Red Ribbon Week is so important, that this year, the week is actually nine days long. The annual celebration of drug-free living began Monday, and continues through Tuesday. “This month is National Su...

Halloween, the spookiest time of the year, is Tuesday. But why limit celebrating the autumn date to just one day? That’s why Halloween activities begin Saturday and continue through Tuesday. Saturday,...

The seventh annual Volunteer Firefighters Appreciation Dinner was well attended Monday, with special recognitions, a barbecue dinner served to about 300 guests and door prizes given away to volunteer ...

Charlie Brown of the Akins community may not have a dog named Snoopy, but he does own a cat, one he and his wife adopted recently, through “Barking for a Cause,” he said. A retired U.S. Air Force serv...

If you’ve noticed some graffiti around Sallisaw — especially along Cherokee Avenue (U.S. 64) on dumpsters, trash cans, poles, electrical boxes and even Your TIMES newspaper box — city police don’t bel...

A Sallisaw man is facing a felony charge of first-degree murder after he reportedly shot and killed another Sallisaw man on Sunday. Authorities say Perry L. Emmett, 34, has been arrested in the shooti...

Jonathan Teague, deputy director of Sequoyah County Emergency Management, was appointed as the new director for the agency Monday by Sequoyah County Commissioners, due to the resignation of former dir...

Area residents with no-longer-used or outdated prescription drugs can safely dispose of them Friday. A medication take-back day will be conducted 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Clif’s Pharmacy, 505 E. Redwood A...

Time was that if a family didn’t know how to live off the land, they went hungry and did without. It was a time when too many lived hand to mouth. Gertie Barber of Muldrow remembers those days when hu...

Your TIMES held its annual Women’s Expo on Thursday at Sallisaw Middle School, where almost 300 women took advantage of a day filled with fun, food and fellowship. This year’s Women’s Expo magazine an...

A Cookson man reportedly lost his life Sunday after rolling down a 30-foot cliff into the waters of Lake Tenkiller in Cherokee County. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Perry #349 of the Marine Enforcem...

Roland police and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation have launched an investigation into Monday’s shooting death of a 2-year-old in southeast Roland. According to Roland Assistant Police Chief...

Chris Adams waited all day Wednesday to see what divers might recover from Dirty Creek, south of Webbers Falls, hoping it might be the truck belonging to his brother Stephan M. Adams, an NSU student w...

Sequoyah County Sheriff Larry Lane Jr. said his deputies and investigators have made three drugs arrests over the last few weeks. Lane said on Sept. 25 that Deputy Galen Irvin initiated a traffic stop...

If there were honors given in Sequoyah County for heroes, Natalie Sanders of Sallisaw, should be among the top. Sanders, 17, recently helped a victim who apparently had overdosed on drugs by administe...

The Sallisaw High School Black Diamond Marching Band has been named the 2023 4A OBA State Champions for the third year in a row. The band competed in Catoosa on Oct. 14, under the direction of Geoff W...

Muldrow High School’s marching band has been named the 2023 OBA 3A State Champions. Not only did they win first place, they were also named the winners of the High Music, High Visual and High General ...

Vian Elementary students Jaylynn Callaway and Brody Buttery were recently recognized by the Vian Board of Education for demonstrating exceptional kindness. During a recent cross country track meet, Bu...

The annual Drive Out Domestic Violence caravan will be held today (Thursday, Oct. 19). The caravan is a way for local law enforcement and community members to show solidarity against domestic violence...

Josh Rogers is surely beginning to feel a little like Santa Claus when the jolly old elf’s sleigh is being filled to overflowing for his annual trip to visit the homes of good little boys and girls ar...