Dana Stites, assistant jail administrator for the Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Office, knows there may be those who are in awe of her work ethic and devotion to her job. It’s part of her DNA. She doesn’t...

Sequoyah County Undersheriff Charles House believes an intruder at the Sequoyah County Courthouse will soon be in custody, he assured Sequoyah County Commissioners on Monday. The elusive perpetrator, ...

A Sallisaw man received a $15,000 bond and is scheduled to appear for an April 10 felony disposition docket after being charged with lewd molestation last month in Sequoyah County District Court. Josh...

Sequoyah County Rural Fire Protection District #1 (RFPD1) was recently notified that of the 150 applicants for the CHEMTREC HELP Award, RFPD1 was one of five recipients, and the first fire department ...

Monte Madewell, Indian Capital Technology Center board president who is running for re-election, recently spoke to the Sequoyah County Democratic Party. Joining Madewell for the event were A.J. Hensha...

The Sallisaw Police Department will be conducting speed and traffic enforcement on all of Redwood Ave. and surrounding residential areas from March 13-20.

Wannabe homebuilder Josh Bailey, president of JMBailey Properties, is the first to admit he’s learning as he goes — “I’ve never done this before; I’ve never built an addition before.” His construction...

Polly Tyler is tireless and, with the backing of American Stewards of Liberty, has learned effective campaigning as she lobbies commissioners from counties across the state with claims that federal co...

A Monday evening roll-over collision near Roland reportedly claimed the life of a Durant man after he was ejected from his vehicle and then ran over by an unknown motorist. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Tro...

Hershell W. House, 56, of Sallisaw has been charged after failing to comply with his sex offender registration. The felony charge was filed on February 29 in Sequoyah County District Court and a warra...

Vacations just get in the way. That’s something you rarely hear, but for Sequoyah County District 2 Commissioner Beau Burlison and his staff, vacation time is more of a nuisance than a reprieve. Not b...

Micki Kimble and her daughter, Kinzie, are gearing up for an extraordinary adventure—their very first missionary trip to Latvia. Both avid members of First Baptist in Sallisaw, the Kimbles have long f...

If you haven’t been a “guest” of the Sequoyah County Jail, you should not only consider yourself fortunate, but you may have an unrealistic impression of what a jail is like. Or, at least, what Jail A...

A certified nursing assistant is charged with two felony counts of abuse by caretaker and two felony counts of sexual battery after it was reported he’d sexually assaulted two elderly patients at a lo...

Two Sallisaw men are facing several drug-related charges along with a felony charge of child neglect after police reported finding cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other drug paraphernalia in t...

The annual garage sale for the Friends of the Stanley Tubbs Memorial Library will be held 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Old Sallisaw High School Association Event Center, 220 W. Creek Av...

An arrest warrant remains in effect for a Muldrow man who was charged in November 2023 with a felony count of larceny of automobile in Sequoyah County District Court. Authorities continue to search fo...

The Town of Gore’s regular monthly meeting held on February 20 took an unexpected turn with the resignation of the town's top law enforcement official, police chief Jeremy Walters. Town Clerk Lisa Set...

Vian Police Chief Mark Harkins said Friday morning around 5 a.m. that a Tulsa man driving a box van south on Hwy. 82 reportedly crossed the center line, striking two parked vehicles in front of The Fi...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma has announced that Andrew J. Craig, 35, of Gore, was sentenced to 60 months of probation for possessing a firearm after a domes...