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

By Amie Cato-Remer Editor

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 stealing cattle from a local man.

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City adopts $91M budget for FY26

Ollie’s Bargain Center coming to Sallisaw

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

June 12, 2025

The City of Sallisaw will be working with a budget of almost $91 million for the fiscal year that ends June 30, 2026, after city commissioners at their monthly meeting Monday adopted a budget for the ...

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Today’s the day when superstition is highest

It's Friday the 13th

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

June 12, 2025

Are you superstitious? No? Are you sure? Do you knock on wood or never open an umbrella indoors or never walk under a ladder or avoid breaking a mirror or avoid stepping on a crack in the sidewalk or ...

News

Here’s your sign

June 11, 2025

A high-flying crew, hoisted by a crane, on Wednesday completed installation of signage drawing attention to 7Brew Drive Thru Coffee, Taco Bell and Whataburger, located on South Kerr Boulevard in Salli...

News, School News

Remembering when

Sallisaw Class of 1975 tour Big Toy Museum

June 11, 2025

Members of the Sallisaw Class of 1975 held their 50-year class reunion Saturday at the Old Sallisaw High School Association Black Diamond Event Center. Several alumni also visited the Big Toy Museum, ...

News, Tribal

Tribes celebrate record economic impact in Oklahoma

By EMMA MURPHY AND NURIA MARTINEZ-KEEL | OKLAHOMA VOICE

June 11, 2025

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s tribal nations contributed $23.4 billion to the state’s economy in 2023, according to a study released Wednesday. Over 55,000 Oklahomans were directly employed by tribes and...

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Sallisaw Veterans Center welcomes first residents

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

June 10, 2025

The more days that turned into weeks, which then evolved into months and stretched into years since the September 2020 groundbreaking for the new Sallisaw Veterans Center, the more impatient the commu...