State Rep. Randy Randleman has announced his re-election bid to represent District 15 in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. He filed for his second term last week at the Oklahoma State Election Bo...

Colton Patterson, 8 Sallisaw When I grow up I want to be a….? A professional baseball player! If you had a lot of money, what would you buy? A Ferrari! At what age is a person an adult? Age 18, becau...

Sequoyah County Conservation District has announced that the signup period for the Oklahoma Conservation Cost-Share Program Year 22 will begin April 1 and continue through May 1, 2020. The program off...

A snake tangled in a breaker at the North Substation shut down power to the north part of Sallisaw for about 45 minutes last Wednesday evening, according to Sallisaw Electric Department Superintendent...

The Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas Blood Institutes and Coffee Memorial Blood Center are hosting several neighborhood micro blood drives in Sallisaw to ensure local patients have the lifesaving blood they ...

In light of the ongoing COVID-19 situation, Lt. Governor Matt Pinnell recently launched a new online interview series, #OklaProudInterviews. The series focuses on how Oklahomans are finding new and in...

The following citations were issued in March: Tabitha Rowe: Failure to comply with compulsory insurance law. Todd Kiefer: Speeding 16-20 over. Frank Bannister: Animal at large. Jeffrey Pearce: Speedin...

The 36th annual Carlile/Round Mountain Reunion scheduled for May 9 has been canceled due to the coronavirus, according to Virginia Garrison. Garrison said they hope to meet with everyone next year.

“Effective immediately, the City of Sallisaw Landfill will be closed on Saturdays due to COVID-19. Hours for Monday through Friday will remain 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. For the protection of our employee...

Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) has collected its first units of convalescent plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients, part of an experimental initiative to treat seriously ill patients. In a rapid res...

Sequoyah County District 2 will be setting out roll-off dumpsters on Saturday, April 25 for spring clean up. Dumpsters will be placed at the Blackgum Community Building, west of Vian, Marble City and ...

A Gore woman was pronounced deceased at the scene following an accident that occurred last Wednesday afternoon south of Braggs in Muskogee County. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Josh Lawson reported ...

Sequoyah County Board of Commissioners called a special meeting last Tuesday to etend “limited public access” to the Sequoyah County Courthouse until April 30 along with all procedures and operations ...

A second victim from Sequoyah County has died from COVID-19 and health officials announced Friday more testing will be conducted in Sallisaw. A Sequoyah County Health Official reported there were 31 p...

A Gore man died last Tuesday from injuries he sustained in a vehicle/horse collision last Sunday. Mason Taylor Ward, 20, was an E4 Specialist in the Oklahoma Army National Guard and a fulltime student...

A Vian man has been charged with domestic assault and battery by strangulation following a domestic in March. Michael C. Noeldner, 30, was formally charged on March 31 and a bench warrant was issued f...

Coronavirus survivor Raymond Esteban of Sallisaw said he wants to bring hope to people who may be living in fear of the COVID-19 pandemic since the 63-year-old “bivocational” pastor, husband, father a...

Almost every morning on my way to work and nearly every evening on my way home, I pass by our town's Blessing Box in the downtown Anna Belle Farmer Park. About a month ago I drove by and it was stocke...

A Gore man was injured Sunday evening after he reportedly struck a horse with his vehicle in Sallisaw. According to Sallisaw Police Chief Terry Franklin, officers were called to West Cherokee Street n...

April 29 marks the 21st celebration of Denim Day in the US. Denim Day is the annual sexual assault awareness event that works to start conversations about the destructive attitudes surrounding sexual ...