The Environmental Protection Agency has long been a favorite target of the budget knife, but a new looming threat is different in magnitude and impact. The Office of Research and Development has long ...

Adjusting the turkey season three years ago in an attempt to stabilize the population of birds, the season now goes from April 16 to May 16 with a limit of one tom turkey statewide. The youth season w...

Efforts are underway to get another recreational marijuana question before Oklahoma voters. Adam Johnson and Jed Green, who was part of the successful medical marijuana campaign in 2018, filed State Q...

25 Years Ago —The Sequoyah County Criminal Justice Authority is leaning toward hiring a general contractor to direct and oversee the building of the new Sequoyah County Jail. During the authority’s me...

JAY — The Sallisaw Lady Diamonds track team finished fifth and the Black Diamonds 10th at Tuesday’s Jay Bulldog Invitational. The Lady Diamonds finished in fifth place with 60 points, while the Black ...

The Office of Victims of Crime (OVC), which is an agency within the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), slated April 6-12 as National Crime Victims' Rights Week. On April 7, the Sequoyah County...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Former Roland pitcher Carson Wiggins saw some action late in the No. 1 Arkansas Razorbacks’ Tuesday night 7-3 win over the Arkansas State Red Wolves at Baum-Walker Stadium. Wiggin...

What started as a simple request for temporary housing assistance made through 111Project’s CarePortal turned into an inspiring story of community action and life-changing provision for a family in ne...

BROKEN BOW — It didn’t come easy, but the Sallisaw Black Diamonds baseball team got its District 4A-8 sweep of the Broken Bow Savages with an 11-10 road victory Tuesday night. The Black Diamonds (16-2...

Roland Upper Elementary congratulates its STAR Students of the Month for April: Daly Massingale, Rozlyn McGrew and Lilah Fargo-Third Grade, Kay Johal and Amya Potts-Fourth Grade, and Oakley France and...

We agreed two days in a row. The third day we didn't agree. How do we judge our friendships? Do we rate them by the number of things we see eye to eye on or by the one thing we did not? Friends are tr...

TULSA — The Sallisaw High School soccer teams split their road District 4A-4 games against two different Tulsa teams on Tuesday night. The Black Diamonds beat the Tulsa Cascia Hall Commandos 5-2 to en...

Ongoing measles outbreaks across the country have many families, pediatricians and public health experts concerned. Most of the people who have gotten sick, including a child who died in Texas, were n...

STIGLER — Roland Lady Rangers golfer Izzy O’Neal shot a 94 to win the Stigler Girls Invitational, which took place Wednesday at Brier Creek Golf Course. She was the only local golfer to medal. O’Neal’...

03/25/2025-03/31/2025 During the week of March 25-31, 2025, Sequoyah County law enforcement tended to 22 animal calls, 145 traffic stops, and numerous medical and domestic calls according to police re...

The Oklahoma Division of Government Efficiency (DOGE-OK) released its first report April 1 identifying $157 million in “wasteful health grants” from the federal government. The most waste, according t...

According to Oklahoma Mesonet, last week’s rains dumped 5.81 inches of water on Sallisaw, but some portions of Sequoyah County received closer to 7 inches. Localized flooding occurred and some roads w...

Recent years have not been easy for the Association of County Commissioners of Oklahoma (ACCO) as the organ izat i on works to make sure all counties have sufficient liability insurance. But because o...

A group of retired police officers are questioning the qualifications of a new appointee to the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement Board amid worries it could tip the balance of the board to a pow...

Recorded March 14, 2025 to March 20, 2025 WD: Warranty Deeds JTWD: Joint Tenancy Warranty Deeds QCD: Quit Claim Deeds GWD: General Warranty Deed CORP.WD: Corporation Warranty Deed SPEC.CORP.WD: Specia...