For 60-year-old Muldrow resident Benjamin Waters, honoring his Choctaw heritage is perhaps his life’s mission. Waters, who retired from the City of Fort Smith in December 2023 after working for 25 yea...

During the recent college football championship playoffs, Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh popularized a rally cry his father, Jack, often posed to his family: “Who’s got it better than us?” The a...

The public forum that will provide a venue for Sallisaw Board of City Commissioners candidates to present their case to voters will be 6:30 to about 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, at the People Inc. Confere...

In a special meeting held at 8 a.m. on Jan. 25, the Sallisaw Public School Board of Education convened to discuss crucial matters regarding the future development of the school district. President Ama...

It’s not as if Steven Hatcher has nothing else to do. He’s got plenty going on in his life. But he wants to make Sallisaw an even greater place to live for his children, so he’s running for a seat on ...

Drive by the construction site for the Sallisaw Veterans Center on U.S. 59 and you’ll surely admit it’s a pretty big place. But step inside the front door for a tour of the facility — like about 50 bu...

The 59th annual Sequoyah County Junior Livestock Show will be held Feb. 14-15, with the Premium Sale taking place on Feb. 16 at the Sequoyah County Fairgrounds, according to Jace Goodwin, Sequoyah Cou...

There aren’t many 73-year-old women who run for office for the first time. But not many women are Jeannie Richardson, who is a candidate for a seat on the Sallisaw Board of City Commissioners to repre...

The recent arctic blast that tore through Sequoyah County shocked many residents. While some said that the snow was a beautiful sight, others, like Muldrow resident Margaret Baker, said the snow was “...

Cherokee Nation Deputy Chief Bryan Warner, a 2009 alumnus of Northeastern State University (NSU) in Tahlequah, has recently been named a 2024 Centurion at the college. According to a press release, a ...

What a difference a day (or two) makes. After several days earlier last week featured single-digit temperatures and a couple of inches of snow that paralyzed much of the county, a brief weekend warm u...

CASA for Children is currently in need of volunteers in Sequoyah County and will be holding an event for those interested in making a difference for abused and neglected children in our community. “Lu...

Sequoyah County Commissioners are in search of at least two dump trucks for Districts 2 and 3, and have opened the bid process for two or more 2015 or newer triaxle dump trucks with automatic transmis...

With ice forecast for Sequoyah County expected to make travel treacherous, school closings for Monday, Jan. 22, have been announced at Belfonte, Brushy, Carl Albert State College, Central, Gans, Gore,...

Gore’s Board of Trustees voted to vacate the town’s Ward 5 trustee during their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday night after discovering Ward 5 Trustee Gideon Miller’s residence was not in town limi...

When you’re a kid and there’s snow on the ground and school’s called off, the frozen kingdom you survey is a winter wonderland. Likewise, adults who are able to stay home — maybe in front of a warm fi...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma has announced that Terry J. Dunnavent, 38, of Sallisaw, has entered a guilty plea to one count of felon in possession of a fire...

When Sallisaw resident Bonnie Thompson retired from her medical career, she quickly realized that sitting idle was not what she had imagined retirement to be like. Thompson, who practiced in New Mexic...

Mention an outdoor getaway in Oklahoma, and more often than not, recreation on the Illinois River or Lake Tenkiller — described by The Oklahoman in 1974 as “the most beautiful waterway in the state” —...

Firefighters with the Roland Fire Depatment were dispatched early Tuesday morning to a two-story residential fire on the east side of town. Upon arrival, firefighters discovered the structure under he...