It was a beautiful day for a foliage trip as 54 people boarded an Arrowhead Coach for a well-planned and fun trip. The bus, owned by Ed Cook, was certainly spacious and offered lots of extras. We left...

Creative outlets will help you relax this year. Lowering debt, making your living space more efficient or moving to a less expensive location will free up cash you can put toward something you want to...

The 2022 high school football postseason in Oklahoma gets underway Friday all across the state with opening-round action from Classes 6A-C. Among the 192 total teams playing for state championships in...

The Henryetta Lil Knight football program will have all three teams competing in the semifinal round of the Southeast Youth Football League on Saturday. The Henryetta 8-Under and 12-Under teams will t...

Elks Veteran’s Day Breakfast Okmulgee Elks Lodge #1822 will host a Veteran’s Day Breakfast on Friday, Nov. 11 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at 701 S. Mission in Okmulgee. The Elks Lodge would like to honor a...

The Okmulgee Junior Football Association will have two representatives at Saturday’s Red Dirt Football League’s Super Bowl championships in Prague. The third and sixth-grade teams from Okmulgee will c...

Corporal – U.S. Marines Served Feb. 16, 1988 - Feb. 16, 1992; Sergeant First Class – Arkansas Army National Guard; Served August 31, 1997 - September 1, 2014 U.S. ARMY – Served 9 Years – 1969 through ...

When people say the first holidays, birthdays and anniversaries are the hardest; they are right. It’s not for the faint of heart. I would describe it more like a tsunami that pulls back, then rushes f...

In the Okmulgee County races for Treasurer and Commissioner for District 3, new candidates will take offices according to unofficial results of the Nov. 8 General Election. Republican candidate for Ok...

Nominations are still open for the Henryetta Free-Lance 2022 Henryettan of the Year. Since 1949, Henryetta Free-Lance has sponsored this annual event. Each year, an exceptional citizen is awarded the ...

Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) will host several blood drives throughout Okmulgee County in coming weeks. On Thursday, Nov. 17, OBI’s Bloodmobile will be at the Muscogee Creek Nation Medical Center fo...

Representatives from the Fire Department Board were in attendance at the Okmulgee County Commissioners meeting earlier this week to present four proposals to the board. Speaking on their behalf was Ri...

Two new Henryetta Chamber of Commerce Christmas Committee Chairs, Kelly Dobson and Valerie Mosco, recently announced plans for the annual Christmas parade and activities in downtown Henryetta. This ye...

During Red Ribbon Week, Henryetta Elementary students received a visit from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP). Troopers discussed Halloween safety with students and gave a tour of their cruiser. After...

Henryetta Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 539 will host a Flag Drive to raise money to purchase new flags due to wear and tear of current flags. Service life of each cemetery memorial flag is betw...

Henryetta steer wrestler Tom Duvall has qualified for the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas for a second consecutive year. The NFR, which will be held at the Thomas and Mack Center Dec. 5-14, is the ...

7:00 a.m. – Person in distress, other. 8:20 a.m. – EMS call, party transported by nonfire agency. 1:00 p.m. – Lock-out. 1:10 p.m. – Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire. 1:20 p.m. – Outside rubbish fi...

8:40 p.m. – Domestic Verbal – 600 block of N. 7th St. – RP is advising that she can hear screaming and fighting to the southwest of her. Nov. 1 2:11 a.m. – Other Miscellaneous – 100 block of E. Scott ...

6:01 p.m. Garfield Rd. & 160 Rd. Fire – RP advised a residence is burning in a container during the burn ban. Beggs FD also dispatched. 8:20 p.m. 31900 block of Arbeka Rd. Suspicious Person/Vehicle – ...

If you’re an investor, you no doubt pay a great deal of attention to your stocks, bonds and mutual funds. But you shouldn’t forget another key element of your financial strategy: cash. Cash is part of...