War, veterans will tell you, changes those who survive it. “After the war, I became a better person, because I learned the importance of things that I have,” says Jim Holman, who became a successful l...

He has survived eight sports editors. And while never taking on the title of sports editor at Your TIMES, he has been a fixture of sports in Sequoyah County for nearly 40 years. Lea Lessley of Sallisa...

Slowly but surely, when it comes to fentanyl and opioid overdoses in Sequoyah County, Sallisaw NOW Coalition is overcoming denial and resistance. The organization, which is currently funded by five gr...

The Oklahoma Broadband Office (OBO) is hosting a statewide broadband listening tour, and is scheduled to stop in Sallisaw on June 6. The “Let’s Get Digital: Oklahoma Broadband Tour” is making stops th...

At the age of 40 and being a single dad of six, Walter Davis of Sallisaw has the ideal business going for him doing something he enjoys and still gets to spend time with his children. As the owner of ...

Amy Edwards has run her last marathon. With eight of the long-distance runs to her credit, she saved maybe the best for last. Or at least one of the most beautiful. “It was beautiful. I’ve never seen ...

Sequoyah County Sheriff Larry Lane Jr. addressed Sequoyah County Commissioners Monday about complaints he has received about the United Keetoowah Band performing law enforcement duties in and around t...

Captain John Weber and Officer Wesley McGuirt of the Sallisaw Police Department were recognized on the Senate floor last Wednesday for their recent heroism. The Honorable Governor Kevin Stitt presente...

Sequoyah County Sheriff Larry Lane Jr. said his department recently welcomed a new K-9, thanks to a donation from Tyler Knoke at Knoke European Dobermans. “We want to thank Tyler for the generous dona...

An all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast fundraiser will be held on June 3 for the Sequoyah County Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Team. The breakfast will be held from 7 to 10 a.m. at the Masonic Lodge ...

Mark Harkins was sworn in as Vian’s new police chief during the regular monthly meeting of the Vian Board of Trustees on May 15. The board voted to appoint Harkins to the position following the resign...

A convicted sex offender’s bond was revoked and he was taken into custody after failing to comply with his sex offender registration earlier this month. Anthony Lockhart, 48, of Muldrow, was charged o...

A Vian man is facing charges in Sequoyah County District Court after he dislocated a deputy’s shoulder and then hid from authorities in an abandoned house. Damariae D. Ware, 31, was charged on May 3 w...

The Muldrow Board of Education met on May 8 where they voted to rehire certified and uncertified personnel for the 2023-24 school year. Following a motion from Colby Wilson to reemploy certified and n...

The Sallisaw Police Department will be conducting speed and traffic enforcement on Wheeler Avenue from Cherokee to Delaware and all surrounding residential areas from May 24-31.

Numerous dogs, puppies and a single cat were all rescued Monday from a residence in Sequoyah County after it was reported the animals were being hoarded on the property. According to the Oklahoma Alli...

When it comes to a final decision by the Sallisaw Municipal Authority on the unsolicited offer to purchase the Sallisaw Municipal Landfill facility and the city sanitation collection services, the ans...

Funeral services for Sallisaw businessman Joe F. Peters, 84, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church in Sallisaw. Peters and his wife, Trudy, started Peters Agency Care Management in...

A Sallisaw man charged in March with three felony counts of lewd or indecent acts to child under the age of 16 is facing a fourth charge for the same offense in Sequoyah County District Court. Stephen...

A Sallisaw man has reportedly died as a result of injuries he sustained in a collision north of Sallisaw on May 9. OHP Trooper Steven Crooks #244 of the Sequoyah County Detachment of Troop C reported ...