Marble City School District has announced their schedule for the 2019 - 2020 school year: All certified teachers will report at 8 a.m. Aug. 12-14 for professional development activities. The Marble Ci...

A historic home in Sallisaw was destroyed by an early morning fire on July 3. Sallisaw Fire Department responded to the fire at Hickory and Arlington streets about 3 a.m., and firemen were at the sce...

Larry and Hazel Long of Sallisaw recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married on June 9, 1969, in Sallisaw. On June 1 the couple were given a barbecue luncheon in their honor....

A Mobile Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) opened in Gore on July 5 at Gore High School, 1200 N. Highway 10. The center will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. until further notice. DRCs are one-stop shops fo...

Join the Oklahoma Tribal Conservation Advisory Council (OTCAC), the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Cherokee Nation for a free Conservation workshop and lunch on July 30, in Tahl...

Work is nearing completion on the Sequoyah County Firefighter Training Center in Sallisaw. Once completed, the facility is expected to draw firefighters from Sequoyah and surrounding counties for live...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Kevin Ruany Grijalva-Soto, 29, and Leslie Azucena Rubio-Rodriguez, 28, were sentenced to 135 months imprisonment...

Cherish Palmer of Muldrow and Sydney Kisselburg of Vian recently received scholarships to attend Carl Albert State College for the 2019-2020 school year. They were each awarded a General Scholarship.

Cherese Riggs, MS, LPC-S, of Sallisaw, earned the prestigious Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor (RPT-S) credential conferred by the Association for Play Therapy (APT), according to its CEO Kathryn ...

The Stanley Tubbs Memorial Library and the Oklahoma Healthy Aging Initiative (OHAI) Northeast Center of Healthy Aging are collaborating to provide the Healthy Brain, Healthy Mind Program. Classes will...

A Fort Smith, Ark. teen was left in stable condition Saturday following a one-vehicle accident on Old US64, .2 miles east of 4810 Road and one-half mile west of Moffett. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Troope...

The First Missionary Baptist summer sack lunch program will go from June 13 through July 26. Sack lunches will be available Monday through Friday from 12 to 1 p.m. for all school age children and anyo...

Registration for the 76th annual Sallisaw Lions Club Rodeo will open on Wednesday, July 24, rodeo chairman Marley Abell said. The books for registration will open at 8 a.m. on July 24 and close later ...

A 16-year-old juvenile male died following a rollover of an all terrain vehicle last Friday about 8:42 p.m. east of Sallisaw, according to a report by Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Brice Earls. Earl...

State Rep. Jim Olsen (R-Roland) issued the following statement providing an update on flood recovery for Oklahoma’s District 2, which includes portions of Sequoyah County: “I had the opportunity to jo...

A rule being implemented by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) reminds Sooner-Care (Oklahoma Medicaid) members to keep their home addresses up-to-date with the agency. Members who fail to do so...

Blackgum Harvestime Sewing Sisters will be hosting their 11th Annual Quilt Show on July 26 and 27, 2019. The show will be held Blackgum Harvestime Church Activity Building, 451558 E 0980 Rd. Vian. Sho...

Sallisaw’s first responders are looking for citizens to support their efforts through blood donation with Oklahoma Blood Institute. Those who give at the Boots & Badges blood drive on Monday, July 22,...

The Friends of the Stanley Tubbs Memorial Library are raising funds to purchase a new digital information sign for the library. The state-of-the-art sign will stand outside the library and will be use...

The Christian Union Station If you gain the whole world and lose your soul—what have you gained? We can be consumed in the chase of riches. I confess my sins before you. I chased after prestige, money...