Friday, Sept. 22, is National White Chocolate Day! White chocolate is made from cocoa butter, sugar and milk solids. It contains no cacao solids or liquor therefore it is actually not chocolate at all...

White Chocolate Mocha Coffee 4oz strongly brewed coffee 2oz white chocolate mocha sauce (recipe below, but store-bought works too) 6oz milk or heavy cream, more or to taste Ice Whipped cream, optional...

White Chocolate Cupcakes 1 15.25oz package white cake mix 1¼ cups water 3 eggs ⅓ cup canola oil 2 tsps. pure vanilla extract 6oz white baking chocolate, melted Topping: ¾ cup semisweet chocolate chips...

White Chocolate Rice Krispies Treats ¼ cup butter, plus more for pan 2 10oz bags mini marshmallows, divided 6 cups rice cereal 1 cup dried cherries, more or less to taste 1 cup white chocolate chips, ...

White Chocolate Pumpkin Cookies ¼ cup brown sugar ¼ cup white sugar ½ cup salted butter softened ½ cup pumpkin puree ¼ tsp. salt ½ tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice ½ tsp. baking soda 1½ cups all...

Are you seeing a lot of little mounds in your landscape that look like crawdad mounds or small ant hills? Or maybe the mounds look like worm castings to you. If so, then you probably have short tailed...

Fall is just around the corner and the days have slightly started cooling and soon will be cooling even more. People walking by the windows of our downtown office will go from shorts and tank tops to ...

3 16.3oz cans refrigerated jumbo biscuits (8 biscuits per container) 1 large egg whisked with 2 Tbsps. milk 1-2lbs ground beef 24 cubes processed cheese food, such as Velveeta (1-inch cubes, ¼” thick)...

7-10 Tbsps. balsamic vinaigrette, more or less to taste (I found a really good balsamic vinaigrette by Panera Bread in the refrigerated section of Walmart) 1 plain baguette or 4 sub rolls Sliced deli ...

2 Tbsps. butter 1½lbs shredded, cooked chicken 1 small onion, sliced 2 Tbsps. ancho chile powder 1 Tbsp. ground cumin 1 8oz can tomato sauce ⅔ cup water Juice of 1 lime, about 1 Tbsp. Sour Cream Ranch...

6 hamburger buns, split 1 medium onion, diced 1lb ground beef 1 Tbsp. hamburger seasoning as desired, more or less to taste-I used Head Country seasoning Shredded Mexican blend cheese Miracle Whip Dic...

Last week’s column “For the Dogs” meant I had a lot of applesauce left over. So, in order to get rid of it, I decided this week’s column would be all about applesauce. I doubled the muffin recipe, but...

Faith is a super sweet young female, possibility a Shepherd mix. She will be spayed, and is up to date on her shots. She absolutely loves her walks and would be a great companion. To adopt Faith, cont...

We had seven weigh in today. We had a net loss of 1.6 pounds and I had the best weight loss of 2.9 pounds. Our chapter challenge is to eat more veggies this coming week. Our Two Bit Bowl winner was An...

TAHLEQUAH -- The Cherokee Nation’s Cherokee Language Master/Apprentice Program graduated five students Aug. 25 during a special commencement ceremony at the Chota Center. Hillary Glass ( ᏏᎾᏍᏓ), of Tah...

The town of Gore’s 21st annual Cruise Night, Car Show and Burnout competition will be held from 2 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, in downtown Gore. Dubbed “Oklahoma’s biggest, baddest 2-lane cruise eve...

Dog is truly man’s best friend. A dog is always happy to see you, often eager to show it by jumping or barking in its excitement. We love our dogs and they love us. They are eager to play or go for a ...

Tickets for a “Calliope Queen” quilt made by Reba Luce are currently for sale at the Senior Nutrition Center in Sallisaw. Tickets may be purchased for $2 each or three for $5, with proceeds benefittin...

A spaghetti lunch is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31, at the Sallisaw Chamber of Commerce, 103 N. Wheeler. Cost is $10. The lunch supports the fight by the Coordinated Community Response and Sexua...

The Cherokee Nation will celebrate its 71st annual Cherokee National Holiday over Labor Day weekend, including longtime favorite cultural activities as well as some new events, like a two-night concer...