Lynn Adams, a veteran journalist and native Oklahoman, has joined Your Times family as a staff writer. Adams began his extensive newspaper career in Wichita Falls, Texas, and has also worked for Oklah...

After verbal altercation Image Body Sallisaw Police were called to the Sallisaw Sports Complex around noon Saturday after a verbal altercation took place between a couple of parents. According to the ...

Demolition work at Blue Ribbon Downs in Sallisaw began this week and Cherokee Nation Deputy Principal Chief Bryan Warner, who has history with BRD, said he could not be more excited. The demolition wo...

six a.m. today fog burns off as heat comes on beautiful, hot day AN EARLY MORNING VIEW THROUGH A CAR WINDSHIELD OF THE WEBBERS FALLS FOGGY FARMLAND LOOKING WEST ON I-40 ON JUNE 23. HOT AND DRY IS, AND...

What was expected for months, if not years, happened Friday morning: The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The consequential opinion, which holds that there is no longer a federal constitutional r...

East and westbound US-64 will be intermittently narrowed to one lane at SH-64D near Moffett, west of the Arkansas state line, from 9 a.m. Monday through 5 p.m. Friday for bridge work.

Monday’s meeting of the Sallisaw School Board included a vacant seat belonging to Superintendent Randy Wood, who retired from the position on Oct. 31. The first order of business on behalf of the boar...

Kenyatta Wright says he owns five companies. Ask him if he’d like free money to market those companies, and he’d be first in line for the windfall. That’s the message the former Vian, Oklahoma State a...

This Week in County History — Sequoyah County Democrat, Dec. 1,1922 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From Nov. 30 and Dec. 4, 1997, issues of the Sequoyah County Times) -The ...

Christmas came early for Gans and Roland on Friday when officials from the Cherokee Nation presented $500,000 each to the two towns after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which outlines the...

Sallisaw City Commissioners on Monday approved spending more than $350,000 on the city’s behalf, and amended a city ordinance regarding texting while driving. At their monthly meeting, the commissione...

Awards recognize special efforts of Cherokee Nation Health Services, Public Health teams during COVID-19 pandemic Cherokee Nation Health Services was recently honored as the recipient of two national ...

SALLISAW HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Sallisaw basketball player Addyson Gream signed her letter of intent Nov. 10 to continue her education at Oklahoma Wesleyan University. Gream will play basketball as a ...

The Sallisaw City Commission approved on Monday an amendment to the Sallisaw Code of Ordinances updating monetary penalties. A person convicted of a violation of Ordinance No. 2022-15 Section 1-8(c) s...

Some of Vian’s sidewalks located near Vian Public Schools received some much-needed renovation last Monday. “I attended a Walkability Summit with Jayna Tillman and Kim Netz of TSET Healthy Living Prog...

MARK YOUR Announcements of upcoming events for non-profit organizations and events in Sequoyah County may be delivered to Your TIMES in several different ways. They may be mailed to or hand delivered ...

Female says she has COVID-19, coughs in officer’s face AMIE CATO-REMER EDITOR A local woman and man have been charged with felony child neglect and possession of both controlled dangerous substance (m...

VIAN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Third-ranked Vian went into Friday’s second-round playoff game against seventh-ranked Kiefer thinking the Wolverines would best the Trojans. Instead, the Wolverines fell 21-1...

The Cherokee Nation turned dirt to begin construction on $4 million new duplexes for low-income Cherokee families that will replace ones built in 1969. Leaders gathered to celebrate the new Birdtail A...

The Sallisaw School Board approved to rehire former superintendent Randy Wood for the time period of January 2023 through June 30, 2023, and conducted other personnel-related actions at their monthly ...