A book signing event featuring two local authors will be held on Saturday, Sept. 14, at Sozos Coffee Company & Bistro in Sallisaw. Rebecca J. Cole and Yvonne Tillapaugh, sisters and co-owners of Becca...

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) issued a press release on Saturday after an inmate reportedly walked away from a facility in Ponca City. Lester Hampton, 62, of Vian, who is serving a 10-...

Editor's Note: September is National Suicide Prevention and Recovery Month and, therefore, this four-part series will cover a critical and often overlooked issue: the alarming rate of suicides in rura...

The Sallisaw Police Department is continuing to investigate what was originally filed as a missing person case involving a 17-year-old juvenile. Selena R. Frank was reported missing on Monday at about...

Benjamin Franklin has observed that the only certainties in life are death and taxes. For municipalities, in general, and Sallisaw, in particular, tax revenues can be quite lucrative, which reflects o...

After 32 years of working under the vast Wyoming skies, tending to cattle and braving the rugged terrain, Tom Patterson has traded in his cowboy boots for a quieter life in Gore. The transition from t...

The hopes and dreams — even the rampant rumors and speculation — are true about what’s coming to the construction site on South Kerr Boulevard across from Braum’s and Mazzio’s. KMAC Enterprises, the c...

The Sallisaw Police Department is currently investigating a missing person case involving a 17-year-old juvenile. Selena Rose Frank was reported missing on Monday at about 3:30 p.m. from her residence...

If there are those who may have considered pursuing a career in healthcare or have an interest in business and industry training, Indian Capital Technology Center was the place to be last week for the...

A Saturday evening one-vehicle collision in Gans has reportedly claimed the life of a Roland man. According to press release issued by Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Aden #211 of the Sequoyah County ...

Logan Lease was hoping the third time would be the charm. Maybe the fourth time in 2025 will be his time. After finishing third nationally a year ago in the teen division of the USA Mullet Championshi...

Muldrow High School teacher Shea McCrary was recently honored with the Dr. Sue Lynn Sasser Economics and Personal Finance Educator of the Year award in Oklahoma City. Nominees are selected based on th...

The American Legion was chartered and incorporated by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic veterans organization devoted to mutual helpfulness. It is the nation’s largest wartime veterans’ service organiza...

Mark Twain is widely credited with the observation, “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” Well, each year about this time, the Farmer’s Almanac is what everybody’s ta...

Voters passed a bond initiative on Tuesday that came without any additional tax liability for the Gore Public School District. Voters passed the measure with 66.67% of the vote, with 344 people voting...

Just outside of Sallisaw, a young housewife named Laura Jennings is cultivating more than just a garden— she's nurturing a dream of self-sufficiency and sustainable living for her family. Laura, along...

A Muldrow man is continuing to recover from injuries he sustained in a July 31 single-vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 64, near Muldrow, according to family members. Earl Jenkins was reportedly airlif...

Gore voters have approved a no-tax-increase bond initiative for $11.9 million that will fund the construction of a new lower elementary school as well as the renovation of other school buildings. Resu...

For those looking for a meaningful way to give back to your community, join CASA for Children at Aromas Coffee Shop for a free “Coffee with CASA” information session where you can hear more about beco...

Sallisaw Fire Chief Anthony Armstrong said Sallisaw firefighters responded to a grease fire on Friday at the China Harbor restaurant in Sallisaw. Armstrong said firefighters were called out at about 2...