Two additional arrests were made Friday in the September shooting of a Sallisaw man who died on Sept. 26 as a result of his injuries. The Sequoyah County Sheriff ’s Office reported Jensyn Rhodes of Sa...

Despite the abrupt resignation last week of Brad Taylor as director of Sequoyah County Emergency Management, county commissioners aren’t panicking. After all, Cherokee County has apparently taken the ...

When the lowest bid for construction of the new Sequoyah County Courthouse annex came in at $4 million — about twice as much as county commissioners had anticipated — it sent shockwaves through the co...

A motorcyclist was seriously injured Saturday morning after a two-vehicle collision on West Cherokee Avenue, according to the Sallisaw Police Department. Police said the crash occurred around 10:40 a....

Thursday, October 9 7:30-8:15 a.m. — Greet at both elementaries 9:30 a.m. - Elementary pep rally on the slab 10:15 a.m. — Ceremony practice at football field immediately after pep rally 11:00 a.m. — L...

Those who know Bethia Owens will surely find it hard to imagine her retirement the way she anticipates her golden years. While she’s surely earned the enjoyable pursuits and fulfillment of leisurefill...

We’re told that the only two certainties in life are death and taxes. But for some in Sallisaw, higher utility bills may also be a certainty, at least according to several who have taken to social med...

A Muldrow man was killed on September 18 when the vehicle he was riding in was struck by a Union Pacific train at a rural railroad crossing, according to Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP). Troopers report...

Leaders from business, education, government and community organizations are expected October 10 to attend the River Valley Workforce Summit, an in-person event of collaboration and innovation. The su...

Shelley Maddox is a mother to many and has called Sallisaw home for about six years now. During that time, she’s worked as a KATS bus driver, a job she’s grown to love. Before moving to Sallisaw, she ...

A graveside service has been scheduled for a 19-year-old Sallisaw man who was shot in the head and left along a rural road just outside the city on Sept. 20. The victim, Joshua D. Mefford, was reporte...

Forty thousand dollars for mini-blinds have, quite frankly, blindsided the Sequoyah County Commissioners as they struggle to rein in costs related to the construction of a new county courthouse annex....

A Sallisaw woman charged in a fatal I-40 collision is scheduled to appear on the felony disposition docket this morning in Sequoyah County District Court. Cambre L. Wright, 20, was formally charged on...

Oklahoma is ranked No. 1 in the nation. Unfortunately, when it comes to domestic violence, it’s for all the wrong reasons. That’s why the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) advocates have reached out to Sequ...

Crews are still picking up the pieces from Tuesday’s sudden storm that tore the roof off the hospital, snapped tree limbs, toppled utility poles and paralyzed much of Sallisaw and parts of Sequoyah Co...

Next time you visit the Stanley Tubbs Memorial Library in Sallisaw or the Muldrow Public Library, you’ll appreciate even more what Bethia Owens did for the Eastern Oklahoma Library System during the p...

A Sallisaw woman received a 20-year sentence in Sequoyah County District Court earlier this month after admitting to selling fentanyl to a man in 2024, who later died after administering the drug. Dis...

Fatal overdoses are on the decline across District 27 following a multi-agency initiative launched in 2023, according to District Attorney Jack Thorp. The program, which focuses on investigating drug ...

Ryan Troy Dick pled guilty on Sept. 18, in McIntosh County District Court to charges of “nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images” and “recording, distributing and transmitting obscenity.”...

What Seth Lattimore enjoys most about living in Sequoyah County is the opportunity to live and work in the community that he grew up in. He has lived within the small Akins community for his entire li...