HHS awards $1.6 billion to support low income households

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), announced the award of $560 million this week in addition to the $1 billion awarded last month for a total of $1.56 billion to help cover American households home heating and cooling costs.

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Walk this way

Designated lane promotes safety for pedestrians

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

March 17, 2026

Jayna Tillman from People Inc., and others from the Sequoyah County Physical Activity Work Group have been out leaving their mark on Elm Street in Sallisaw. Literally. On a warm, sunny day last week, ...

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Show animals allowed at residential addresses

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

March 17, 2026

If you are a member of FFA or 4-H or any other school-associated organizations and you own a show pig, you may have, at least for a time, kept your pig in a pen at your home within the city limits. Af...

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Chicken hatchery to begin building

March 17, 2026

It’s just a matter of time until as many as 150,000 eggs per week will be hatching at a 120-foot by 160-foot metal building located on 20 acres Billy McHenry owns on Sallisaw’s north side near U.S. 59...

Runnin’ Rangers finish as state runners-up

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ROLAND BASKETBALL

Runnin’ Rangers finish as state runners-up

By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR

March 15, 2026

Roland boys basketball coach Eddie Lewis guided his team to the Class 3A State Tournament for the 14th time this past weekend, and the second-ranked Runnin’ Rangers made it to the state title game for...

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DiamondNet added to Master Fee Schedule, but no rate increases

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

March 12, 2026

With recent changes in Sallisaw’s telecommunications services known as DiamondNet — specifically, no longer offering cable service — the Board of City Commissioners approved at Monday’s monthly meetin...

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Sallisaw storyteller

Hyde turns ‘precious moments into song’

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

March 12, 2026

Drake Hyde — the Sallisaw graduate, Diamond Daze headliner, contestant on NBC’s “The Voice” and inaugural winner of the LOOT8/Bob Kingsley Acoustic Alley Singer-Songwriter Contest — returns to his hom...