Hello and welcome again to our news. By the time you read this all of the baskets have been delivered and Easter is behind us, but not forgotten. We ended up making 140 baskets for the Pre-K, Head Sta...

We have been told for hundreds of years that something drastic is going to happen-but few really take it serious. Yes, we have been told that, but everything stays the same. Well it may seem so but in...

— Sequoyah County Democrat, April 13, 1923 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the April 16, 1998, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Citizens of Sallisaw will soon have ...

A few Fridays ago, the temperature was warm and the sun was shining so I decided to open the sunroof on the Ford Expedition on my way home from work. As I pulled into my driveway, I pushed the button ...

Oklahomans have had plenty of opportunities to vote lately. They could weigh in on several local and county races on April 4. For some, it was the fourth or fifth time in five months they’d been eligi...

-Sequoyah County Times, March 26, 1948 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the March 22, 1998, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —The newly-constructed Muldrow Public Lib...

Hang in there. Don’t dodge unless someone is throwing rocks. Be persistent, try again, find your feet and get going. Settle down and think clearly, There are answers, there is help when we look for it...

We are each magnets that draw to us the things we need or holds them back with our disbelief. Surprising as it is, money is there love is there, but what are we attracting to us with our words and our...

— Sequoyah County Democrat, March 2, 1923 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the March 5, 1998, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) –The mission of the Trail of Tears Nati...

not a vegetable oil your beard for healthy hair bad juju is good stuff A classic car with neon paper sign reading 'Beard Oil' parked on Cherokee Avenue in downtown Sallisaw Wednesday afternoon signale...

I had the honor of attending a Career Fair at Vian High School last week with Your TIMES ad representative Jan Herod. Jan and I are both graduates of Vian High School so we are always happy to help ou...

Wisely, we cannot let a bad example influence how we are going to feel. We are individuals with minds and spirits totally different from others. Our compassion cannot make us have pity for others by t...

This Week in County History — Sequoyah County Democrat, Feb. 16, 1923 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Feb. 15, 1998, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) –Voters in ...

On March 3, 1973, the Waurika Eagles wrapped up an undefeated basketball season and the Class A state championship while playing at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds Arena in Oklahoma City. I was a senio...

There is no greater social pressure than being the low bidder at a small town charity auction. He is smiling, making eye contact and giving you the feeling that raising your bidding paddle, nodding or...

This Week in County History — Sequoyah County Times, Feb. 12, 1998 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Feb. 12, 1998, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) –A total of 19...

Just Thinkin’ Super Bowl 57 upon us. The Super Bowl game has long been the object of super hype. Fanatical fans can take up the slack. 57 will match the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs....

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...

It’s been 27 years, but I’d do it all again. Actually, I did do it all again, and my wife Brenda and I celebrate it twice each year. Today is our wedding anniversary. It’s our second in the past four ...

This Week in County History — Sequoyah County Democrat, Jan. 26, 1923 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From Feb. 1, 1998, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) –Although not in...