For those eagerly awaiting the completion of the Stanley H. Collins Aquatics Center, there’s good news and bad news. The good news is that the aquatics center “is ahead of schedule,” but as Sallisaw C...

Sallisaw City Commissioners have approved a master services agreement between the city and Rent Fun LLC of Northville, Mich., for the placement of a kiosk for kayaks at Brushy Lake Park. In green ligh...

If this Wednesday seems wackier than most, especially on South Kerr Boulevard, there’s good reason. Sallisaw’s first Whataburger opened at 11 a.m. today at 502 S. Kerr Boulevard. While the long-antici...

A routine patrol near a Sallisaw motel has led to the arrest of a Vian man on multiple charges after a K-9 unit uncovered suspected methamphetamine in his vehicle. According to the probable cause affi...

For those planning to visit anyone living in “about seven or eight houses” on 1103 Road northeast of Muldrow, plan to allow a little extra time. Sequoyah County Commissioners on Monday approved a chan...

Sallisaw's first Whataburger opens at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 23, at 502 S. Kerr Boulevard. While the long-anticipated opening is big news, even bigger news is that for Wednesday's opening, the first...

Amid a particularly lengthy Sallisaw Board of City Commissioners agenda Monday, which included its share of “housekeeping” functions such as approving purchase orders, city ordinances and construction...

Northeastern Health System Sequoyah, which just last December was drowning in debt to the tune of about $14 million before Sallisaw City Commissioners stepped in to buttress the city hospital with a $...

You see them at almost every turn. Food trucks, or mobile vendors, are usually the center of attention at community festivals, and have become permanent fixtures at Iola Avenue and Cedar Street as wel...

Two years ago, CARDS Holdings Inc. tendered an unsolicited offer of $21.5 million to purchase the Sallisaw Municipal Landfill facility and the city sanitation collection services. After more than a mo...

A popular bumper sticker from the 1970s issued the ultimatum: “America, Love it or Leave it.” For Sallisaw Mayor Ernie Martens, he has a similar sentiment about the community he serves and loves. So i...

GORE - The Town of Gore is teaming up with Cindy Irwin to host a fun Easter egg hunt beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 19, at Ray Fine Park. It’s going to be an egg-cellent time, so come and enj...

On April 19, 1995, I was working at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center when the five-story building that housed my office shuddered simultaneously with a dull concussion at 9:02 a.m. Th...

In a world that often feels fastpaced and impersonal, it's people like Luke Johnson who remind us what it means to be rooted in community, driven by family, and committed to making a difference— one r...

Sallisaw Mayor Ernie Martens on Monday presented a proclamation to Polly Lackey, celebrating her “remarkable milestone and honoring a century of life lived with meaningful experiences, service and lov...

Two individuals have been found guilty by a federal jury of voluntary manslaughter in the 2023 death of Ricky D. Henning, 58, of Sallisaw, according to a press release issued by the United States Atto...

You may notice more people wearing masks these days, but it’s not necessarily because of a resurgence of COVID-19. It’s because of strep throat. “Strep is running rampant,” Northeastern Health Systems...

Lease-purchase contracts that will increase the Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Office fleet of vehicles by four were approved by county commissioners Monday at their weekly meeting. The four Chevrolet vehi...

The District 27 District Attorney’s Office has a new First Assistant District Attorney. Richard Incremona began his legal career as a law clerk with the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office in Freehold...

District Judge Jeffrey Payton on Thursday granted a change of venue motion in the Sequoyah County Board of County Commissioners’ Feb. 24 accusation for removal of County Assessor Brandy Dobbs, and set...