Columns & Opinions

October 21, 2022

A Few of My Favorite Things

By A Few Of My Favorite Things

It is that time again for me. The annual AVMC Halloween Party my family started is this Saturday in Okmulgee at the VFW. I am super busy this week preparing for that so I went with some easy things I could make over the weekend because I really don‚t have a lot of time for the column this week and, well, it‚s been hard.

It‚s been a year since Daddy passed away. Last year, we were so busy this time of year it almost felt like he was just still in the hospital and just wasn‚...

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A: Main, Main, News

BREAKING NEWS

Winds damage District 1 county barn

By Lynn

June 6, 2025

The fierce winds that raked Sequoyah County Friday morning and reportedly spawned a tornado in the western part of the county, took their toll at the District 1 county barn, located at 2311 N. Maple. ...

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Aromas Coffee Shop celebrates 25 years

By JACIE EUBANKS TIMES INTERN

June 5, 2025

On Thursday, Deborah Cates, the founder and owner of Aromas Coffee Shop, celebrated her 25th year as a business owner in Sallisaw. Cates, along with her husband Ricky and son Will, moved to Sallisaw i...

A: Main, Main, News

Former Sallisaw officer pardoned in 2011 high-profile cattle theft case

By Amie Cato-Remer Editor

June 5, 2025

Wendel D. Hughes, the former Sallisaw Police officer once at the center of one of Sequoyah County’s most unusual criminal cases, has received a full pardon more than a decade after pleading guilty to ...

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Sallisaw’s first Pride event set for June 14

By JADE PHILLIPS TIMES INTERN

June 5, 2025

It is June, which is also known as Pride Month. Pride is celebrated for all people who identify as LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer), those who are out of the closet, those who aren’...

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RRI scholars outline summer research projects

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

June 5, 2025

Rural Renewal Initiative (RRI) scholars Amy Rodriguez and Emma Buchanan, college students who are in Sallisaw for 10 weeks this summer conducting research in association with Oklahoma State University...

A: Main, Just Folks, Main, ...

JUST FOLKS

Haley Earls

June 5, 2025

At an early age, Haley Earls, 36, picked up a camera, took pictures of birds and fell in love with the art of photography. Now, she has made it a major part of her life, giving her both a job and pass...

Sallisaw players, coaches participating in Saturday’s All-State Matches in Bristow

B: Sports

SALLISAW SOCCER

Sallisaw players, coaches participating in Saturday’s All-State Matches in Bristow

By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR

June 5, 2025

Three Sallisaw soccer players and the entire Black Diamonds coaching staff will get one more set of high school matches for the 2025 season. Sallisaw Lady Diamonds player Kyra Taylor, the Sallisaw Bla...

News

Marble City Flutter Fest is Saturday

June 5, 2025

Flutter Fest: Planting Positive Roots will be held at the Marble City Community Center, 101 S. Main, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. There will be a sensory friendly hour from 11 a.m. to noon. Act...

News

Police logs

June 5, 2025

05/19/2025 05/25/2025 During the period of May 19-25, 2025, Sequoyah County law enforcement tended to 18 animal calls, 189 traffic stops, and numerous medical and domestic calls according to police re...

Sequoyah County history

THIS WEEK IN COUNTY HISTORY

Johnston wins

-Sequoyah County Democrat, June 5, 1925

June 5, 2025

From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the June 4, 2000, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —The Muldrow City Park is underway, City Manager David Taylor, said. TTie town beg...

It’s getting time to pick blueberries once again

Sports

KILGORE'S CORNER

It’s getting time to pick blueberries once again

June 5, 2025

It’s time for a road trip to your nearest blueberry farm, so grab your kids or grandkids and hit the fields for blueberry picking. The agritourism industry is ripe with beauty. Farms and ranches acros...