It was another productive week at the State Capitol as we heard bills in committee and continued to work on the state budget for Fiscal Year 2026. I’m pleased to report that five of the bills I author...

The Vian Wrestling Club saw 16 members qualify for this weekend’s Oklahoma Kids Wrestling Association State Tournament by placing at last Saturday’s Southeast Regional Tournament at Paul Post Field Ho...

OKLAHOMA CITY – A Senate panel on Wednesday advanced a bill that would bar mandatory diversity, equity and inclusion programs in state agencies despite concerns it could have unintended consequences. ...

It was a successful Senior Night for the Muldrow High School basketball teams Monday night at Roger Sharp Activity Center in the regular-season finales against Heavener. The Lady Bulldogs started the ...

The Lake Vian Hilltop Run will be March 1-2. There are multipledistance races ranging from four miles up to 100 miles. Participants are allowed to walk, hike or run. So far there are 278 participants ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Walter Clayton Jr. scored 18 points, Will Richard added 14 and No. 2 Florida beat Oklahoma 85-63 on Tuesday night for its fifth consecutive victory. Alijah Martin chipped in 14 poi...

Hudson Rogers has been selected as the January Member of the Month for Boys & Girls Club of Sequoyah County, Central Unit. Rogers is the son of Lindsey and Blake Rogers. He was selected because he con...

It was quite a couple of months for both local preteen boxers Kaleigh Auld, age 9, and Dominic Adame, age 10. Auld was unopposed at the state silver gloves but wanted to fight for experience so chose ...

If being limited is not your thing, balance your mind, body, and spirit, by exercising them. These important things are all part of us. None work independently. As Coleridge wrote, “In today already w...

The Brushy Wrestling Club had 20 members qualify for this weekend’s Oklahoma Kids Wrestling Association State Tournament by placing at last Saturday’s OKWA Southeast Regional Tournament at Paul Post F...

02/10/2025 02/16/2025 During the week of Feb. 10-16, 2025, Sequoyah County law enforcement tended to 23 animal calls, 160 traffic stops, and numerous medical and domestic calls according to police rep...

Mother Nature has played a hand in when the Class 2A and A high school basketball playoffs will resume. Due to this week’s snowstorm, the Class 2A and A Regional Tournaments will not get started until...

Eufaula:  Feb. 14. Elevation is a foot above normal and stable. The water temperature is 42 degrees and stained. Striped bass, striped bass hybrids and white bass fair on flukes, jigs, lipless baits a...

The day many may have wondered if it would ever arrive has, indeed, arrived. Six years, seven months and 241 days since Sallisaw’s quest to become the home for Oklahoma’s premier veterans center began...

When it comes to calculations and numbers, there’s rarely any wiggle room on findings. Either you’re right or you’re wrong. But when it comes to evaluating success, it appears it may be more subjectiv...

A Sallisaw woman charged in 2022 with felony murder has reportedly been found guilty following a jury trial in Sequoyah County District Court. Shawna M. Pratt, 45, was found guilty in the death of 30-...

OKLAHOMA CITY – A few hundred people gathered Monday on the south steps of the Capitol to participate in a national day of protest and criticize President Donald Trump’s administration. Carrying signs...

TISHOMINGO — Former Sallisaw Lady Diamonds basketball player Addyson Gream and the Connors State Cowgirls lost 70-51 Thursday night against the Murray State College Lady Aggies at Beames Fieldhouse. T...

The Sallisaw Police Department will be conducting speed and traffic enforcement in the areas of Cherokee from Wheeler east to city limit and sur rounding residential areas from Feb. 19-26.

Gore Public School students Audra Cunningham and Genesis Carmichael recently won second place in the Paper Tower Challenge at the Muskogee Engineering Competition.