What is gender reassignment? This is the process some people undergo to try to change their gender. So if you were born as a male, you can just change to being a female! You might start out as a child...

In the 45 years since I got into the newspaper business, you‚d think I‚d be beyond the point of being surprised. Yet when I heard that the Heavener Ledger has ceased publication, I was sur...

— Sequoyah County Times, Oct. 31, 1947 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Oct. 30, 1997, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) –T...

There‚s something to be said for the brightness of day, of course, when the energies of the world improve our lot in life. But for a special time, give me the night. Give me the soft, velvety qu...

As we draw near to election day, I urge you to begin making your plans to participate. I encourage all Cherokees to vote, either by going to the polls on November 8 or by voting early or absentee. Thi...

STUDY TO SHOW YOURSELF APPROVED!!! WE ALL NEED TO STUDY THE BIBLE AS BEST AS EACH ARE ABLE TO STUDY!!! I DON‚T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I‚M STILL LEARNING AND WILL LEARN TILL I LAY THIS OL̵...

— Sequoyah County Times, Oct. 23, 1997 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Oct. 23, 1997, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) –&...

Recently I have felt my television programming was inundated with negative political commercials. “Do any nice folks run for political office?” Does political office only attract thieves a...

We constantly work with ideas. After all, they are flowers of the mind that bloom for those who think. Everything we see or touch was first an idea in someone‚s mind. Even comic strips have prod...

It is that time again for me. The annual AVMC Halloween Party my family started is this Saturday in Okmulgee at the VFW. I am super busy this week preparing for that so I went with some easy things I ...

Tornado shelters gone for good Dear Editor, Tornado shelters: now they are really gone for good. Four of them, one at each school. When someone gives you something for half price, you need to take it....

Clean, sanitize and disinfect. These are words commonly used and often interchanged, but each is a very different step of the food safety process. This interchanging of terminology can be confusing, a...

As a Member of Congress, I have the honor of nominating students from the Second District to our country‚s prestigious service academies. The decision to apply to a service academy is an incredi...

— Sequoyah County Times, Oct. 16, 1997 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Oct. 16, 1997, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) –S...

The members of the Miami Wardogs and McLain Titans football teams were at midfield shaking hands. Miami had just won a hotly contested district football game 19-18. It appeared as congenital as a post...

Freedom of the Press Dear Editor, Will Rogers said, “Never argue with anyone that buys ink by the barrel.” I appreciate the Sequoyah County TIMES because they print letters from individual...

Next week, I'll present during an interim study before the House Common Education Committee examining fourday schools. The study is hosted by Rep. Danny Sterling and will take place Wednesday, Oct. 12...

Just having a cup of coffee with Windy Wilson can sometimes be educational. Today? Well… Alphonse Wilson here, just celebratin‚ a nice day with poetry. So you‚r...

Tourism is important for Cherokee Nation and all of northeast Oklahoma. Our tribe‚s numerous museums and cultural sites simultaneously showcase and preserve our rich heritage while creating jobs...

Rural Oklahomans face a set of unique challenges accessing quality health care. I‚ve introduced a few bills over the past week to address these needs and improve health outcomes in the Second Di...