OKLAHOMA CITY – Bills that would legalize sports betting, including one that would allow the Oklahoma City Thunder to obtain a gaming license, advanced Thursday from a Senate committee despite concern...

Two county rivals, Central and Vian, ended their respective regular basketball season in a pair of Big 8 Conference games at Vian High School’s B.J. Traw Gymnasium. The Central teams got the sweep as ...

Brightly colored candies, cookies and cupcakes have long been sweet treats, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is removing a specific color due to health concerns. Red No. 3 dye, also known as ...

It came down to the heavyweight bout in Tuesday night’s Sallisaw Black Diamonds wrestling dual with Lincoln Christian at the Sallisaw Middle School gym Heavyweights for the Black Diamonds, Kash Keepes...

Friday night's NOAA Conference basketball games between the Roland teams and the Sallisaw squads at Paul Post Field House were postponed due to illness from the Roland side of things. Sallisaw girls c...

Nonprofit organizations and government agencies at local, state and federal levels who depend on federal funding surely breathed a collective sigh of relief Wednesday afternoon when President Trump’s ...

Early voting begins Thursday, February 6, for voters in Sequoyah County. Voters who will not be able to make it to the polls on Election Day have the option of voting early at the county election boar...

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure as far as Sallisaw City Commissioners are concerned. That’s why they are considering an ordinance to prohibit unauthorized camping on cityowned land. Wh...

A Vian man who was reported missing on Jan. 6 from his home north of Vian has reportedly been found deceased, according to Sequoyah County Sheriff Larry Lane. Lane said Ryan Jordan’s body was located ...

The Sallisaw Takedown Club saw 11 members bring home wrestling tournament medals, four of whom brought home two apiece, from last weekend’s wrestling action, which spanned three tournaments. At the Be...

OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma lawmaker says he hopes new House leadership will support a better outcome for his resurrected bill to display the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. Rep. Jim Ols...

The Sallisaw Board of Education gathered at noon on Wednesday for a special meeting to discuss several key issues regarding the district's financial responsibilities and obligations. The first item on...

There will be a new boys county basketball champion, thanks to the Central Tigers. The fourth-seeded Tigers stunned the top-seeded and defending county champion Roland Runnin’ Rangers 64-61 in the 202...

When talk turns to animals — ducks, geese, hogs, deer, skunks, snakes and even kangaroos, in addition to dogs and cats — names like Jack Hanna or Steve Irwin or Marlon Perkins may come to mind. In Seq...

Children would have to show proof of U.S. citizenship or legal immigration status to enroll in a public school under new rules proposed by the Oklahoma Department of Education, a practice that could r...

Brackets for the Sequoyah County Classic, which begins Monday.

A Vian man has been sentenced to 120 months in a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility on a charge of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Robert “Bob” C. Ward, 69, w...

NORMAN — Raegan Beers matched a career high with 28 points, and No. 10 Oklahoma rolled past Nebraska-Omaha 111-65 last Sunday afternoon. Beers, a 6-4 center, made 11-of-13 field goals and grabbed nine...

Being a county assessor must not be as easy as some might believe it to be. Because after three executive sessions in the past four months, with Sequoyah County Commissioners meeting behind closed doo...

Sallisaw is one of T-Mobile’s latest 25 Hometown Grant recipients. The $50,000 grant will go toward building an off-leash dog park at McGee Park. The project was submitted by the city of Sallisaw. “ T...