Columns & Opinions
SALLISAW TOPS
By Billie Anthony 
November 18, 2025
Monday, we had 11 TOPS and one KOPS members to weigh in. Cindy had our best weight loss for the week with a 5.6 pounds. Weigh to go, Cindy! Keep up the good work. The two-bit bowl winner was Willine w...
Columns & Opinions, Religion
BLACKGUM CHRISTIAN UNION CHURCH
By Pastor Reggie Kelley 
November 18, 2025
PREACH THE WORDS OF JESUS CHRIST! BE A LAMP OF THE GLORY OF THE LORD! CHRISTIANS ARE PREACHERS FOR JESUS CHRIST WHO IS THE GLORY OF THE LORD! 2 Corinthians 4:1-18 1Therefore seeing we have this minist...
Columns & Opinions, Sports
GRIDIRON NOTES
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
November 13, 2025
For those veterans who are heading to any of our local three playoff games tonight — Sallisaw at Grove, Keys at Vian or Webbers Falls at Waukomis — you are going to receive a special honor thanks to t...
Columns & Opinions
By Joyce Sequichie Hifler 
November 13, 2025
As double dealing as the world seems at times, the whole thing is run on trust. We could not make it one day without that trust. From world leaders to the smallest thing we can buy at the grocery stor...
Columns & Opinions
By Lynn Adams Staff Writer 
November 13, 2025
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is known for quite a few achievements we often take for granted. He established Social Security, the minimum wage and the 40-hour work week. His “New Deal” introduced program...
Columns & Opinions
CHIEF CHAT
By Chuck Hoskin Jr. Cherokee Nation Principal Chief 
November 11, 2025
As Cherokee Nation citizens, we draw strength from those who came before us. Our elders are the foundation of our communities, the keepers of our history, and the heart of our families. As we gathered...
Columns & Opinions, Religion
BLACKGUM CHRISTIAN UNION CHURCH
By Pastor Reggie Kelley 
November 11, 2025
ALL PEOPLE CAN COME TO THE LORD! HE GAVE ALL PEOPLE THE FREE CHOICE TO KNOW HIM AS BEST AS GOD KNOWS THEY CAN! EVERYTHING IS IN GOD’S TIME! GIVE GOD THE GLORY FOREVER! Isaiah 60:1-22 1Arise, shine; fo...
Columns & Opinions, Sports
KILGORE'S CORNER
November 6, 2025
Leaf peepers, it is your time of year. There are many places in Oklahoma to see some beautiful fall foliage which is just coming into peak color this week. It has been at moderate to high color and sh...
Columns & Opinions, Sports
GRIDIRON NOTES
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
November 6, 2025
It just seems like I was doing football photograph days for the 2025 High School Football Preview, which was published in August. Beginning with Vian’s District 2AII-4 showdown Thursday night at Valli...
Columns & Opinions
SALLISAW TOPS
By Billie Anthony 
November 6, 2025
Monday, we had 15 TOPS AND 1 KOPS members to weigh in. Cindy had our best weight loss for the week with a 4.9 pounds. Weigh to go, Cindy! Keep up the good work. Our best weight loss for the month of O...
Columns & Opinions, Religion
BLACKGUM CHRISTIAN UNION CHURCH
By Pastor Reggie Kelley 
November 4, 2025
BE STILL AND KNOW THAT JESUS CHRIST IS GOD! KNOW THAT JESUS CHRIST LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR ALL PEOPLE TO COME HOME TO HIM! GIVE GOD THE GLORY AND PRAISE IN JESUS CHRIST’S HOLY NAME! Psalm 46:1-11 1God ...
Columns & Opinions
CHIEF CHAT
By Chuck Hoskin Jr. Cherokee Nation Principal Chief 
November 4, 2025
I am calling on Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt to follow Cherokee Nation’s lead and extend a lifeline to hundreds of thousands of Oklahomans who will lose food assistance in November. On Nov. 1, over 922,0...
Columns & Opinions
CHIEF CHAT
By Chuck Hoskin Jr. Cherokee Nation Principal Chief, DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
October 28, 2025
The Cherokee language is the heart of who we are as a people. It carries our history, our way of life, and the values that connect us across generations. When we speak our language, we honor our ances...
Columns & Opinions, Religion
BLACKGUM CHRISTIAN UNION CHURCH
By Pastor Reggie Kelley, DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
October 28, 2025
AS A CHRISTIAN WE MUST BE THE BEST REPRESENTIVE OF JESUS CHRIST THAT HE KNOWS THAT WE CAN BE! HOLD ONTO JESUS CHRIST ALL THE WAY THROUGH HEAVEN’S GATES! KNOW THAT YOU’RE INCREDIBLY LOVED BY THE LORD! ...
Columns & Opinions
CHIEF CHAT
By Chuck Hoskin Jr. Cherokee Nation Principal Chief 
October 21, 2025
Cherokee Nation remains deeply committed to protecting our culture, preserving our history and strengthening families for future generations. Across our reservation in northeast Oklahoma, we see both ...
Columns & Opinions, Religion
BLACKGUM CHRISTIAN UNION CHURCH
By Pastor Reggie Kelley 
October 21, 2025
LET JESUS CHRIST LEAD YOU WHERE HE NEEDS YOU! FOLLOW JESUS CHRIST ALL THE WAY THROUGH HEAVEN’S GATE! JESUS CHRIST TRULY IS: THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE! Matthew 11:1-30 1And it came to pass, when...
Columns & Opinions
SALLISAW TOPS
By Billie Anthony 
October 16, 2025
TOPS 0737 had a fun meeting Monday. We had 15 TOPS and 1 KOPS weigh in. Karen had our best weight loss for the week with a 1.4 pounds. Weigh to go, Karen! Keep up the good work. The two-bit bowl winne...
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GRIDIRON NOTES
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
October 16, 2025
I recall one instance in my first high school season as Your TIMES sports editor where I took a call on the Friday morning after all the Fall Break games took place the Thursday night before wondering...
Columns & Opinions, Sports
KILGORE'S CORNER
October 16, 2025
Even with the hot weather we are experiencing now, it won’t deter the youngsters from getting out for the first opportunity of deer hunting with a firearm this weekend, encompassing today through Sund...
Columns & Opinions
By Joyce Sequichie Hifler 
October 16, 2025
Chances are there is a griping porch in hell where complainers sit together and punch each other out. If anyone has an opportunity to speak, it seems the subject will be negative. What we need to do i...