First off, let me apologize for being incorrect about the publishing date of the 2024 High School Basketball Preview in last week’s Cage Notes. It will come out Dec. 6, in which the season-preview sto...

We had 13 in attendance this past Monday. We had a net loss of 4.7 pounds this week. I had the best weight loss with 2.8 pounds gone! This week we had three members who had lost 10 pounds each, they w...

YOU HAVE NOT BECAUSE YOU ASK NOT! ASK AND YOU WILL RECEIVE! ALWAYS PRAY GOD’S WILL BE DONE! James 4:1-17 1From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that wa...

Luke said to us and intended for us to know it is true, “Nothing is impossible with God.” Believe it, because it is true. In this day and age, many are trying to prove us wrong. Forget the put-down. I...

The all-district football teams for District 4A-4, District 3A-3, District 2AII-3, District 2AII-4, District AII-3 and District BII-4 will be announced next month. They likely will be drawn up this mo...

GOD OFFERS SECURITY, HE DOESN’T FORCE IT! OUR LORD AND SAVIOR GIVES IT TO ALL WHO WANTS SECURITY! THERE IS NO BETTER WAY TO HAVE SECURITY IN ONE’S LIFE! PRAISE BE TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST! 1 John 2:1-29 ...

Welcome to the return of Cage Notes, which is a weekly column during the high school basketball season that will talk about the ups and downs and ins and outs of the season as well as talk about upcom...

About 7,000 identified rare diseases impact approximately 1 in 10 Oklahomans. The Cherokee Nation’s first Rare Disease Summit on Nov. 21 marks a crucial step toward addressing the too often overlooked...

It will be a busy end to the week for the Sallisaw Black Diamonds student trainers — senior Kasey Adame (who was this year’s homecoming queen), junior Addy Orendorff and freshmen Sadie Tyler and Kamry...

Monday we had 13 in attendance. This week was a rough week for the members, we ended up with a net gain of 4.6 pounds. We will do better this coming week. Our best weight loss came from Willene with 2...

We are too easily led to believe that we deserve a way of life that appears free and easy. What seems free and easy can take away our freedom unless we take charge of our lives and stop waiting for so...

Thank you to the Oklahoma constituents who voted to send me to Washington again as their Representative. As a conservative, I will continue to stand for the foundational principles that secure the ble...

Cherokee people are amazingly resilient. Our tribe stayed together through the ages despite hardships, including European arrival, forced removal, economic downturns, and attacks on our sovereignty. O...

DEAR GOD, HELP THE U.S.A.! THERE’S MUCH EVIL IN THE LAND, BUT AS SOLOMON SAID, “THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDERNEATH THE SUN!” CHRISTIANS MUST STAND STRONG AND RESIST THE EVIL OF THIS OL’ WORLD! SATAN’S LI...

Good health is such a blessing. We don't realize how much we aid or harm our own health. In fact, we give more thought to being careful not to get wet than we do not to get angry. It is said that ange...

When I left the newspaper industry, a local business owner told me a secret. His confession? This fellow citizen knew how to read the local newspaper’s website for free. For more than 130 years, The E...

OK, I’ll admit that from time to time, I use a four-letter word. Admittedly, a lot of people do. Some are embarrassed by such a vocabulary choice, while others utter such words as a normal course of c...

If last week’s second half of Roland’s homecoming game is any indication, the Rangers are beginning to show signs of turning the corner toward success. “The thing about our team, and our coaches have ...

This week we had 16 in attendance with a total net weight loss of 8.4 pounds. What a great job our ladies did this past week. Our best weight loss came from Neve with 5.8 pounds! Way to go, Neve Nell!...

The 2025 legislative session is quickly approaching, with just over three months until the 1st Session of the 60th Legislature officially begins. Our preparations for next year’s session are well unde...