Bob Pratt of Muldrow says throughout his life he has “lived for the moment.” But one big moment which involved music came unexpectedly for Pratt along with opportunities and a lifetime of fond memorie...

Sequoyah County Water Association (SCWA) manager Vance Mooney reported the $15.3 million water improvement project made possible through a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) loan is 75 percent comp...

For at least the past three years, more than 250 children each year have played soccer on makeshift competition fields, choking back swirling dust that rises from Sallisaw Sports Complex’s red dirt wh...

A few cases have been settled and one perpetrator is awaiting sentencing following jury trials that were held on Nov. 6 in Sequoyah County District Court. Rusty J. Waters Rusty J. Waters, 44, of Salli...

In two weeks, Sallisaw’s first-ever ice skating rink — albeit temporary — will be in place at Stage Park at the corner of Choctaw Avenue and Oak Street, ready for an anticipated onslaught of eager hol...

Sallisaw will use $300,000 distributed from its escrow account with the Oklahoma Municipal Assurance Group (OMAG) for sanitary sewer system improvements and other infrastructure needs. City commission...

For some who look back on their lives and take stock of what they, and possibly members of their family, have accomplished, they find there are few memorable or noteworthy occurrences. Not so with Fla...

Work continues on the Sallisaw Veterans Center — almost exclusively indoors these days — as the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs (ODVA) progresses toward its long-anticipated opening of the fac...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma tribal leaders this week spoke during a House Special Committee meeting on State-Tribal Relations about coming to an agreement on compacts and how the Legislature can ratify t...

A convicted sex offender has been charged in Sequoyah County District Court with failure to comply with sex offender registration and obstructing an officer, after moving into a Muldrow residence that...

Tommy L. Lewis of Sallisaw will do the same thing on Veterans Day that he does every day of his life, he says. He will go outside, look up at the American flag, snap to attention, salute the flag and ...

One hundred and five years ago, the world wept with joy and relief. After four years, three months and two weeks of the most brutal killing and unimaginable death, the Great War was finally over. On t...

Brushy Public Schools has been working with the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) regarding a reported case of meningitis in the school system, according to a letter posted on the school’s Fa...

Problems in making purchases without a credit card has forced the Sequoyah County Commissioners to obtain a purchasing card (P-Card) after the Sequoyah County Emergency Management director ran into pr...

A man with addresses in both Muldrow and Sallisaw is facing a criminal charge of unauthorized use of a vehicle after taking another individual’s vehicle and claiming “it wasn’t stealing, it if he brou...

The Red Autumn Arts Festival kicks off at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4, at Stage Park in downtown Sallisaw. Admission is free, and the event is open to the public. This event is to be a regional celebra...

A Florida man who was driving the vehicle that crashed into two Sallisaw police officers during May’s Diamond Daze festival has been sentenced in Sequoyah County District Court. Carlton Rucker, 34, of...

Apart from the Christmas tree that’s the center of attention — complemented by Christmas carols, hot chocolate by the fire and visions of sugar plums surely dancing in the heads of expectant children ...

Vian’s sixth annual Burnin’ Down Main Street, featuring a car show and burn out competition is set for Saturday, Nov. 4, in downtown Vian at the Anna Belle Farmer Park. This year’s event is hosted onc...

Cherese Riggs of Sallisaw thought teaching would be her main career choice after graduation. However, Riggs, who is part owner of Viewpoint Counseling Center in Sallisaw, has always had a heart for ch...