Sallisaw has been named the Sallisaw Chamber of Commerce’s Member of the Month for February. Catholic Charities first opened its doors in 1975 on East Cherokee Avenue, and with the help of the Cheroke...

Charlie’s Chicken & BBQ owner Larry Randolph was presented the Sallisaw Chamber of Commerce’s Lifetime Achievement Award on Saturday night at the Chamber’s annual Members Night Out event, held at Cher...

Across the country and around the world, demand for electricity is growing faster than ever. In Oklahoma, energy companies and the regional grid are racing to build infrastructure that can meet the st...

District Attorney Jack Thorp is sounding the alarm over the increasing presence of a dangerous and potentially deadly drug combination – fentanyl mixed with xylazine – that is spreading across the nat...

The Sequoyah County Commissioners have proclaimed February to be Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. Cindy Smith, investigator for the Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Office, told the commissioners that v...

Gore’s Board of Education has appointed Nick Humphries as the new superintendent of Gore Public Schools following a special meeting on Jan. 29. The board also held special meetings on Jan. 8, 21 and 2...

Nonprofit organizations and government agencies at local, state and federal levels who depend on federal funding surely breathed a collective sigh of relief Wednesday afternoon when President Trump’s ...

If what’s transpiring at the town hall-style meetings the past two weeks is any indication, Sequoyah County voters may be giving the green light to a proposed 4% countywide lodging tax. The current it...

Early voting begins Thursday, February 6, for voters in Sequoyah County. Voters who will not be able to make it to the polls on Election Day have the option of voting early at the county election boar...

For Webbers Falls resident Glenn Patterson, starting his day includes slipping on a protective suit and venturing out to greet the inhabitants of his beehives. Where many might balk at the hum of thou...

It’s been six days, and the search continues — the search in and around the Arkansas River for Justin Dewayne Baker, as well as the search for answers as to how Baker and two other people crashed thei...

It was 64 years ago when John F. Kennedy was embarking on his time in the White House that has become known as Camelot. And although Brian Heverly was at the time but a twinkle in his father’s eye, th...

A Sequoyah County woman is scheduled for a Wednesday felony disposition docket in Sequoyah County District Court on a charge of child abuse, according to court records. Bronica Wilson, 34, was charged...

Several area school districts have had to cancel school or school events or go to virtual learning due to a reported increase in illnesses on campus, which includes both flu and strep. Central Public ...

The Sallisaw Police Department will be conducting speed and traffic enforcement in areas of North Maple and Taylor Drive from Jan. 29 to Feb. 5.

For at least three high school sporting events scheduled for Tuesday night, there will not be a winner at all. Due to illness shutting down schools, two high school basketball match-ups -- Gore at Gan...

Christian Mayberry, 27, is sharing his remarkable journey of survival and recovery in a second book, “Fit 2 Fight,” which follows his near-fatal ATV accident that occurred 11 years ago. Christian’s mi...

When Sequoyah County voters go to the polls February 11 to decide whether the county can start collecting an “only pay if you stay” lodging tax from those who rent short-term vacation properties, coun...

As is often the case when Christmas decorations are taken down and stored away until next year, it’s a prime opportunity for additional tidying up. While the yuletide adornments have long been stowed,...

Just outside Gore, Samantha Miller wakes up every morning to a chorus of tiny yips and yaps. For her, that sound is music—an affirmation of the life she’s chosen. Miller runs a small kennel where she ...