We agreed two days in a row. The third day we didn’t agree. How do we judge our friendships? Do we rate them by the number of things we see eye to eye on or by the one thing we did not? Friends are tr...

The 2025 high school baseball and slow-pitch softball seasons have arrived. In fact, the first high school baseball game in the county will be at noon Saturday when the Muldrow Bulldogs begin the John...

Monday we had 13 TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) and one KOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) in attendance today. We had a chapter weight loss of 11.6 pounds, a gain of 8.1 pounds with a net loss of 3.5 p...

Every death from cancer is a tragedy. This terrible disease has already taken far too many Cherokees from their loved ones, and it has left many others struggling with difficult symptoms and costly tr...

In just two weeks of high school basketball playoffs, we’ve shrunk the number of teams still alive in postseason play from 16 to eight. When the high school basketball playoffs resume Thursday, the Sa...

HEAVEN AND EARTH WILL PASS AWAY!!! GOD’S WORD WILL NEVER PASS AWAY!!! KNOW GOD’S WORD!!! HOLD ONTO GOD’S WORD ALL THE WAY THROUGH HEAVEN’S GATES!!! Matthew 24:1-511And Jesus went out, and departed fro...

We had 11 TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) and one new member in attendance today. Welcome to our Chapter. Lynda had the best weight loss of 2.1 pounds this past week. Donna won the Two Bit Bowl of $2....

It was another productive week at the State Capitol as we heard bills in committee and continued to work on the state budget for Fiscal Year 2026. I’m pleased to report that five of the bills I author...

If being limited is not your thing, balance your mind, body, and spirit, by exercising them. These important things are all part of us. None work independently. As Coleridge wrote, “In today already w...

BEWARE OF THE GOD OF THIS WORLD, I SAY! BEWARE THE GOD OF THIS WORLD—SATAN, WANTS TO STEAL AND DESTROY! 2 Corinthians 4:1-18 1Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we fain...

By the end of 2026, we will have invested $4 million dollars into supporting the Cherokee artist community thanks to the Artist Recovery Act, recently extended by the Council of the Cherokee Nation. T...

We had twelve TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) and one KOPS (Keep Off Pounds Sensibly) in attendance today. We had a chapter net loss of 8.8 pounds. I had the best weight loss of 4.8 pounds this past w...

Deep depression is thought to come from mental or physical problems, and there could be a connection, but spells of melancholy can be a need to express oneself in a better way, to branch out in new wa...

The 2025 legislative session began on February 3 with the governor’s annual State of the State Address. Governor Stitt laid out his priorities for the upcoming legislative session and his vision for t...

BROTHERS, SISTERS, FAMILY, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, GOD GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON SO ANYONE CAN GO TO HEAVEN!!! JESUS CHRIST GAVE HIS ALL SO THAT ALL PEOPLE CAN BE IN HEAVEN FOREVER MORE!!! John 1:136 ...

For Cherokees, agriculture has always been more than another industry. Producing our own food is not only a means of sustenance for our people; it is a cornerstone of our self-determination and cultur...

The Sallisaw, Muldrow and Roland basketball teams found out on Friday where their district assignments are from the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association (OSSAA). The news was good for bot...

Monday was a beautiful sunny day to come to TOPS! The members were happy to see one another and wish them luck on the scales. We had twelve TOPS(Take Off Pounds Sensibly) and 1 KOPS(Keep Off Pounds Se...

Childhood obesity is more complicated than eating too much candy or not getting enough exercise. It is a complex disease with many contributing factors, including genetics, eating patterns, sleep rout...

A lady once told me that there are people who are green fruit — they hang around until time ripens them. It was her way of saying that undeveloped people are all along the way. If we will be patient t...