ice. For safety, 5th Street is blocked off at Cummings in order for ...

Henryetta Daily Free-Lance – 1922 (George Riley Hall, Editor & Publisher) Feb. 24, 1922 HENRYETTA HONORED The big democratic doings at the county seat was of great interest in many ways, and has resul...

Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) is teaming up with two Oklahoma attractions to help boost the blood supply this spring. Those who donate blood with Oklahoma Blood Institute in March will receive a free...

On Feb. 25, the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA), Metrc and Plaintiffs reached an agreement allowing Oklahoma’s seed-to-sale system to move forward. The Agreed Order, filed Friday in Oklaho...

WASHINGTON – Oklahoma senior Senator Jim Inhofe announced his bombshell resignation on Friday, sparking the start of a heated special election to fill his seat. But Inhofe wasted little time on Friday...

If the Morris Eagle varsity basketball team is to end their 13-year state tournament drought, they will need to win five-straight games over the next week. The reason for the ‘must win’ scenario for t...

The Henryetta Lady Knight varsity basketball team had their 2021-2022 season come to a close Saturday afternoon with a heartbreaking 35-34 loss to the Antlers Lady Bearcats. The season-ending defeat c...

The Beggs Lady Demons had their 2021-2022 varsity basketball season come to a close Monday afternoon with a 53-37 loss to the Cascia Hall Lady Commandos. The season-ending setback came in the consolat...

The 2021-2022 varsity basketball campaigns for the Okmulgee Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs came to a close this past Saturday at Adair High School. Okmulgee’s seasons ended with double-digit losses in the...

The Beggs Golden Demons survived their first two elimination games of the Class 3A, Area III, regional basketball tournament. The Demons, last year’s Class 3A state runner-up, kept their season alive ...

The Preston varsity basketball team moved one step closer to their first state tournament appearance in five years with a pair of narrow wins this past Saturday night. The Pirates and Lady Pirates are...

The Henryetta Golden Knight varsity basketball team kept their season alive Monday night with a 47-43 win over Heartland Conference foe, the Eufaula Ironheads, at the Henryetta Event Center. The 4-poi...

The Morris Lady Eagles continued their winning ways in the postseason this past Saturday with a 42-34 win over the Millwood Lady Falcons. The 8-point decision over Millwood came in the winner’s bracke...

Henryetta senior Madison Byroads concluded her high school wrestling career this past Saturday night at the 2022 OSSAA Girls State Wrestling Championships in Oklahoma City. Byroads, who finished third...

Morris junior Jaxen Wright accomplished something this past Saturday night that no other athlete had done at the Okmulgee County school. Wright, in his third-straight state wrestling tournament appear...

Folks, I’ve been told the business of life is the acquisition of memories. Memories become even more precious as one gets older and is somewhat side-lined from the main stream. I recently discovered t...

Volunteers are needed for the upcoming Henryetta Feed the Vet Food Distribution Program scheduled for Friday, March 4. Distribution will be held at New Life Assembly of God Church on New Lake Road. Vo...