The Sallisaw Black Diamonds and the Vian Wolverines are the two local baseball teams spending Spring Break Week in tournaments. The Black Diamonds are halfway through their four-day, four-game stay in...

DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE TWO GENEALOGIES IN THE BIBLE OF MARY AND JOSEPH? BOTH GO TO DAVID’S LINAGE WHICH COME DOWN TO JESUS CHRIST’S PROMISE OF GOD TO DAVID’S THRONE TO LAST FOREVER! 2 Samuel 7:16-17 a...

Never quit - even though it seems easier. Keep going. To all outward appearances, it may seem we are down to stay, but we do not walk by sight, we walk by faith. Self pity is a high-priced emotion tha...

Well, I did it! That 10 pounds of smoked ham that I brought back from Chicago in my suitcase from Thanksgiving, it finally went into a pot of beans, and they were the best I’ve ever cooked, at least i...

A HOUSE DIVIDED CANNOT STAND! WE MUST STAND WITH JESUS CHRIST! JESUS CHRIST MAKES A HOUSE WHOLE! Mark 3:1-35 1And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered ha...

After going 8-16 last season under then first-year coach Eric Carr, Carr helped guide the Lady Diamonds to an 18-9 record, bringing home plaques — or as we sports writers call them, “tournament hardwa...

For decades, the opioid epidemic has devastated communities across Oklahoma, with American Indians suffering the highest overdose death rates in the nation. Here on the Cherokee Nation Reservation, we...

Feelings are strange things. Some of them lead us to do exactly the wrong things. Some are purposely designed to draw us away from the right path. Our thought is to try whatever it is and if it is wro...

This past Monday we had 12 TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) in attendance. This week we had a net gain of 2.6 pounds this week. We will do better next week. Annette had the best weight loss of 2.6 poun...

As a Catholic, I've always admired the efforts of one organization that remains true to the mission of preserving all life. I've never heard of an instance where Catholic Charities has turned away any...

THERE’S SO MUCH WICKEDNESS IN THE WORLD! IF ANYONE HATES GOD—THEY LOVE DEATH! GOD’S VERY SERIOUS ABOUT THIS! GOD’S SO SERIOUS—HE GAVE HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST, TO FREE WHOSOEVER FROM THE GRIP OF DEATH AN...

The Sallisaw Black Diamonds saw their basketball season come to an end Friday afternoon in the Class 4A Regional Tournament, but new coach Zac Rogers believes the program is heading in the right direc...

As the largest tribe in the United States, Cherokee Nation has the responsibility to be an advocate and leader for all of Indian Country. That means engaging with the U.S. Congress and other federal l...

We agreed two days in a row. The third day we didn’t agree. How do we judge our friendships? Do we rate them by the number of things we see eye to eye on or by the one thing we did not? Friends are tr...

The 2025 high school baseball and slow-pitch softball seasons have arrived. In fact, the first high school baseball game in the county will be at noon Saturday when the Muldrow Bulldogs begin the John...

Monday we had 13 TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) and one KOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) in attendance today. We had a chapter weight loss of 11.6 pounds, a gain of 8.1 pounds with a net loss of 3.5 p...

Every death from cancer is a tragedy. This terrible disease has already taken far too many Cherokees from their loved ones, and it has left many others struggling with difficult symptoms and costly tr...

In just two weeks of high school basketball playoffs, we’ve shrunk the number of teams still alive in postseason play from 16 to eight. When the high school basketball playoffs resume Thursday, the Sa...

HEAVEN AND EARTH WILL PASS AWAY!!! GOD’S WORD WILL NEVER PASS AWAY!!! KNOW GOD’S WORD!!! HOLD ONTO GOD’S WORD ALL THE WAY THROUGH HEAVEN’S GATES!!! Matthew 24:1-511And Jesus went out, and departed fro...

We had 11 TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) and one new member in attendance today. Welcome to our Chapter. Lynda had the best weight loss of 2.1 pounds this past week. Donna won the Two Bit Bowl of $2....