Barbara Gipson of Sallisaw loves children, books and teaching. So much that although she is semiretired, Gipson still teaches second graders as a reading specialist, two mornings a week at Liberty Ele...

Evlynn Schonefeld of Sallisaw never meets a stranger and is always full of energy, according to her grandmother Ä–vlynn, 6, is a student at Liberty Elementary in Sallisaw and has spe...

Lisa Langdell graduated from Sallisaw High School and did not go to college. Instead, Langdell decided to follow in the footsteps of her grandmother and her mother and operate her own business and now...