Sequoyah County District Attorney Jack Thorp is on a mission to save lives, and is requesting local law enforcement to investigate drug-related deaths as homicides. Thorp said he has written letters t...

Sallisaw resident recalls ‘inspiring’ conversation with Hillary Clinton Dr. Paula Haraway’s 61st birthday present is not one she will soon forget. The gift from her best friend, Teresa Caves, for her ...

The Sallisaw Police Department will be conducting speed and traffic enforcement in the area of Wheeler from Cherokee to Opdyke and all residential areas from Nov. 23-30. Everyone have a safe and H a p...

Monday’s meeting of the Sallisaw School Board included a vacant seat belonging to Superintendent Randy Wood, who retired from the position on Oct. 31. The first order of business on behalf of the boar...

Kenyatta Wright says he owns five companies. Ask him if he’d like free money to market those companies, and he’d be first in line for the windfall. That’s the message the former Vian, Oklahoma State a...

Members of the Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America competed in the Northeast District 5 STAR Events. Districts were held in Tahlequah on Nov. 17 where students among 18 chapters competed ...

Sallisaw City Commissioners on Monday approved spending more than $350,000 on the city’s behalf, and amended a city ordinance regarding texting while driving. At their monthly meeting, the commissione...

SALLISAW HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Sallisaw basketball player Addyson Gream signed her letter of intent Nov. 10 to continue her education at Oklahoma Wesleyan University. Gream will play basketball as a ...

This Week in County History — Sequoyah County Democrat, Dec. 1,1922 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From Nov. 30 and Dec. 4, 1997, issues of the Sequoyah County Times) -The ...

Christmas came early for Gans and Roland on Friday when officials from the Cherokee Nation presented $500,000 each to the two towns after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which outlines the...

Thanks to the generosity of others Thanks to the generosity of some area businesses, Sallisaw Middle School cafeteria, jail personnel giving their time and a local couple with big hearts, 93 Sequoyah ...

VIAN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Third-ranked Vian went into Friday’s second-round playoff game against seventh-ranked Kiefer thinking the Wolverines would best the Trojans. Instead, the Wolverines fell 21-1...

The Sallisaw City Commission approved on Monday an amendment to the Sallisaw Code of Ordinances updating monetary penalties. A person convicted of a violation of Ordinance No. 2022-15 Section 1-8(c) s...