While what transpired at The Shed in downtown Sallisaw may have ostensibly lent itself to a Hallmark movie — “The Homecoming Queens and the Homeless” — the lunchtime civic engagement activity that att...

Just outside Gore, Samantha Miller wakes up every morning to a chorus of tiny yips and yaps. For her, that sound is music— an affirmation of the life she’s chosen. Miller runs a small kennel where she...

Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters has renewed his effort to distribute Bibles in public school classrooms, asking for a fresh request for proposals to supply 55,000 copi...

Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Vian is sponsoring a Landmark Ladies Luncheon at 11 a.m. on Feb. 8 at the church. Ladies are invited to come and enjoy an afternoon of fun, food and fellowship. T...

Marble City Public School’s Parent Teacher Conference and Clothes Closet is scheduled for Feb. 6 and 7. The Parent Teacher Conference will be held Feb. 6 from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m., and on Feb. 7 from 8 t...

Felony Docket Eddie E. Hatfield, 40, Sallisaw: A&B on a police officer; PI. George Kolmsee, 50, Muldrow: Failure to register as sex offender. Michael Lincoln, 35, Tulsa: Unlawful poss. of CDS with int...

When Sequoyah County voters go to the polls February 11 to decide whether the county can start collecting an “only pay if you stay” lodging tax from those who rent short-term vacation properties, coun...

At the town of Gore’s regular monthly meeting on Jan. 21, the board of trustees swiftly addressed a number of important matters, and were informed the town had been awarded a JAG grant for the police ...

Christian Mayberry, 27, is sharing his remarkable journey of survival and recovery in a second book, “Fit 2 Fight,” which follows his near-fatal ATV accident that occurred 11 years ago. Christian’s mi...

Well Done Foundation (WDF), a national nonprofit whose mission is to plug orphaned oil and gas wells across the United States, has announced a collaboration between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

Stephanie L. Rodgers, a/k/a Larsen, 40, of Oklahoma City and formerly of Vian, has entered a guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Offic...

Dear Editor, It is a new year and Carnie Welch American Legion Post 27 members are preparing for this year’s Oklahoma Boys State and Girls State events. Starting around Feb. 1, members of Post 27 will...

The 60th annual Sequoyah County Junior Livestock Show will be held Feb. 5, 6 and 7, at the Sequoyah County Fairgrounds.

Candidates interested in filing for municipal office in Sequoyah County municipalities can file Declarations of Candidacy beginning at 8 a.m. on Feb. 3. Those who wish to file for a municipal office m...

Kenya Jackson of Sallisaw, an undergraduate student at Northwestern Oklahoma State University, has been named to the President’s Honor Roll for the fall semester. Those on the President’s Honor Roll e...

The morning clouds hung low Signaling the comin snow The herd was bunched up down by the crick They know snows a comin’ quick The cows are smart enough to get out of the wind It’s gonna get as cold as...

Walters’ budget request includes $3M annually for Bibles Superintendent Ryan Walters presented his agency’s budget request to the Oklahoma Senate last week, and the ask included $3 million annually fo...

Anyone wishing to donate old or no longer used eyeglasses can do so by dropping them off at the Vian Lions Club donation box, located in front of the old Vian Town Hall on Thornton Street. The Lions w...

Vian Middle school Ag students recently explored food science, where they learned about food preservation and making dehydrated jerky.

AARP Foundation announces the opening of its free Tax-Aide site in Sallisaw, located at First Christian Church at 706 North Wheeler, Sallisaw. The site will be open on Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m...