POTEAU -- Poteau BalloonFest will continue to “Rise Above the Ordinary” on Friday and Saturday as Oklahoma’s longest running balloon festival. The event has “ballooned” into a success, rising to new h...

A felony arrest warrant has been issued for a Vian woman, who was charged on Oct. 12 with felony burglary in the second degree. Jennifer G. Barnes, 46, could face up to seven years imprisonment if fou...

George Bormann, Sallisaw’s economic development and grants director, channeled his inner Will Rogers at Monday’s Sallisaw City Commissioners meeting. “You never get a second chance to make a first imp...

Are you superstitious? No? Are you sure? Do you knock on wood or never open an umbrella indoors or never walk under a ladder or avoid breaking a mirror or avoid stepping on a crack in the sidewalk or ...

Sallisaw native Murel Copeland gave his brother, Hayes, a gift 42 years ago. It was the gift of life. And it strengthened their enduring bond between brothers. When Hayes faced complete kidney failure...

Junk vehicles — cars, trucks, motorcycles and boats that are inoperable or have not moved because they “are being repaired” — are a blight on city neighborhoods Sallisaw City Commissioners want to pre...

Shannon Johnson of Vian may be a boy momma but the mother of eight children says raising sons and no daughters is not the reason why she wanted to become a hair stylist. Owner of The She Shed in Vian,...

To hear Josh Rogers tell it, the 18th annual Cruizin’ 64 — the event that’s all about cool cars and hot chili — on Saturday, Oct. 14, will not only fill Sallisaw’s autumn event void, but will build on...

Joey Potts, who left Sallisaw last month to begin missionary training in Israel, awoke Saturday morning to what she thought was thunder. “It was not thunder. Israel has been attacked on a holy day,” s...

Sallisaw City Commissioners knew a review of landfill tip fee rates that went into effect Sept. 1, as well as other fees associated with use of the municipal landfill facility, would come before them ...

Sequoyah County Commissioners approved interlocal agreements Tuesday for schools located in District 3 of Sequoyah County, along with taking action or no action on several agenda items. Schools approv...

Thanks to a joint effort between the Vian Police Department and Sequoyah County Sheriff’s office, along with nume rous tips from the public last week, authorities were able to apprehend Amber Barnett,...

Bully: A person who purposely hurts, intimidates, threatens or ridicules another usually more vulnerable person, especially repeatedly. Mention the word “bullying,” and you’ll undoubtedly get reaction...

When Brittany Hogan thinks back to when she was in school at Gans, she recalls that there was youth league football. But in the almost 20 years since her 2005 graduation, youth league sports disappear...

While most schools choose their homecoming queen weeks in advance of the ceremony, Gans School is different. As Superintendent Regina Brannon explained, the football team nominates five attendants for...

A former employee of Family Dollar in Muldrow is facing a felony charge of embezzlement after she failed to make two deposits totaling over $3,000 for the store in July. Kimberly Bolden, 46, of Fort S...

Central Public School's 2023-24 Homecoming Queen and King are Avery Warner and Cade Tucker. The 2023-24 Homecoming court consisted of seniors Autumn Cernicek, Nevaeh Pollard and Queen Avery Warner; ju...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma has announced that Presley E. Lawson, 49, of Spiro, entered a guilty plea to one count of distribution of methamphetamine. The ...

The 30x30 Land Grab is becoming a regular topic at the Sequoyah County Commissioners meetings ever since a couple of “concerned citizens” became involved in the movement “to educate the public and pre...

While autumn often evokes visions of red, orange and yellow foliage accompanied by cooler temperatures and the smell of pumpkin spice and nighttime campfires, there’s so much more for those who choose...