While there’s a generation gap when it comes to rotary-dial landline telephones and digital or even voice-activated cellphones, telephone numbers have been part of our lives since Alexander Graham Bel...

The Sallisaw Lions Club puts in basically a full 12 months each year to get its annual rodeo, this year being the 81st installment of the annual event, ready to come out of the chutes. “The Saturday o...

There’s the unimaginable that no one wants to imagine. What would you do if your house burned down? What if a tornado demolished your house? What if your house was engulfed by something like the Texas...

In May 2024 when emotions were running high at the height of the community fervor about changing Sallisaw’s animal ordinance, Ward 3 City Commissioner Julian Mendiola acknowledged that a committee ass...

Gore’s Board of Trustees voted to vacate the town’s Ward 5 trustee during their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday night after discovering Ward 5 Trustee Gideon Miller’s residence was not in town limi...

When you’re a kid and there’s snow on the ground and school’s called off, the frozen kingdom you survey is a winter wonderland. Likewise, adults who are able to stay home — maybe in front of a warm fi...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A pair of Razorback newcomers established world-leading times with a pair of victories Friday during the Arkansas Invitational. Sophomore transfer Sanu Jallow became the third fas...

Actions often speak louder than words. In Frank Sullivan Jr.’s case, his words and his deeds go hand in hand. “I love and appreciate my city, and this gift is a declaration of my appreciation for thei...

Those in the market for flies are undoubtedly familiar with the adage about attracting more of the winged creatures with honey than with vinegar. Likewise, those who disagree with Sallisaw employees s...

Conventional wisdom is that it is a woman’s prerogative to change her mind. Sequoyah County Court Clerk Gina Cox exercised her prerogative earlier this week. Cox, who was elected in November 2020 to a...

NORMAN — With the Southeastern Conference’s announcement of the 2024 league football schedule Wednesday evening, Oklahoma’s 12game 2024 regular season football schedule is complete. The Sooners will p...

The city of Sallisaw and Sallisaw Public Schools have agreed to share concession and restroom facilities for patrons of the new Stanley H. Collins Aquatic Center and neighboring Perry F. Lattimore Sta...

BOSTON – Oklahoma State indoor track season-opening meet took place Saturday at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener, with multiple athletes breaking school records in distance events. Multi-time...

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Oklahoma State Director Kenneth Corn announced on Dec. 4 that USDA has invested more than $1.9 million in public safety sector services in commu...

Wednesday at the Wheeler Event Center in Sallisaw, there was a screen, a movie, an audience, popcorn and soft drinks. And for the three dozen people — mostly high school students — who showed up for t...

A Sallisaw woman is one of 13 individuals who was indicted on Nov. 13 with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, according to Christopher J. Wilson, United Stat...

The Roland Rangers and the Muldrow Lady Bulldogs were named the top seeds in the 2024 Sequoyah County Tournament during Wednesday morning’s seeding meeting at Sallisaw High School’s Paul Post Fieldhou...

The 2023 high school football seasons came to a screeching halt Friday night as both the Central Tigers and the Vian Wolverines lost their respective state quarterfinal playoff games. The historic per...

Surely it was not all that long ago that members of First United Methodist Church carried on foot an old rugged, wooden cross the one and a half miles from their former church building at Creek Avenue...

Sequoyah County Commissioners approved a “Consortium” agreement between local elected officials and the Green Country Workforce Development Board at their regular meeting, Monday. According to Distric...