On March 3, 1973, the Waurika Eagles wrapped up an undefeated basketball season and the Class A state championship while playing at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds Arena in Oklahoma City. I was a senio...

There is no greater social pressure than being the low bidder at a small town charity auction. He is smiling, making eye contact and giving you the feeling that raising your bidding paddle, nodding or...

Godly Government; Godly Families; Godly Churches. Why would anybody want an ungodly Government? Because someone indoctrinated their mind about Christians and Politics don’t mix; separation of church a...

This Week in County History — Sequoyah County Times, Feb. 12, 1998 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Feb. 12, 1998, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) –A total of 19...

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Just Thinkin’ Super Bowl 57 upon us. The Super Bowl game has long been the object of super hype. Fanatical fans can take up the slack. 57 will match the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs....

A lady once told me that there are people who are green fruit — they hang around until time ripens them. It was her way of saying that undeveloped people are all along the way. If we will be patient t...

Cherokee Nation leaders gathered on Feb. 7 to officially break ground on a $10 million, stateof- the-art Career Readiness Campus southwest of Tahlequah. The Career Readiness Campus will be the home of...

While much of Oklahoma has dealt with freezing temperatures and slick roads the past several weeks, the crew with Oklahoma State University Agriculture’s television show “Oklahoma Gardening” has been ...

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A new retail and wholesale hatchery and poultry farm will open its doors to the public on Friday, Feb. 17, in Spiro. The new hatchery, Pinfeather Farm and Hatchery, will specialize in hatching and sel...

Two Oklahoma electric utilities that have partnered to help provide abundant electricity to rural communities and cooperatives for decades are extending that partnership for years to come. In January,...

Just Folks Valentine’s Day season has been a busy one for Madison Hall, an assistant florist, who works with her best friend, Arionna, at Ivy Threads Flower Shop in Sallisaw. “We’ve been busy for awhi...

Early voting began Feb. 9 for voters in Sequoyah County for the Board of Education Primary, which will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 14. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day. Sequoyah C...

About 300 people — many dressed as if they’d just stepped from a 1970s time machine — turned out Saturday night at The Rink for the Sallisaw Chamber of Commerce’s first Members’ Night Out, a combinati...

Consider those associated with the local school system, and you’ll surely come up with an extensive list of those who exert considerable influence on our children. Teachers, administrators, coaches, c...

A two-vehicle collision that happened Friday on Cherokee Ave. between Dollar General and Firstar Bank resulted in the arrest of a Sallisaw man, according to Sallisaw Police. Sallisaw Police officer La...

Muldrow athletic star Trenden Collins made it official Monday morning where he would spend his college years, signing a letter of intent to play football and run track for Emporia State University in ...

Warrant issued for Duncan’s arrest An outstanding arrest warrant has been issued for an Arkansas man after he allegedly broke into a Sallisaw residence and threatened the homeowner before taking the h...

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL The Gore Pirates played host to Webbers Falls on Friday, winning 68-39 in their basketball homecoming game. The Lady Pirates were not so lucky, falling to the Lady Warriors, 53-...