A man with addresses in both Roland and Fort Smith, Ark. has pleaded guilty to to a seven-count indictment which includes counts of assault with intent to commit murder, child abuse, child neglect, th...

Mark Twain is well known for his observation that “everybody talks about the weather, but no one ever does anything about it.” The Sequoyah County Commissioners were among those who talked about the w...

The Sallisaw Municipal Authority Board of Trustees approved at their July 10 meeting that the Sallisaw Municipal Landfill facility will begin closing on Saturdays after Aug. 1. This action will be on ...

A three-vehicle injury collision that occurred at 10:45 a.m. on July 14 at the intersection of U.S. 59 and OK 141, about three and a half miles south of Sallisaw, resulted in injuries to some of the d...

With most of Monday’s high drama occurring when the Sallisaw Municipal Authority board debated proposed rate increases before action was tabled — which took center stage early into the Sallisaw City C...

The store front of Roland’s Dollar General store was shattered by early Friday morning’s storm that blew threw eastern Sequoyah County. The Roland Fire Department reported the storm wreaked havoc in t...

Sweeping proposed rate increases — primarily to Sallisaw’s sanitation, water and sewer services, as well as for landfill usage — touched off a contentious and potentially unresolvable debate Monday th...

Look out, Harvey Specter, James Limbaugh may be coming for your corner office at the law firm Pearson Hardman. Limbaugh, a 2018 graduate of Sallisaw and a graduate of the University of Central Oklahom...

Justus Christie of Vian, better known by his nickname “Tuffy” is a busy man. At age 34, he’s in the process of obtaining his Masters degree, running a mowing business, being a father, and closing on t...

Sallisaw Police Captain John Weber and Officer Wesley McGuirt, who in May risked their lives in slamming head on into an SUV that was fleeing law enforcement and was speeding toward the heart of the c...

A Sallisaw man is charged with felony child abuse after it was alleged he beat a child under the age of four with a sandal, after the child accidentally used the bathroom on the floor. Joseph B. Hayne...

A Vian man reportedly died Thursday evening due to injuries he sustained in a two-vehicle collision. Fort Smith police reported Austin Thompson, 31, was driving a motorcycle northbound on Towson Avenu...

An arrest warrant has been issued for a Fort Smith man accused of discharging a weapon at two women from a vehicle last month. Anthony Massengill, 40, was charged June 27 in Sequoyah County District C...

Sequoyah County 911 has issued a flood watch alert from the National Weather Service in Tulsa for the period from 9:30 p.m. Thursday, July 13, to 7 a.m. Saturday, July 15.

Sequoyah County Sheriff Larry Lane Jr. said Monday evening that a Texas man facing charges of lewd molestation and aggravated possession of child sexual material in Sequoyah County District Court has ...

Despite anything you might have heard, the Sequoyah County Commissioners confirmed on Monday that a drive-through will not be going through the middle of the Family Dollar store in Vian. At a public h...

A semi truck driver wreaked havoc on local residents last week after taking down several lines on old Highway 82, leaving many without power and internet. “We understand there are mixed emotions about...

Authorities are continuing to search for a Webbers Falls man who was last seen on June 29, according to a Silver Alert issued by the Muskogee County Sheriff’s Office. Robert Welch, 64, was last seen a...

Geraldine Stokes said those taking care of Hog Creek Cemetery in Sallisaw may be small in number but they still come together with one large goal in mind, which is to honor those that came before them...

Monday’s first meeting of Fiscal Year 2024 for the Sequoyah County Commissioners proved a busy one, with more than 30 agenda items to be addressed, which is about three times as many as usual. The com...