If you can imagine, there was a time when Sallisaw did not have a Sonic Drive-In. Surely it’s hard to believe, because for Generation X, Sonic — whether on East Cherokee or Ruth — has always been a fi...

A Sallisaw woman is charged with second degree forgery, grand larceny and exploitation of an elderly person or disabled adult after she and another woman allegedly forged two checks belonging to a loc...

A Muldrow man is scheduled for an August 28 arraignment in Sequoyah County District Court after being charged with chid sexual abuse, stemming from an incident that allegedly occurred in November 2023...

Lucas J. Blackbird, 40, of Vian, has reportedly entered a guilty plea to one count of assault of a spouse, intimate partner, or dating partner by strangling or attempting to strangle, in Indian Countr...

Jeff Cotner, of Vian, is a man of many trades. Even with a Harvard Law School degree, completed Ironman competitions on every continent, and extraordinary photography under his belt, Cotner has chosen...

Cellphone use, especially for “the younger generation,” is as pervasive as breathing. Cellphones have often become an extension of the person. When a moratorium on cellphone use is imposed, it can see...

Jason Walker, author of “The Gates of Hell and the Demons That Protect It the 2003 Incident,” will be doing a book signing from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., on Saturday, Aug. 24, at the Stanley Tubbs Memor...

Rep. Josh Brecheen and fellow members of the U.S. House of Representatives are sounding the alarm about the nation’s $35 trillion debt and federal budget spending of almost $190,000 per second, “faste...

A Muldrow man is facing a felony charge of lewd molestation after being accused of inappropriately touching a child under the age of 12. Michael Jackson, 50, was charged on August 2 and a warrant was ...

A Braggs man has been charged with grand larceny in Sequoyah County District Court after a trailer he allegedly sold to another individual was found to be stolen, belonging to Gore Public Schools. The...

Cherokee Nation Emergency Medical Services is launching a new paramedic education program to train new paramedic providers and help address the shortages being experienced across the United States, in...

Boys & Girls Club of Sequoyah County is ready to build a gymnasium for its after-school, educational program for children ages 6 to 18. All the non-profit organization needs is a place to build it. Th...

The Muldrow Board of Education convened on August 12 for its regular meeting where board members voted to appoint a new assistant superintendent, and made several unanimous decisions impacting the dis...

In Sequoyah County, the start of the school year brings a flurry of excitement and nerves, but for one Muldrow family, it also brings family stories from a different time and place. Mary Stevens, or “...

The location that once housed a distribution center for Coors and offices for the Sallisaw Chamber of Commerce, was demolished last week by work crews with the city of Sallisaw. According to city offi...

Sequoyah County Commissioners’ weekly meetings are not known for much drama. Monday was an exception. For more than 1½ hours, about 20 people waiting in the commissioners’ outer office turned their he...

When Sallisaw city commissioners were asked on April 8 to consider changes to the city’s animal ordinance — policies that hadn’t been reviewed “in a very, very long time” — the possibility of change i...

With the Sallisaw Public Schools student population rising by a little more than 100, the Sallisaw Board of Education on Monday night voted to add some new staff members to its campuses during its reg...

A Sallisaw man is charged with two felony counts of child sexual abuse stemming from two separate incidents, one in 2018 and the other in 2023, according to police reports. Hector Milian, 62, was char...

My wife, Brenda, and I have been in newspaper collectively for almost 100 years — and all of our 30 years of marriage. We’ve often worked together at the same newspaper — me in the newsroom and her in...