I once watched a movie about people trapped in a New York City subway tunnel and above all, they knew to avoid the third rail. Electrically powered subways derive their power through contact with a hi...

Folks, I have shifted into neutral and I'm letting the motor idle. Not sure I could even get myself into high gear again! Actually, I don’t even want to. I enjoy being idle. I still remember high gear...

July 21, 1922 DISPUTE OVER TERRITORY IN THIS DISTRICT A more or less perplexing thing has come up in the south end of the county matter changing the boundary lines of commissioners’ districts. The old...

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) is gearing up for our annual gala on July 30. The Heroes Ball, held as a simulcast event from locations in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, all...

Remember the bliss of summertime? For a child, nothing but Christmas compares to the last day of school and the beginning of summer vacation. Exciting conquests and sleeping late. Vacations, camps, sw...

Folks, I wish you could see my field of sunflowers. Ok, so it’s not a field. One must use their imagination, sometimes. However, it is a nice area just outside both of the two big windows here at the ...

This Monday, July 18 will be the final Summer Reading Program at 1:30 p.m. in Veterans Park, next to the Henryetta Public Library. Nadine Graham will host the program on swimming and water safety. We ...

July is National Hot Dog Month! While I am not a huge hot dog fan, this is something easy to put together and doesn’t require heating up the house to cook! Plus, when I put my column together, you can...

OKLAHOMA CITY – In addition to high temperatures, summer means legislative work shifts to interim studies. For those not familiar, interim studies are requested reviews of policy by lawmakers held thr...

Summertime for churches is similar to summertime in schools. It is a time of recharging, but summer is also a critical planning time. Little happens in the fall or spring without intense planning in t...

Folks, will you humor me again and let me tell you about me and mine? So here goes! We have another hummer in the family! He just turned one year old. He hums while he plays. He hums while he eats. He...

You could spend two, or even three, decades in retirement. So, to pay for all those years, you’ll probably need to take full advantage of your retirement accounts. And in 2022, you may have expanded o...

JULY 1 - The doorbell rang shortly after sunrise. Barely awake, I scurried to the door, but no one there . . . just a faint burning smell that I recognized a split second too late. Pop! Pop! Pop! And ...

Folks, seems like regularly, I find I'm starting to realize and admit, I am this old! The fact of the matter is, I just keep waking up every morning. However, by the time I make coffee and toast, take...

Henryetta Public Library would like to wish everyone a happy and safe 4th of July on Monday. The library will be closed that day to celebrate Independence Day and we will not have a Summer Reading Pro...

As an investor, you can easily feel frustrated to see short-term drops in your investment statements. But while you cannot control the market, you may find it helpful to review the factors you can con...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Mental health issues have been key with state leaders over the past two legislative sessions. The number of suicides among adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19 increased in five s...

The upcoming elections illustrate why Oklahoma educators do not vote consistently. We are simply weary of voting either for or against what’s happening in faraway places like Seattle. Lately, statewid...

Folks, in just a few days, I will have lived here at the retirement village for three years. I find that hard to believe! Yes and it remains the delightful place I thought it would be. It just suits m...

Henryetta Daily Free-Lance – 1922 (George Riley Hall, Editor & Publisher) June 23, 1922 MRS. TOWNSEND DEAD Mrs. Eula Townsend, wife of John Townsend, who was born in Georgia August 9, 1877, died yeste...