If there were honors given in Sequoyah County for heroes, Natalie Sanders of Sallisaw, should be among the top. Sanders, 17, recently helped a victim who apparently had overdosed on drugs by administe...

The Sallisaw High School Black Diamond Marching Band has been named the 2023 4A OBA State Champions for the third year in a row. The band competed in Catoosa on Oct. 14, under the direction of Geoff W...

Muldrow High School’s marching band has been named the 2023 OBA 3A State Champions. Not only did they win first place, they were also named the winners of the High Music, High Visual and High General ...

Vian Elementary students Jaylynn Callaway and Brody Buttery were recently recognized by the Vian Board of Education for demonstrating exceptional kindness. During a recent cross country track meet, Bu...

The annual Drive Out Domestic Violence caravan will be held today (Thursday, Oct. 19). The caravan is a way for local law enforcement and community members to show solidarity against domestic violence...

Josh Rogers is surely beginning to feel a little like Santa Claus when the jolly old elf’s sleigh is being filled to overflowing for his annual trip to visit the homes of good little boys and girls ar...

Sequoyah County Commissioners approved an increased salary cap for courthouse employees, and took action on other business matters conducted at Monday’s regular meeting. Commissioners approved to rais...

A local man is facing a felony charge of failure to register as sex offender after being convicted of lewd molestation and rape in Sequoyah County in July 2020. Jason Henderson, 24, with addresses in ...

The inaugural Red Autumn Arts Festival is set to take place on the first Saturday in November at Stage Park in downtown Sallisaw. This event is to be a regional celebration of arts and culture, attrac...

POTEAU -- Poteau BalloonFest will continue to “Rise Above the Ordinary” on Friday and Saturday as Oklahoma’s longest running balloon festival. The event has “ballooned” into a success, rising to new h...

A felony arrest warrant has been issued for a Vian woman, who was charged on Oct. 12 with felony burglary in the second degree. Jennifer G. Barnes, 46, could face up to seven years imprisonment if fou...

George Bormann, Sallisaw’s economic development and grants director, channeled his inner Will Rogers at Monday’s Sallisaw City Commissioners meeting. “You never get a second chance to make a first imp...

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 ...

Sallisaw native Murel Copeland gave his brother, Hayes, a gift 42 years ago. It was the gift of life. And it strengthened their enduring bond between brothers. When Hayes faced complete kidney failure...

Junk vehicles — cars, trucks, motorcycles and boats that are inoperable or have not moved because they “are being repaired” — are a blight on city neighborhoods Sallisaw City Commissioners want to pre...

Shannon Johnson of Vian may be a boy momma but the mother of eight children says raising sons and no daughters is not the reason why she wanted to become a hair stylist. Owner of The She Shed in Vian,...

To hear Josh Rogers tell it, the 18th annual Cruizin’ 64 — the event that’s all about cool cars and hot chili — on Saturday, Oct. 14, will not only fill Sallisaw’s autumn event void, but will build on...

Joey Potts, who left Sallisaw last month to begin missionary training in Israel, awoke Saturday morning to what she thought was thunder. “It was not thunder. Israel has been attacked on a holy day,” s...

Sallisaw City Commissioners knew a review of landfill tip fee rates that went into effect Sept. 1, as well as other fees associated with use of the municipal landfill facility, would come before them ...

Sequoyah County Commissioners approved interlocal agreements Tuesday for schools located in District 3 of Sequoyah County, along with taking action or no action on several agenda items. Schools approv...