The Roland Board of Education met on March 13 where they discussed and voted on several employment issues. The board accepted the resignations of Ag teacher and FFA advisor Myron Lockwood, Special Edu...

Saturday, March 18 Vian 11, Amber-Pocasset 9 (Ripley Tournament final) Gore 17, Woodland 11 (Pioneer Festival) Friday, March 17 Vian 18, Atoka 12 (Ripley Tournament semifinal) Gore 9, Thomas-Fay-Custe...

All teams listed are high school teams and all schedules are subject to change. THURSDAY, MARCH 23 •Sallisaw, Muldrow and Roland track and field teams at Wilburton (10 a.m.) •Gore track and field team...

OKLAHOMA CITY — No. 1 Oklahoma completed the Omni Hall of Fame Classic sweep with a 7-1 win over No. 19/22 Auburn Sunday afternoon in OKC. Redshirt senior pitcher Alex Storako twirled a gem in the cir...

The Class 2A ninth-ranked Wolverines went 3-0 last week at the Ripley Tournament to win the tourney for the first time since 2018. Ripley is located about 15 miles southeast of Stillwater. Vian head c...

In Saturday’s Grade 2 Eastex Stakes OKLAHOMA CITY – The Grade 2, $50,000 Eastex Stakes on Saturday, March 25, could be a rematch of multiple stakes winners Charlies Fury and JK Wildcat Red. If Apollit...

Gore’s high school baseball team improved to 6-1 overall Saturday at Drummond with its 17-11 win over Woodland in the Pioneer Festival. Pioneer is located near Chickasha. The Pirates shut out Thomas-F...

STILLWATER – The Oklahoma State softball team completed its sweep of the OSU Mizuno Classic with a 9-4 victory against the UCF Knights on Sunday afternoon at Cowgirl Stadium. With the win, OSU improve...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved bipartisan legislation prohibiting the use of corporal punishment on students with the most significant cognitive disabil...

The Oklahoma Healthy Aging Initiative (OHAI) Northeast Center of Healthy Aging will be providing the Tai Chi for Better Balance Program. The classes will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1 p.m. begin...

Congratulations to Mr. Brant for winning Roland Public School’s February step challenge. He had a whopping 514,620 steps in 28 days. That total won him bragging rights for the month and the grand priz...

A Spring Music Jam will be held on Saturday, March 25 at the Frank Galvtsi Community Building in Vian as part of a UKB Illinois District fundraiser. Local band Tick Fever will play live music from 7 t...

One of the advantages of gaining wisdom (it ain’t polite to say “getting old”) is that incredible earth-shaking ideas occur to a guy that make his grandchildren look at him funny. Now this one I can’t...

The Cherokee people are deeply connected to the land and historic locations across our reservation in northeast Oklahoma. Decades before statehood, Cherokees built the first schools, courthouses, mode...

Rep. Jim Olsen, R-Roland, released the following statement in response to national media attention following his March 14 debate against House Bill 1028, which would prohibit the use of corporal punis...

ARE YOU RUNNING THE RACE FOR YOUR LIFE!!! ARE YOU FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT TO LIVE FOREVER!!! KNOW JESUS CHRIST!!! HE WILL HELP YOU RUN TO LIFE AND FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT TILL YOU GET HOME TO HIM!!! II T...

The "Wrecking Crew" from Roland Public Schools has won State in Robotics. They finished the qualifying matches ranked No. 1, and went on to win the tournament with their alliance. They also took home ...

A nursing facility is not a hospital. Many people enter a nursing facility after a hospital stay and tend to think of the nursing facility as an extension of hospital care. However, a nursing facility...

Sallisaw Public Schools will host two meetings on April 5 — Title VI PAC and Johnson O’Malley (JOM) IEC. Both meetings will be held at the administration building, 701 S. J.T. Stites Blvd. The Title V...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), announced the award of $560 million this week in addition to the $1 billion awarded ...