Sequoyah County Commissioners might spend $192,927 for a steel span bridge on North 4790 Road. They may also pay thousands of dollars for inmate ambulance transportation from two years ago. But before...

Jeremiah Johnson, 38, of Vian has deep roots in Sequoyah County. Named after his late grandfather, Benny Johnson, of the Johnsonville/ Blackgum community near Lake Tenkiller, his birth name is actuall...

Sallisaw’s first-ever ice skating rink — even with daytime temperatures 20 to 30 degrees above freezing — welcomes skaters beginning Friday at the downtown Stage Park for a monthlong celebration of th...

The recent extended Thanksgiving weekend was four days everyone enjoyed. Extended weekends this year for Christmas and New Year’s are three days to which everyone looks forward. Everyone but those wit...

Matthew McGrew, 16, of Sallisaw, was recently among those who donated items for Your TIMES' annual Giving Tree. McGrew has been donating to the tree for numerous years -- this year it was gloves -- ma...

Dec.  1-2 Main Street Ice Skating Rink 5 to 8:40 p.m. Friday 3 to 8:40 p.m. Saturday Stage Park, Oak and Choctaw Dec. 2 Downtown in December, Vian 6 p.m. Carriage rides, pony rides, petting zoo, visit...

Polly Tyler is tireless and has learned effective campaigning as she lobbies commissioners from counties across the state with claims that federal conservation measures are clandestine attempts to rob...

Surely it was not all that long ago that members of First United Methodist Church carried on foot an old rugged, wooden cross the one and a half miles from their former church building at Creek Avenue...

Gus Perry figures his office supply building at 205 N. Oak Street in downtown Sallisaw ought to be good for the next 100 years. After all, the building lasted 102 years before the brick facade began g...

Sequoyah County Commissioners approved a “Consortium” agreement between local elected officials and the Green Country Workforce Development Board at their regular meeting, Monday. According to Distric...

If it is happening in Webbers Falls, you can bet Norma Griffith will either be involved or is coordinating the event. “I enjoy staying busy and the best way I’ve found to do that is to be involved in ...

There are at least two things universally accepted about this week and tomorrow’s national holiday, Thanksgiving — travel is the busiest of the year, and family is at the center of the celebration. In...

A Marble City man charged in July with felony sexual battery, first degree rape, and sodomy - victim mentally incapacitated, is now scheduled for a Dec. 14 jury trial sounding docket, according to Seq...

An Arkansas woman has written her first children’s book thanks to the encouragement of her late grandmother and longtime Sallisaw resident, Addie Griffin. 'A Beautiful Story: Jesus & St. Nick” was wri...

The poem was originally published as "The New-England Boy's Song about Thanksgiving Day." It celebrates the author's childhood memories of visiting her grandfather's house (it was later changed to Gra...

The Sallisaw Police Department will be conducting speed and traffic enforcement on S. Kerr and Cherokee from Nov. 22 to 29.

Nov. 22 Community Thanksgiving dinner 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sallisaw Middle School cafeteria Open to everyone Nov. 23 Free Thanksgiving dinner 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Broadway Joe’s Cafe, Muldrow Carryout only....

Ben Johnson, who had never even visited Arkansas before he moved to Fort Smith in August 2022 to become president and CEO of the United States Marshals Museum, is battling a stereotype when he encoura...

Thanksgiving, the quintessential family-gathering holiday, is one of those heart-warming occasions that often means different things to different people. It not only celebrates the harvest, but other ...

Sallisaw City Manager Keith Skelton knows that if the city simply ignores instances of junk vehicles sitting in neighborhood yards, the problem won’t go away on its own. That’s why Skelton and city co...