A Fort Smith man is charged with second-degree burglary, domestic abuse-assault and battery, threaten to perform act of violence, possession of controlled dangerous substance, and unlawful possession ...

The Sallisaw School Board met Monday to approve a list of employees for the upcoming 2023-24 school year along with a few other items included on their monthly agenda. Following an approval of all rep...

Congressman Josh Brecheen will hold in-person town hall meetings Monday in Sequoyah County. Second Congressional District constituents are encouraged to attend to share their thoughts and ask question...

Tom Hamilton of the Blackgum community said he never realized that one day he would retire from his job after his children grew up, move to Oklahoma and have his own business making cabinets. Hamilton...

Voters in Oklahoma rejected State Question 820 during a March 7 election that would have legalized recreational marijuana sales to those age 21 years and older, nearly five years after approving medic...

A Sallisaw high school student perished, another was airlifted to a Fort Smith hospital and one was transported to a local hospital following a horrific two-car head-on crash Monday morning at Sallisa...

Legendary Sallisaw trainer Rex Brooks and historic Blue Ribbon Downs were enshrined into the Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Hall of Fame in a Saturday induction ceremony at Shawnee’s Grand Casino. Broo...

An arrest warrant has been issued for a Muldrow man accused of felony child abuse by injury after he allegedly used unreasonable force on a child under the age of 16, whipping the child with broken tr...

Covid cases in Sequoyah County are spiking again according to local health officials. Eric Carter, director of operations for NHS Sequoyah Hospital in Sallisaw, reported Monday during the Sequoyah Cou...

Living in Oklahoma usually means either a fascination with or fear of tornadoes and thunderstorms, both of which come with a healthy respect for the awesome, if not unpredictable, power of Mother Natu...

The Webbers Falls Board of Trustees met three times in February where they appointed a new vice mayor, accepted bids, approved the raise and sell of burial plots at a local cemetery, and voted to incr...

The Sallisaw Police Department will be conducting speed and traffic enforcement In areas of N. Maple and Taylor Drive from March 8 to 15.

Waldo has finally been found. In hindsight, the literary version of the children’s books asking the question “Where’s Waldo?” may have been an easier task than the real-life quest. In the mind-bogglin...

“Sequoyah County has more dispensaries than gas stations or grocery stores.” That was just one of the comments overheard at Monday’s meeting of the Sequoyah County Board of Commissioners. The topic ab...

The sirens and flashing lights of first-responder vehicles do exactly what they’re intended to do — get your attention. And when sirens wail and lights pulsate near a school, everyone takes notice and...

Few remember a time when electricity was more of a luxury than an expectation. Juli Orme remembers — or more precisely, her grandparents knew of — a time when electricity was an exciting wonderment th...

Just Folks At the age of 81, Annette Brown of Vian, may have discovered the mythical Fountain of Youth. But according to Brown, it’s really nothing new and not a big secret, but it is something she en...

An inmate incarcerated in the Sequoyah County Detention Center had to be treated for fentanyl overdose after he reportedly took a refillable capsule containing fentanyl from another inmate. Dominic X....

Catholic Charities Sallisaw is offering something it hopes no one will ever need, but for which they will be thankful should they need it. It’s something no one ever used to think about. It’s somethin...

Oklahoma voters will head to the polls on Tuesday, March 7, to decide on the fate of State Question 820, the legalization of recreational cannabis (marijuana) in the state. There have been proponents ...