Gracie Risley, daughter of Gill and Delaina Risley, has lived in Vian her entire life. This small town isn’t just where she grew up, it’s all she’s ever known. For generations, she and her family have...

Homecoming ceremonies for football at Muldrow are scheduled for Friday. Muldrow will host Spiro at Aubrey J. Henshaw Bulldog Stadium. In Muldrow, the day’s festivities will begin with a parade at 2:10...

Homecoming ceremonies for football at Roland are scheduled for Friday. Roland will host Central at Ranger Stadium. The Homecoming queen will be crowned at 6:30 p.m. Friday during pre-game festivities ...

The investigation continues into the circumstances surrounding a two-vehicle fatal accident Monday morning on U.S. 59 north of Sequoyah Street in Sallisaw. Sallisaw police, firefighters and emergency ...

The father of a man who died after allegedly being left unattended in the back of a Sallisaw Police Department vehicle has filed a civil negligence lawsuit against the City of Sallisaw, a police offic...

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the State Medical Examiner’s Office are still trying to piece together why an inmate at the Sequoyah County Jail died in her cell late last week. At abou...

The Sallisaw Public Schools Board of Education met in a special session September 10 to review reports, approve facility use requests and take action on several policy and personnel matters for the 20...

The Nation’s Report Card last week released another sobering report on student achievement. The reading skills of 12th graders are the worst in three decades. Seniors’ average math scores dropped belo...

The Vian Board of Trustees met for their regular meeting on August 18, addressing a full agenda that included community projects, resignations and routine department reports. One of the key actions ta...

The city’s agreement with Sallisaw Public Schools for joint use of the concession stand, restrooms and associated facilities at the Stanley H. Collins Aquatics Center passed its debut last week with n...

Marley Abell of the Sallisaw Lions Club was presented Tuesday with the prestigious Melvin Jones Fellowship Award, the highest award presented by Lions Club International. Lions Club was chartered in 1...

Brad Lewallen, the firefighter who suffered severe burns in the July 2 fireworks explosion and fire July 2 at the Choctaw Nation capital grounds in Tuskahoma, is expected to return home to Cherokee Co...

Crime rates have fallen dramatically across District 27 during the past eight years, according to the latest data from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) and the Federal Bureau of Inves...

Beginning Jan. 1, 2026, per SB 1066 (2025), physicians will be required to complete medical marijuana education and register with the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Association (OMMA) before providing med...

Brooklyn Herod, 17, was excited to step into her senior year at Vian High School. She said the first day of her senior year was something she had imagined since she was in elementary school. “I was ju...

Billy McHenry, former hatchery manager for Tyson Foods, is familiar with the proverb “don't count your chickens before they hatch.” So although he wants chickens to hatch, he’s not counting them befor...

Sallisaw, it would seem, has a parking problem. Who knew? Actually, the problem is that narrow streets plus parked cars equals a major problem for emergency vehicles trying to respond. “The key here i...

The triple-murder trial of Stacy Lee Drake, the Alabama felon accused of the June 2024 murders of Tara Underwood and Taylor Sharp at LaFerry’s Propane near Gans as well as the El Reno slaying of Phill...

Monte Madewell, member and vice president for the Indian Capital Technology Center (ICTC) Board of Education, was named to the 2025 All-State Board of Education by the Oklahoma State School Boards Ass...

A former Sallisaw resident who now lives in Muldrow could face up to 25 years or more in prison if found guilty of a lewd molestation charge in Sequoyah County District Court, according to a probable ...