School News
By News Staff 
May 4, 2022
Left to right, Parker Rogers, Samantha Buchanan, Rha'Shawn Jones, Mason Louthan, Brody Edwards, Aspyn Smith and Oaklee Faldon. Not pictured, Drake Walters and Blakely Reese. SUBMITTED PHOTO
School News
By News Staff 
May 4, 2022
The Sallisaw Middle School (SMS) Students of the Month for May were selected for the character trait- Integrity/Leadership.
Just Folks, School News
By Lynn McCulley 
April 22, 2022
After 37 years in the teaching profession, Debbie Lewis of Vian and her friend, another teacher, decided to open a consignment and booth rental shop in downtown Sallisaw. With the weather warming up, ...
Business
By A Few Of My Favorite Things With Katina Holland 
April 21, 2022
Quick and Easy Meals A Few Of My Favorite Things With Katina Holland Thu, 04/21/2022 - 17:13
Just Folks
By Lynn McCulley 
April 15, 2022
Stephen Dorius may be from Utah but has made Sequoyah County his temporary home in a ministry which he has chosen or maybe one that has chosen him. Dorius, a missionary, is part of a ministry organize...
Just Folks
By Lynn McCulley 
April 8, 2022
Krystel Willard works in an ideal environment to hit the ground running each morning she has to work as a barista at Aroma‚s Coffee Shop in Sallisaw. The coffee shop, which opened in 2000, not only of...
Just Folks
By Lynn McCulley 
March 25, 2022
Barbara Gipson of Sallisaw loves children, books and teaching. So much that although she is semiretired, Gipson still teaches second graders as a reading specialist, two mornings a week at Liberty Ele...
Just Folks
By Lynn McCulley 
March 18, 2022
Evlynn Schonefeld of Sallisaw never meets a stranger and is always full of energy, according to her grandmother Ä–vlynn, 6, is a student at Liberty Elementary in Sallisaw and has spent most of her ti...
Just Folks
By Lynn McCulley 
March 4, 2022
Lisa Langdell graduated from Sallisaw High School and did not go to college. Instead, Langdell decided to follow in the footsteps of her grandmother and her mother and operate her own business and now...
Obituaries
By News Staff 
December 29, 2021
Funeral services for Carolyn Jean (Dowdy) Davis, 70, of Roland, were held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021, at Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Roland. Burial followed at Memory Garden Cemetery i...
Obituaries
By News Staff 
December 29, 2021
Funeral services for Sarah Christen (McConnell) Rodgers were held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021, at Blackgum First Baptist Church in Vian. Mrs. Rodgers was born on Sept. 25, 1983, to Les and D...
Obituaries
By News Staff 
December 29, 2021
Orville Frank New, 78 of Gore, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, in Vian. He was born on Sept. 28, 1943, in Webbers Falls to Grace Leona (Williams) New and George Oscar New. He was married to Pa...
Obituaries
By News Staff 
December 29, 2021
Dean Louis Thompson, 86, of Gore, passed away Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, at his home. He was born Jan. 17, 1935, in Allen County, Harrod, Ohio, to Ralph Thompson and Lova Thompson. Dean was a 1954 Bloom...
Obituaries
By News Staff 
December 29, 2021
Lilah Grace Owens, 17 months old, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021. She was born on July 2, 2020, in Fort Smith to Josh and Rachael Owens. Lilah of was full of life, fearless, never met a strang...
Business
By A Few Of My Favorite Things With Katina Holland 
November 26, 2021
Easy Breads A Few Of My Favorite Things With Katina Holland Thu, 11/25/2021 - 20:04
Columnists
By Chuck Hoskin Jr. 
November 10, 2021
November is when the United States celebrates Native American Heritage Month. At Cherokee Nation, we will certainly spend this month celebrating our heritage and culture with the rest of the country. ...
Columnists
By On The Edge Of Common Sense 
November 10, 2021
“There‚s only one thing worse than eating next to a left-handed person, and that‚s heading for him. It‚s like trying to screw the male end of a garden house into the matching threads on your stock tan...
By Randleman By Randy Randleman 
November 10, 2021
Columnists
By Randleman By Randy Randleman 
November 10, 2021
It‚s been a busy week at the State Capitol! On Monday, the Legislature debuted our proposed maps for Oklahoma‚s five congressional districts, as well as the updated maps for legislative districts. The...