The Sallisaw High School Class of 1964 recently celebrated their 61st class reunion at the OSHSA building. The class is a close-knit group and since their 50th reunion, they have chosen to celebrate e...

OKLAHOMA CITY – A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by State Superintendent Ryan Walters against a group that works to enforce the separation of church and state. Walters and the State Dep...

Vian Assembly of God church and Pastor John Bennett will be hosting a revival with Evangelist Dan Parker with Outpourings Revival, September 5-7, at the church. Services for that Friday and Saturday w...

The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from June business. The monies they reported this period represent sales fr...

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is holding a final project meeting to present the Supplemental Watershed Plan and Environmental Assessment (Plan-EA) and all necessary supporting data...

07/28/2025 08/3/2025 During the period of July 28 - August 4, 2025, Sequoyah County law enforcement tended to 27 animal calls, 389 traffic stops, and numerous medical and domestic calls according to p...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Joy Thorp, the first assistant district attorney for District 12 (Craig, Mayes and Rogers counties), recently received the Mitch Sperry Memorial Award for Outstanding Prosecutor. The p...

David Alexander and Jerry Sizemore of the Sallisaw Masonic Lodge #120 recently presented a $600 check to Laura Kuykendall of the Boys & Girls Club of Sequoyah County. The donation will help cover repa...

There’s a prevailing rule of thumb when it comes to men who wear earrings: Left is right and right is wrong. But if you’re among the 10% to 13% of Americans who are left-handed, you’d be inclined to b...

In honor of International Left-Handers Day being celebrated worldwide Wednesday, the August 13 edition of Your TIMES gives you a glimpse at how the world would be if left were right. If this seems a d...

If you’re righthanded and you've picked up this newspaper, you’re surely wondering what you’ve gotten yourself into. And why. Today (Aug. 13) is International Left-Handers Day, an obscure “holiday” th...

There are some musicians, especially amateur ones, who don’t want you to look at them when they play. Guitarist John Musselman of Sallisaw is one of those. Not because he’s shy or nervous. It’s actual...

Almost everyone has certain characteristics that make them readily identifiable. For lefthanded Teresa Caves of Sallisaw, it’s a certain symbol that sets her apart from righthanders. “Probably my most...

Crystal Gibbs will be the first to tell you she can’t do anything with her right hand. And she’s finding out the same is true for her left-handed grandson, Brantley. “Growing up, I would cry because n...

For some couple who have been married for a time, not sitting beside their spouse when eating at a restaurant can be a welcome respite. But for Pat and April Nix, left-handed husband and wife from Sal...

Talk to many left-handers and they’ll be quick to cite the travails with which they must contend in a right-handed world — eating while seated next to a right-hander, figuring out how to use right-han...

For the 90% of humans who are right-handed, there was never a question about how they’d throw a ball, write their name or find a seat at a dinner party. Likewise, for the 1 in 10 southpaws, using thei...

As you’ve already noticed, after you may have tried to take a pair of right-handed scissors to cut along the right edge of the front page trying to get into this edition of Your TIMES, this is a left-...

20. Two words: Ink smears. Whenever lefties try to right with ink, they end up smearing their writing beyond recognition. 19. Wristwatches. All watches are made to be worn on the left arm, and the sou...

We all, of course, know in which hand we hold a pen, but how far does this bias extend throughout your body? Are you lefteared? Left-eyed? Here is a simple test you can apply to yourself. 1. Imagine t...