It’s good to be the king. At least that’s what Mel Brooks told us in “History of the World: Part 1.” It’s also good to be King Koda. Just ask Takoda Watie of Sallisaw. “If you met him, you would know ...

A man wanted for shooting a Webbers Falls Police officer on Sunday reportedly shot himself in a Walmart parking lot in New Mexico on Monday morning as authorities there tried to take him into custody....

Sequoyah County Commissioners have amended the accusations they are leveling against County Assessor Brandy Dobbs in their attempt to have Dobbs removed from the office she’s held since June 2021. The...

A Red Flag Warning is in effect until 10 p.m. Monday, March 17, for very dry and windy conditions for much of eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas, including Sequoyah County. The National Weather S...

The southbound SH 64D ramp (Dora Exit) to eastbound U.S. 64 near the Arkansas state line in Sequoyah County will be closed from 8 p.m. Monday, March 17, to 7 a.m. Tuesday, March 18, and again from 8 p...

An arrest warrant has been issued for a 28-year-old Keota woman, Taylor A. Hunter, charged with felony embezzlement. Hunter, a former receptionist at Pain Management of Oklahoma in Sallisaw, is accuse...

An arrest warrant has been issued in Sequoyah County District Court for a Muldrow man charged with second-degree burglary following the break-in of a Muldrow church on February 14. Associate District ...

There were plenty of oohs and aahs to go around — from children as well as adults — Thursday when students from Marble City School toured the Big Toy Museum in Sallisaw. There was something for everyo...

Sallisaw’s third Special Olympics Thursday at Paul Post Field House featured face painting and create your own T-shirt, games ranging from Jenga to Connect Four to cornhole, and activities involving c...

In Vian, where neighbors still take the time to check in on one another and stories are shared over coffee on the front porch, Margaret Owens has become known for something special— her famous peach c...

The Sallisaw Board of Education met at 6 p.m. for its regular session on March 10, where members addressed several important matters, including school events, financial reports, upcoming changes to bo...

Kathy Crase, Pre-K instructor at Liberty Elementary, has been selected as Sallisaw's 2025 District Teacher of the Year.

The sound of gunshots in close proximity to schools and childcare facilities usually results in anxiety, if not panic. And the Sallisaw City Commissioners are wanting to avoid unnecessary angst for th...

Faith Assembly of God Sallisaw will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a special service beginning at 10:45 a.m. Sunday. A fellowship dinner will follow. The church was started in March 1975 in Akins...

She has never owned a cell phone or computer, and can’t recall when she first owned a TV, but Polly Lackey of Sallisaw recalls so much more — a candy-apple red Chevrolet convertible with white leather...

District Judge Jeffrey Payton on Thursday ruled that allegations stipulated in the Sequoyah County Board of County Commissioners’ Feb. 24 accusation for removal of County Assessor Brandy Dobbs are ins...

OKLAHOMA CITY – A Senate panel on Tuesday passed a measure aimed at helping the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority collect tolls owed by owners of vehicles with tribal tags. Senate Bill 675 authorizes the De...

For Steven Ross, the moment he received his job offer from a top physical therapy clinic in San Francisco, it felt like everything he had worked for since childhood had finally come full circle. A rec...

The Easter bunny made a surprise visit to Thursday morning’s chamber of commerce breakfast at Carl Albert State College’s Stites Center. The bunny was promoting Sallisaw’s second annual adult Easter e...

The newest QuikTrip store opened in Sallisaw Thursday morning at I-40 and U.S. 59. Vehicles jockeyed for position as all the pumps were filled with customers celebrating the long-awaited opening of th...