Agents with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and the U.S. Marshals Service apprehended and arrested Todd A. Smith shortly before noon Tuesday, ending a tense 16-day manhunt. Smith, 63, had eluded authoriti...

A probable cause affidavit filed Tuesday in Sequoyah County District Court has released details of a deadly high-speed crash that happened early Sunday morning, which left a Florida man dead and a Sal...

Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m. today (Friday) at Agent Mallory-Martin Chapel for former Sallisaw Police Lt. Sandra Girdner. Girdner, 65, passed away on August 4, in Hackett. Ark. The Salli...

Terry Grinstead, originally from Muldrow and a graduate of Sallisaw High School, has now worked at the much-beloved Short Stop in Vian for 18 years. As a teenager, Grinstead said she did all the thing...

A Sallisaw woman is facing a first-degree manslaughter charge in Sequoyah County District Court following a deadly three-vehicle collision on Interstate-40 early Sunday morning. Cambre L. Wright, 20, ...

Hot-button issues, especially those involving money, get people talking. After Monday’s weekly meeting of the Sequoyah County Commissioners, people were talking. The commissioners touched on several a...

A Vian man is in custody after allegedly abducting a woman at gunpoint and threatening to kill someone over a missing wallet, according to a probable cause affidavit filed in Sequoyah County District ...

A Thursday afternoon parade kicked off the 2025 Sallisaw Lions Club Rodeo Parade through downtown Sallisaw. The rodeo continues through Saturday, Aug. 2. While the horses and emergency vehicles were c...

Home is where the heart is, and sometimes your heart is with your family. But for Chestnut, it took her nine long years to return home to her family. According to the June 23, 2017, issue of Your TIME...

Well, appealing an Eastern District Court verdict to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has turned out to be not as appealing as William Sean Buckner might have envisioned. After a federa...

After 35 years in business, Piggly Wiggly in Muldrow has announced that it will close its doors on Saturday. Manager Brian Owens said it’s time for a new chapter. “Life has a way of keeping us moving,...

Westbound I-40 is narrowed to one lane at Mile Marker 302, between Sallisaw and Vian in Sequoyah County, through Aug. 8 for surface repairs. Drivers should expect minor delays in the area, especially ...

Summer for the Muldrow Public Library brings daily programs, activities and educational classes for people of all ages—from preschool to retirement—to provide a way to escape the heat while giving the...

Rebel Buttery, 17, is spending her summer before her senior year working at Hardwaters Shaved Ice in Vian and soaking up her time on Lake Tenkiller. At Hardwaters, Buttery is making a name for herself...

Authorities in Sallisaw are actively searching for a man considered armed and dangerous following a shooting that occurred Sunday afternoon. Police say the suspect, Todd A. Smith, 63, is wanted on mul...

A former Sallisaw High School coach accused last year of inappropriate contact with a student has pleaded guilty in federal court to receiving child sexual exploitation material. Joshua L. Bolin, 26, ...

When Sequoyah County employees — from the offices of the sheriff to the court clerk to the county assessor and beyond — are required to attend in-person classes and training to receive and/or maintain...

Sequoyah County residents showed up in multitudes Saturday for a benefit barbecue and auction that helped raise money for the families of Cash Collins, Brad Lewallen and the late Ely Smith, who were a...

Vian resident Uriah Grass, 46, has been named the winner of the District 4 seat for the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council after receiving nearly 57% of the vote in Saturday’s election. Grass was in a run...