Senate unanimously approves bill to raise age of consent

Sallisaw's first Whataburger opens at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 23, at 502 S. Kerr Boulevard. While the long-anticipated opening is big news, even bigger news is that for Wednesday's opening, the first...

Oklahoma lawmakers are clearly scared to death of their constituents, and who could blame them? After all, voters in recent years have forced our lawmakers to come face-to-face with the terrifying rea...

Amid a particularly lengthy Sallisaw Board of City Commissioners agenda Monday, which included its share of “housekeeping” functions such as approving purchase orders, city ordinances and construction...

Northeastern Health System Sequoyah, which just last December was drowning in debt to the tune of about $14 million before Sallisaw City Commissioners stepped in to buttress the city hospital with a $...

You see them at almost every turn. Food trucks, or mobile vendors, are usually the center of attention at community festivals, and have become permanent fixtures at Iola Avenue and Cedar Street as wel...

Two years ago, CARDS Holdings Inc. tendered an unsolicited offer of $21.5 million to purchase the Sallisaw Municipal Landfill facility and the city sanitation collection services. After more than a mo...