Set aside 30 minutes to talk newspaper with Billy Wood, and three hours later he still will not have run out of stories about his days working for Wheeler Mayo then Jim Mayo and Richard Mayo then Jeff...

When it was announced July 17 that SLPT Global Pump Group is in the process of being purchased, foremost on Jeff Addison’s mind was how the transaction would affect the more than 150 full-time and tem...

A Sallisaw woman is charged with felony embezzlement after she allegedly gave away multiple free items to customers during a store contest, without the store’s permission. Brittany Nance, 25, was char...

The Sequoyah County Commissioners on Monday reviewed bridge reports from the Civil Engineering District 2 Bridge Safety Inspection, and approved invoices, which are paid by the Federal Highway Adminis...

A Sallisaw woman is facing a felony cruelty to animals charge after allegedly not providing food, water or treatment for two dogs left in her care. Destiny N. Remy, 26, was charged July 5 in Sequoyah ...

A Muldrow man is charged with prisoner placing body fluid on government employee after he spit on an officer several times on the way to jail after being accused of touching juvenile females at the Ro...

Jack Thorp, District Attorney for District 27, was presented the David L. Moss Memorial Award for Outstanding District Attorney in an awards ceremony held July 12 in Oklahoma City. As District Attorne...

The Sallisaw Board of City Commissioners met in executive session Monday evening to conduct a job performance review of City Manager Keith Skelton. But after a 97-minute session, the results of the sp...

CRAIG COUNTY — Oklahoma state and local officials joined American Heartland leadership this week to announce American Heartland Theme Park and Resort, a more than $2 billion entertainment destination ...

A felony arrest warrant was issued on July 6 for a Roland woman who has been charged in Sequoyah County District Court with the unpremeditated death of her two-month-old infant, by allegedly co-sleepi...

A collision that happened Tuesday evening just before midnight claimed the life of a Muldrow woman, according to an accident report issued by Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Jim O’Bryan, 61, and his passenge...

As a new school year approaches and students cringe at the thought of summer vacation ending, there are those who embrace the start of school and an opportunity to help students get off on the right f...

Heather Rowan said she might have grown up in California, but she considers Sequoyah County her home. Rowan, 34, said when she first moved to Oklahoma she settled in Cowlington in LeFlore county, but ...

SLPT Global Pump Group is in the process of being purchased, it was announced this week at the Sallisaw facility. Shenglong Automotive Powertrain System Co. Ltd., a leading company in the combustion e...

Volunteer field investigators from the Native Oklahoma Bigfoot Research Organization (NOBRO) will present a free public program on the evidence of these cryptid creatures in Oklahoma. NOBRO will also ...

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...