The Roland Board of Education met on March 13 where they discussed and voted on several employment issues. The board accepted the resignations of Ag teacher and FFA advisor Myron Lockwood, Special Edu...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved bipartisan legislation prohibiting the use of corporal punishment on students with the most significant cognitive disabil...

The Oklahoma Healthy Aging Initiative (OHAI) Northeast Center of Healthy Aging will be providing the Tai Chi for Better Balance Program. The classes will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1 p.m. begin...

Congratulations to Mr. Brant for winning Roland Public School’s February step challenge. He had a whopping 514,620 steps in 28 days. That total won him bragging rights for the month and the grand priz...

A Spring Music Jam will be held on Saturday, March 25 at the Frank Galvtsi Community Building in Vian as part of a UKB Illinois District fundraiser. Local band Tick Fever will play live music from 7 t...

Rep. Jim Olsen, R-Roland, released the following statement in response to national media attention following his March 14 debate against House Bill 1028, which would prohibit the use of corporal punis...

The "Wrecking Crew" from Roland Public Schools has won State in Robotics. They finished the qualifying matches ranked No. 1, and went on to win the tournament with their alliance. They also took home ...

A nursing facility is not a hospital. Many people enter a nursing facility after a hospital stay and tend to think of the nursing facility as an extension of hospital care. However, a nursing facility...

Sallisaw Public Schools will host two meetings on April 5 — Title VI PAC and Johnson O’Malley (JOM) IEC. Both meetings will be held at the administration building, 701 S. J.T. Stites Blvd. The Title V...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), announced the award of $560 million this week in addition to the $1 billion awarded ...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs (ODVA) has announced Jennifer Bloomfield as the organization’s director of communications. Bloomfield will manage all internal and public c...

WED., MAR. 22 & 29 The Sequoyah County Historical Society Museum will be open on Wednesdays, from 9:30 a.m. to noon Bible study, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Simple Simons Pizza, 2401 E. Cherokee, Sallisaw. Eve...

The Sallisaw Police Department will be conducting speed and traffic enforcement in the areas of all school zones and surrounding areas from March 22 to 29.

With the recent upheaval at the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs with the firing of embattled Executive Director Joel Kintsel amid his claims of an illegitimate veterans commission, there may b...

Governmental accounting can be difficult. While Robin Haggard and her finance department for the city of Sallisaw know their way around a balance sheet and are well-versed in debits, credits, accruals...

The Sallisaw Municipal Authority (SMA) at its Monday meeting approved spending $251,089.89 for the purchase of transformers and other materials for development of Lee Creek Estates, a residential subd...

The Sequoyah County CCR/SART (Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Response Team) will hold its annual Sexual Assault Awareness Glow Stick Walk on April 3. The event will start at 7:30 p.m. at the pavilio...

Just Folks Chris Sheridan of the Brushy community says the best thing about living in Sequoyah County are the people, even those he supervises daily as the Sequoyah County Inmate Work Crew supervisor....

Sequoyah County voters will go to the polls to decide who will represent area schools and towns in the Board of Education General Election and Municipal General Election, set for Tuesday, April 4. In ...

The Oklahoma Youth Preparedness Council will host the annual Oklahoma Youth Preparedness Camp (OKYPC), July 9-14 on the Murray State College Campus in Tishomingo. The free overnight camp is open to st...