Polling places for two precincts in Sequoyah County have changed, says Ruby Brunk, secretary for the Sequoyah County Election Board. The location changes are: Precinct 103 — The former location was Mu...

The Sallisaw Soccer Booster Club is hosting its annual Valentine’s Day fundraiser and now accepting pre-orders for Valentine’s Day boxes full of yummy goodies. The Sallisaw Soccer Booster Club provide...

Average gasoline prices in Oklahoma have fallen 5.2 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.61/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 2,294 stations in Oklahoma. Prices in Oklahoma are 9.3...

Cherokee Nation holds an annual art competition for Johnson O'Malley (JOM) students. Gore Public Schools has announced that Rhylee Davis and Lily Wooten both placed second in their divisions out of mo...

Well Done Foundation (WDF), a national nonprofit whose mission is to plug orphaned oil and gas wells across the United States, has announced a collaboration between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Health and well-being in Oklahoma remain the 47th worst in the nation, according to an annual study released Tuesday. The state ranked in the bottom five in nearly all of the 2024 Amer...

Oklahoma students’ scores in reading and math stagnated in 2024 and remained well below the U.S. average, according to national test results released this week. The data is from the National Assessmen...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Nationwide testing shows Oklahoma continued to lag behind the national average in reading and math scores in 2024, and the state’s academic performance had little improvement since 202...

The Eastern Oklahoma Development District (EODD) Area Agency Aging urges citizens to become involved and attend this year’s Senior Day at the Capitol. This day is held to provide discussion and addres...

Tess Williams has been selected as the December Member of the Month for Boys & Girls Club of Sequoyah County, Liberty Unit. Williams is the daughter of Heather Taylor and Charles Williams. She was sel...

Liberty Elementary student Silas Wilkerson, who placed first at the VFW District 3 Patriot’s Pen Competition and advanced to the state competition, won first place for Oklahoma, and will now compete a...

OKLAHOMA CITY — A proposed rule that would require schools to ask for proof of U.S. citizenship during enrollment unanimously passed the Oklahoma State Board of Education on Tuesday, sending the highl...

Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters has renewed his effort to distribute Bibles in public school classrooms, asking for a fresh request for proposals to supply 55,000 copi...

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt wants to re-establish the Oklahoma State Guard and has directed the state’s Military Department to devise a plan for the civil defense force that would be under the governor’...

At the town of Gore’s regular monthly meeting on Jan. 21, the board of trustees swiftly addressed a number of important matters, and were informed the town had been awarded a JAG grant for the police ...

Lakeside RV Park has been named the Sallisaw Chamber of Commerce’s Member of the Month for January. Tim Foote, who owns Lakeside RV Park, is a Muskogee native who spent 10 years working in grocery sto...

The Sallisaw Police Department will be conducting speed and traffic enforcement in areas of North Maple and Taylor Drive from Jan. 29 to Feb. 5.

Roland Upper Elementary recently released the names of the students on the honor roll for the first semester of the 2024-25 school year. All A’s Third Grade Steven Bennett, Mia Brant, Jude Buchfink, H...

Marble City Public School recently released the names of the students on the Superintendent’s and Principal’s Honor Rolls for the second nine weeks and first semester of the 2024-25 school year. Super...

A new path lies before us on the Oklahoma Cherokee Reservation. On Jan. 17, 2025, the United States Department of the Interior officially reaffirmed UKB jurisdiction on the Oklahoma Cherokee Reservati...