A young man is dead in a drowning incident Wednesday afternoon at the Okmulgee Lake. The victim has been identified as 19-year-old Okmulgee County resident Cody Herndon. Okmulgee police responded to a...

Oklahoma State Board of Health took steps on July 11 to gut Oklahoma’s fledgling medical cannabis program, despite a landslide electoral victory and the support of over 507,000 voters who supported le...

East Central Oklahoma Family Health Center, Inc. (ECOFHC) held a groundbreaking ceremony in January last year for their new health center in Henryetta. Construction of the elegant 7,673-square-foot ne...

The Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association (OCA) will be hosting a forum featuring the two candidates in the GOP Governor Runoff election, Mick Cornett and Kevin Stitt. The forum will be held during the Gen...

The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from April business. Companies that remit more than $2,500 monthly in sales...

Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) will launch its third annual EngageOK on the Road summer education conference Monday with stops in seven communities across the state. More than 7,000 edu...

Henryetta Quarterback Club announced this week that Henryetta Knights fans can now purchase hats. All the hats will feature a Knight on the back and player numbers in memoriam to Avery Moore and Nate ...

Remains found in eastern Okmulgee County last Tuesday have been positively identified as Addison ‘Add’ Waddell, according to the Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Office. The OCSO was notified by the Oklahoma...

Henryetta Board of Education accepted the resignation of three staff members and announced a fourth resignation at their July 9 regular meeting. Board members approved the resignations of Winter Whitl...

Katie Thompson of Henryetta was the lucky winner of over $750 in cash and prizes for the Free-Lance’s annual Treasure Hunt. She opened the treasure chest on July 5 and was accompanied by her sons, Tit...

An emergency blood shortage is prompting the American Red Cross to issue an urgent call for eligible donors of all blood types – especially type O – to give now and help save lives. The Red Cross esca...

Historic Bell Mansion in Weleetka will host their 2nd Annual The Best of the Bell. Area solo and duo musicians as well as bands are being sought to compete in the second annual event. All ages and gen...

Alan Montgomery, the Henryetta High School Band Director, and the Henryetta High School Band, were the guest speakers at the Civic Center for the Henryetta Public Library summer reading program, Libra...

OKLAHOMA CITY-Eye doctors and vision health professionals across the state are working to educate their patients about the dangers of a proposed ballot measure that would erode the quality of vision-c...

In late June, Oklahoma received the bad news that the state now ranks 44th in the nation for measures related to overall child well-being, down from 36th the year before. The ranking comes as part of ...

Seventh-day Adventist Churches Okmulgee SDA Church, on Hwy. 62 between Morris and Okmulgee Maranatha SDA Church, 1213 East Chicago, Okmulgee For the next two weeks, July 13-21, There will be no servic...

An arrest has been made in connection with the murder of a Henryetta man, Addison ‘Add’Waddell. On Tuesday, the Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Office leveled charges of Homicide-Murder in the First Degree ...

Henryetta Board of Education held a Special Board Meeting on July 3 in which they hired three staff members for the 2018-2019 school year. Kelly Furer was hired as High School Principal. Jayme Matlock...

First Family Federal Credit Union (FFFCU) celebrates Youth Appreciation Month in July by focusing on helping youth develop good saving habits. FFFCU will host a savings challenge for the entire month,...