“These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication…” (Acts 1:14). Today, the Church must be full of joy and e xcitement as the Early Church. They were believers in the “Resurrection” of J...

The Blackgum Volunteer Fire Department will be having a pancake breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 4, at the Blackgum Community Building. Cost is $7 for adults and $5 for children.

Hebrews 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily best us, and let us run with patience the r...

Beginning Aug. 4, Baptist Health Urgent Care centers will begin offering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to people 18 years of age or older. The free vaccine is offered each Wednesday at the 10 urgent ca...

God loves us despite our wicked persuasion! All we have to do is call on His mighty name in our time of need! Isaiah 3:1-48 1 Praise ye the LORD. Isaiah 3:1-48 1 Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto...

The American Red Cross Kansas and Oklahoma Region reminds our communities that the highest temperatures we’ve seen this summer could be on the horizon. A little preparation can go a long way in helpin...

Indian Capital Technology Center (ICTC) – Sallisaw Campus Dart Drummonds has announced that classes will begin Aug. 16 for all fulltime day programs. The morning session runs from 8 through 11 a.m. an...

A new mapping system purchased by the county will have many different uses and will be useful to many different entities and individuals. Sequoyah County Assessor Brandy Dobbs said the county recently...

I follow Jesus Christ! There is no other way to Heaven! He is the way, the truth, and the life! John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, bu...

Galatians 3:13-14 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, cursed is every one that hangethon a tree. That the blessing of Abraham might come on...

“So it was, while they conversed and reasoned, that Jesus Himself drew near and went with them” “But their eyes were restrained, so that they did not know Him” “And He said to them, “What kind of conv...

Joshua 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of...

1 Timothy 6:12 says: Fight the good fight of faith... Another enemy of faith is wavering. James 1:6-7 warns, But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea ...

“Hear this word which I take up against you, a lamentation, O house of Israel:” “For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live;” “For I know your manifold manifold transgressions An...

Dear Editor, I know this thank you has been a bit coming. I want to start by thanking the Sallisaw VFW for allowing us to host the event for Kara Copeland on June 6. You all were so very helpful and k...

“To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever,” Amen. “Behold, He is coming ...

When my daughter got engaged two years ago during a cruise with her beloved Alex, I was over the moon and couldn’t wait to be a mother-in-law! Since then, I’ve been counting down the days until they c...

1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, where unto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. There are hinderances to faith, the...

Every year during the interim between legislative sessions, each chamber of the state Legislature holds interim studies. These give lawmakers an opportunity for an in-depth look at ideas that may beco...

Romans 10:2-3 “For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness...