The cost of utilities — electricity, water and sewer services — is going up in Sallisaw after city commissioners approved the rate increases, cost-of-living hikes for residential, commercial and indus...

Editor's Note: September is National Suicide Prevention and Recovery Month and therefore we will be covering a critical and often overlooked issue: the alarming rate of suicides in rural Oklahoma. In ...

Lois Fullbright, age 102, and the founding member of the Akins OHCE Group, received a 60-year certificate for her continuous membership in the Oklahoma Home and Community Education Group (OHCE), an af...

Are you superstitious? No? Are you sure? Do you knock on wood or never open an umbrella indoors or never walk under a ladder or avoid breaking a mirror or avoid stepping on a crack in the sidewalk or ...

In response to a recent nationwide social media threat earlier this week, several schools in Sequoyah County took precautionary measures to ensure the safety of their students and staff. Muldrow Muldr...

The City of Sallisaw has announced that the Cherry Street entrance to the trailer park area will be closed during daytime working hours, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., starting Monday, Sept. 16, to replace concret...

Just outside of Muldrow, the sound of wrenches turning, engines revving and the unmistakable scent of motor oil signal the start of a cherished family tradition for Brian Matthews. A lifelong car enth...

Football season is officially here. That means cooler weather, gatherings in homes and parking lots and rivalries to match no other. Football can bring us together as well as divide a house for a few ...

As Week 2 (and for some their third game of the 2024 season) got underway with Webbers Falls playing a road game Thursday night at Canadian, three teams — the Roland Rangers, Central Tigers and the Ga...

09/02/2024-09/08/2024 During the week of Sept. 2 - 8, 2024, Sequoyah County law enforcement tended to 19 animal calls, 143 traffic stops, and numerous medical and domestic calls according to police re...

The Sallisaw Black Diamonds will remain undefeated this week — and that’s not because they have already won a third game. It’s because the Black Diamonds are in a bye week tonight, thus not playing un...

The Tulsa Golden Hurricanes fell in their road opener 2824 to the Arkansas State Red Wolves last Saturday night at Centennial Bank Stadium. Red-shirt freshman quarterback Kirk Francis, a Metro Christi...

Moffett School Monday Donut, cereal, fruit, juice, milk Mac/cheese, smokies, green beans, roll, fruit, salad bar, milk Tuesday Oatmeal, cinn. toast, cereal, fruit, juice, milk Burrito, beans, fruit, s...

For the first time since Nov. 3’s Senior Night game vs. Sequoyah-Tahlequah, the Vian Wolverines will play a game at St. John Stadium. The Wolverines will entertain the Kiefer Trojans at 7 tonight on t...

Marble City Public School seventh grade students are shown completed the first step of a beautification project that they have been working on at the school. The students have planted and are taking c...

Whitney Johnson has been selected as the August Member of the Month for Boys & Girls Club of Sequoyah County, Central Unit. Johnson is the daughter of DeJuna and Brent Mc-Donald and Wes Johnson. She w...

Roland High School is going to launch a RHS Athletic Hall of Fame this year that will honor athletes from before 1970. If anyone knows such a deserving person for this honor, go online to https://form...

The Cherokee Nation is accepting applications for the 2025 Remember the Removal Bike Ride, which retraces the northern route of the Trail of Tears over a span of three weeks. The deadline to apply is ...

The Roland Rangers will hope home cooking does the trick as they will try to win their first game of the 2024 season as they will play their home opener against Lavaca, Ark., at 7 tonight at Ranger St...

CONWAY, Ark. — The Oral Roberts University men’s soccer team would venture out of Tulsa for the second time this season, for a Sept. 5 match-day against the Bears of Central Arkansas University at Bil...