Bicycling is a fun, healthy way to get around. But Kid Robin Read knows a bike is not a toy. That’s even more important for All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs). He tells pals who ridicule helmets and other sa...

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Oklahoma State Director Kenneth Corn announced last week that USDA will accept applications starting on April 1 for $1 billion in grants to help...

MIAMI -- Roland FFA participated in the NEOA&M Aggie Day on March 31. The Roland FFA Land CDE Team placed fourth, with Conner Reichert being the fourth place individual. The Floriculture CDE Team plac...

The Sallisaw Police Department will be conducting speed and traffic enforcement in the areas of Dogwood and Taylor from April 5 to 12.

Larry Crowe provided a sneak preview Wednesday of his Big Toy Museum, located in Sallisaw's old middle school. The tour of the remodeled school was a trip down Memory Lane for many who were students w...

If history does, indeed, repeat itself and new Sallisaw football coach Brandon Tyler replicates the success he enjoyed at Vian and Gore, then go ahead and make hotel reservations for the Class 4A stat...

Vian Public School Superintendent Victor Salcedo and Business Manager Ed Brockman’s resignations were accepted by the Vian Board of Education on March 29, during a special meeting. After going into an...

A Sayre man is facing a felony charge of indecent exposure after he reportedly exposed himself earlier this month in Sallisaw. Wilbur C. Poindexter, 65, was formally charged on March 10 in Sequoyah Co...

Sequoyah County voters will go to the polls to decide who will represent area schools and towns in the Board of Education General Election and Municipal General Election on Tuesday, April 4. Scott Cha...

A Sallisaw woman is charged with a felony count of bringing contraband into jail, specifically fentanyl, after she allegedly overdosed on the substance while incarcerated in the Sallisaw City Jail. Cr...

The 2023 John Perry Wickett Memorial Junior Rodeo will be held Saturday and Sunday, April 1-2, at the Sallisaw Rodeo Grounds. Sponsored by the Sallisaw Round-Up Club, All-Around buckles will be presen...

We are finally into spring! The trees are blooming and the flowers are growing. If you have tulips, daffodils or hyacinth, you may already have blooms but most certainly have buds if nothing else. It ...

Gore’s Gunner Dozier makes a catch during the Pirates’ home game against McCurtain Monday. The Pirates (8-2 overall), who started play in the Dewar Invitational Gumbo Classic Thursday, defeated McCurt...

All schedules are subject to change. FRIDAY, MARCH 31 •Roland, Central, Gore and Webbers Falls track and field teams at Okemah (To Be Announced) •Vian track and field teams at Chelsea (9:30 a.m.) •Sal...

LOWER ILLINOIS: March 24. Elevation is normal, water temperature 50°F and clear. Brown and rainbow trout fair on in-line spinnerbaits, midges, nymphs, PowerBait, and worms below the dam. Comments: Fis...

TUESDAY, MARCH 28 BASEBALL Poteau 4, Sallisaw 1 Stigler 14, Muldrow 4 Heavener 4, Roland 2 Haskell 2, Vian 0 Chouteau-Mazie 12, Central 4 Panama 3, Gore 0 Gans 8, Arkoma 4 Gans 4, Quinton 1 Porter 9, ...

Muskogee pro bass angler Blake Capps caught a five fish limit weighing 22 pounds 8 ounces on the final day to capture first place winning a total purse of $87,000 in the Toyota Series Plains Division ...

The Muldrow school board could have hired anyone to fill the hole Brandon Ellis created when he left the Bulldogs to return to Gore as the Pirates’ head football coach. The school board had a big deci...

Shannon Edwards is well-known throughout Sequoyah County as the nurse with a heart. Edwards, who not only works as a school nurse for Moffett and Brushy Schools, has also spent much of her time sponso...

Brandon Ellis was recently named the new Pirates’ head football coach by the Gore Board of Education and the veteran coach is looking forward to returning to his alma mater. “I’m excited,” said Ellis,...