Summer is a time when there are multiple opportunities to enjoy the great outdoors. But like so many good things, there are drawbacks to all that time outdoors, including creepy, crawlies, like ticks....

The third phase of the downtown Sallisaw sidewalk project started last week on Cherokee Avenue. Margaret Perry with the Sallisaw Main Street Program said the city has been working closely with the org...

When we think of the 1980s mullet hairstyle — business in the front, party in the back — it’s not hard to visualize Brian Bosworth, Rod Stewart, David Bowie or Patrick Swayze. And when we think of Okl...

We’re approaching the first week of August, so you all know what that means. It’s rodeo time! The 79th annual Sallisaw Lions Club Rodeo will begin Thursday and end its three-day run that following Sat...

The majority of the 79th annual Sallisaw Lions Club Rodeo performers, along with rodeo announcer Matt McGee and rodeo clown Colten Ulmer, are traveling quite a distance to be at next week’s big event....

Rodeo clown Colten Ulmer from Mount Vernon, Mo., will get to be a part of hat trick and trifecta when the 79th annual Sallisaw Lions Club Rodeo takes the spotlight beginning Thursday. Elmer will be pe...

For Alabama rodeo announcer Matt McGee, it will be a “Lucky 7” as he will return for the seventh straight year to be the announcer during the 79th annual Sallisaw Lions Club Rodeo. “It’s absolutely a ...

The ninth annual Back-to-School Round-Up for Sequoyah County pre-kindergarten students up through seniors will be from 10 a.m. until noon Aug. 5 at the Sallisaw rodeo grounds. “We also partner with Ki...

BAREBACK RIDING 1. Quinton Lunsford, McCune, Kan., 81.5 points 2. Lane Rowland, Pottersville, Mo., 76 BARREL RACING 1. Kynder Starr, Catoosa, 15.579 seconds 2. Larae Smith, Barnsdall, 15.665 3. Stepha...

Set aside 30 minutes to talk newspaper with Billy Wood, and three hours later he still will not have run out of stories about his days working for Wheeler Mayo then Jim Mayo and Richard Mayo then Jeff...

When it was announced July 17 that SLPT Global Pump Group is in the process of being purchased, foremost on Jeff Addison’s mind was how the transaction would affect the more than 150 full-time and tem...

A Sallisaw woman is charged with felony embezzlement after she allegedly gave away multiple free items to customers during a store contest, without the store’s permission. Brittany Nance, 25, was char...

The Sequoyah County Commissioners on Monday reviewed bridge reports from the Civil Engineering District 2 Bridge Safety Inspection, and approved invoices, which are paid by the Federal Highway Adminis...

A Sallisaw woman is facing a felony cruelty to animals charge after allegedly not providing food, water or treatment for two dogs left in her care. Destiny N. Remy, 26, was charged July 5 in Sequoyah ...

A Muldrow man is charged with prisoner placing body fluid on government employee after he spit on an officer several times on the way to jail after being accused of touching juvenile females at the Ro...

Jack Thorp, District Attorney for District 27, was presented the David L. Moss Memorial Award for Outstanding District Attorney in an awards ceremony held July 12 in Oklahoma City. As District Attorne...

The Sallisaw Board of City Commissioners met in executive session Monday evening to conduct a job performance review of City Manager Keith Skelton. But after a 97-minute session, the results of the sp...

CRAIG COUNTY — Oklahoma state and local officials joined American Heartland leadership this week to announce American Heartland Theme Park and Resort, a more than $2 billion entertainment destination ...

A felony arrest warrant was issued on July 6 for a Roland woman who has been charged in Sequoyah County District Court with the unpremeditated death of her two-month-old infant, by allegedly co-sleepi...

A collision that happened Tuesday evening just before midnight claimed the life of a Muldrow woman, according to an accident report issued by Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Jim O’Bryan, 61, and his passenge...