Just when it looked as if it was simply a matter of time until veterans would be forced to vacate the aging — and financially strapped — Talihina Veterans Home by Oct. 1 and find temporary residence w...

There was something for almost everyone at last week’s Sallisaw Chamber of Commerce Legislative Luncheon, ranging from the expected — state income tax reduction, funding for public education, jobs and...

A collision that happened Thursday morning on US-59 about nine miles north of Sallisaw has reportedly left one driver in critical condition. The collision occurred when a vehicle veered across the cen...

A Dallas man who shot two Arkansas men on Interstate 40 near Vian in July 2021 is scheduled for a 9 a.m. Aug. 7 jury trial, according to Sequoyah County court records. Lee B. King, 28, is facing two f...

Muldrow has slated their official 2023 Cruise Night from 6 to 10 p.m. Aug. 5, with a slight change from last year’s cruise – there will be no burnouts allowed this year. The event, coordinated by Rick...

An Arkansas man is charged with endangering others while eluding/attempting to elude a police officer after he drove off from a traffic stop on Interstate 40 with 123 pounds of marijuana inside his ve...

A Jenks woman who was camping at Gore Landing is facing charges of battery/assault and battery on a police officer, falsely impersonating another to create liability and resisting an officer after get...

The Sallisaw Police Department will be conducting speed and traffic enforcement In the area of W. Cherokee from Kerr to City Limits from July 5-12.

David Slaughter has lived in Oklahoma long enough to know that just because Sequoyah County has avoided severe weather or a tornado for many years, it’s just a matter of time until the world comes cra...

Summer is synonymous with backyard cookouts and outdoor fun. Likewise, parades and fireworks are staples for the Fourth of July. Add those elements together and you’ve got the ingredients for a memora...

Saturday, July 1 Roland Roland Park • Vian St. John Football Stadium Sunday, July 2 Pocola Choctaw Casino Tuesday, July 4 Fort Smith Harry E. Kelley River Park (at U.S. 64 bridge) • Lake Tenkiller Ten...

A Sallisaw man facing multiple child sexual abuse charges in Sequoyah County District Court has been scheduled for an August 7 jury trial, according to court records. Rusty J. Waters, 44, is facing fi...

What do ice cream and postage stamps have in common? Yep, you can lick ’em both. And if you choose to do that Saturday, you’ll be participating in the recognition of two national days of observance — ...

Tammy Sandlin, 50, a lifelong resident of Vian, said the greatest thing about Sequoyah County is living in Vian. “Vian will always be my forever home. Had I not been here, I would not have met my best...

TALIHINA — Well, the other shoe finally fell, just sooner than most expected. Today, Oklahoma veterans and their families are looking for a place to live, at least for the next 16 months or so. It was...

In their final weekly meeting of Fiscal Year 2023, the Sequoyah County Commissioners approved equal distribution of $268,143.42 each to the county general fund, county schools, and the county’s cities...

A Sallisaw man has been charged with felony maiming and two other county residents are each facing a felony charge of accessory after that fact, following the alleged beating of a Muldrow man that rep...

Oklahoma Department of Transportation crews have laid new asphalt on U.S. 59 at I-40, smoothing out a notoriously bone-jarring stretch of rough concrete. Although traffic flow was at a periodic stands...

A Fort Smith man is facing a felony charge of obtaining property by trick or deception after he reportedly purchased a vehicle from another man with fake money. Robert L. Nevel, 42, was charged June 1...

The Sallisaw Police Department will be conducting speed and traffic enforcement on E. Cherokee from June 28 to July 5. Everyone have a safe and happy Fourth of July!