After years spent on the road and across the midwest, a local outdoorsman has returned home with a one-of-a-kind business designed to preserve hunting, fishing and family memories in a way few have ev...

About a quarter of a century or so ago, cheerleading was being done mostly by females. Now that we’re in the new millennium, it’s become just as normal to see males cheerleading as females, and Roland...

For Todd Harris, he’s hoping the third time is the proverbial charm. So are the Sequoyah County Commissioners. After declining two opportunities in as many years to pursue the position of director for...

It’s been 25 years since Oklahoma first began its pursuit of reform and resolution in the arduous legal quagmire that seeks to hold the poultry industry liable for polluting the Illinois River Watersh...

There is always a first for everyone, and for Wynnewood Savages assistant football coach Nathan McCurley, that first has now arrived. McCurley, who has had two assistant coaching stints with the Savag...

For more than four decades, Dr. Gary Cox has been the veterinarian Sallisaw could count on, day or night, weekday or holiday, rain or shine. From household pets to livestock and wildlife, his practice...

The day reports card come out at school is often rife with anxiety for students. Did I do as well as I think I did? In areas with room for improvement, did I succeed? Students aren’t the only ones who...

For the second straight high school football season, the Vian Wolverines went through District 2AII-4 play undefeated en route to playing for the Class 2A, Division II state title for the second strai...

Supporters who want to eliminate property taxes are collecting signatures on a petition that would place State Question 842 on the November 2026 ballot. But the Association of County Commissioners of ...

Oklahoma and Arkansas officials are denouncing a federal judge’s decision that found poultry companies responsible for polluting a key watershed in both states and also ordered them to pay millions to...

While we were told in the Middle Ages that “all roads lead to Rome,” when it comes to sidewalks proposed for Sallisaw, pedestrians will soon be able to “walk from the food court at Iola and Cedar all ...

Despite the Sallisaw Black Diamonds falling a point shy of being district champions, the coaches of District 4A-4 were not blind to the fact just how many deserving Black Diamonds there were when it c...

When John Owens is sworn in as Sallisaw’s new police chief in April, his salary will be almost $16,000 more than what Terry Franklin is now making in the last few months before his retirement. It’s no...

One week ago, the city of Vian and all of Sequoyah County was all hoping the Vian Wolverines would bring home the program’s first state football championship since 1971. However, a late Adair touchdow...

National Bank of Sallisaw (NBS) is proudly supporting the Boys & Girls Club of Sequoyah County by contributing $100,000 to help with Phase One of the club’s new facility. This contribution will allow ...

EDMOND -- In last season's Class 2A, Division II state title game, the Vian Wolverines had four turnovers, three of them leading to Davis touchdowns as the Wolves spoiled Vian's perfect season with a ...

In 2019, Sallisaw city officials proclaimed a day in honor of Dewey Padgett for “his personal service and his personal contributions to the city,” marking 60 years in business as Padgett’s Barber Shop...

What began more than two years ago when SLPT Global Pump Group announced it was being acquired by Millison Casting Technology was celebrated Wednesday at the Sallisaw manufacturing plant with grand-op...

Uncooperative weather prompted Sallisaw Main Street to cancel its annual Holiday Market, originally set for Saturday, Nov. 29, but the organization is ensuring that at least one seasonal favorite will...

Sallisaw’s Big Toy Museum is starting to get some big exposure. You may have seen the billboard on the eastbound side of I-40 alerting travelers to the tourist destination, or the way- finding sign at...