Former Henryettan, Margaret A. Cameron, celebrated her 100th birthday on Aug. 25. A well-known Okmulgee County civic leader and retired social worker, Margaret moved from Kansas to Oklahoma in 1935. S...

Henryetta Public Schools Breakfast Wednesday, Aug. 29 – Choice of Cereal, Toast and Jelly, Fruits Galore, and Milk Thursday, Aug. 30 – Scrambled Eggs, Toast and Jelly, Fruits Galore, Choice of Cereal,...

The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) primarily works on state issues, but occasionally a federal issue will appear that demands our attention. One federal issue that we feel compelled to w...

Sept. 1 Labor Day Gospel Singing The Jack Clifford Memorial Labor Day Gospel Singing will be at 7 p.m. Sat., Sept. 1, at the Henryetta High School auditorium. This year will feature The Williamsons, C...

Once again, Disney takes a classic and turns it into a live action movie to reiterate and bring back to life characters for younger moviegoers. Christopher Robin is a muddled, family film that can’t q...

The Okmulgee County Sheriff's Office has been awarded two DA Grants. The first grant was in the amount of $29,000 and the second was in the amount of $5,000. The funds will be used to purchase needed ...

Captain Erik Smoot with the Oklahoma ABLE Commission was at OSUIT Thursday, August 23. He was there to host a meeting to discuss the changing Oklahoma liquor laws which will come into effect October 1...

“Klip-Thump – Klip-Thump – Klip-Thump”. My shoes mocked me. I never thought a set of footwear could mock. Or embarrass. Or harass. But in the world of a self-conscious adolescent they could and seemed...

The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority has established a call center to answer questions about patient and business application processing and requirements for obtaining medical marijuana licenses. ...

A Beggs man was injured in a single vehicle accident Friday, Aug. 17 in McIntosh County. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the crash happened just after 4 p.m. on Dam Road and county road EW11...

While attending Idyllwild Arts Summer Program in Idyllwild, Calif., Jr. Miss Muscogee (Creek) Nation Louisa Harjo and about 300 other students were unexpectedly asked to evacuate the Idyllwild Arts ca...

First Family Federal Credit Union Vice President Carrie Marek (left) recently presented a $1,000 check to Henryetta Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Roy Madden as a donation to the Jim Shoulders...

Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA) announced that online application submissions for medical marijuana licenses will be available this Saturday, Aug. 25 at 10 a.m. According to OMMA, all appl...

Community, church, clubs, school, and civic meetings or events can be put into the community calendar section of the Henryetta Free-Lance. If the event is free for the public or of a charitable nature...

Henryetta Lions Club held their regular weekly meeting on Aug. 21 at The Shack on Main Street in Henryetta. Lions members discussed the pancake breakfast benefit and decided to schedule it for the sam...

Oklahoma Watch There are 75 middle-school students in the long, sunlit room, sitting four to a table. They work quietly and independently on laptops, most wearing headphones. Some fidget, their chairs...

Ron Dombek was reappointed to the Henryetta Hospital Authority Board with Diana Carter as an alternate for a term of five years at the Henryetta City Council meeting on Aug. 22. Council members discus...

Oklahoma Watch Dear Readers: Today we publish an opinion piece (below) by Sue Cross, executive director and CEO of the Institute for Nonprofit News, of which Oklahoma Watch is a member. In running an ...

Get out and make your vote count at the Runoff Primary Election on Tuesday, Aug. 28. Polls will be open at precincts all over Okmulgee County from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Democrat voters will decide on eithe...