According to a press release issued by the Oklahoma Water Resource Board (OWRB), the Roland Utility Authority received approval last Tuesday for a $2,276,000 loan with $800,000 in principal forgivenes...

The Oklahoma City Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City released its latest issue of the Oklahoma Economist, titled “Increasingly Bullish: Natural Gas Rebounds on Rising Demand and Infrast...

A Tahlequah resident has pleaded guilty to federal charges of illegally possessing firearms and ammunition, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced this week. Cody L....

The Supreme Court last week cleared the way for the Trump Administration to dismantle the federal Department of Education by firing more than 1,000 workers, The New York Times reported. The justices b...

There was surely a time when what occurred on Lake Tenkiller garnered only casual interest from most folks. But now that Sequoyah County is receiving a 4% countywide lodging tax from visitors who stay...

First Baptist Church of Muldrow will be hosting a free clothing giveaway this Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the church. There will be clothing of all sizes, for anybody who is in need.

Ryan T. Dick, 52, of Sallisaw, is being held in the McIntosh County Jail pending his preliminary hearing on charges related to indecent photographs and videos sent to a former girlfriend and her mothe...

The Sewing Sisters of Blackgum Harvestime Church are excited to announce their 16th “Quilts of Past & Present Quilt Show” has been scheduled for Friday, July 25 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, Jul...

Oklahoma Human Services is now accepting online applications for the low income home energy assistance program (LIHEAP), at OKDHSLive. org. This federally funded program helps incomeeligible families ...

The following events have been scheduled for the month of July at the Muldrow Cherokee Community Organization (MCCO) building in Muldrow: July 23 - Back-to-School Bash, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 24 - Lets...

The Muldrow Public Library is hosting a mystery cooking challenge at 6 p.m. on July 29 at the library. Library staff is challenging the Friends of the Library to a mystery basket cook-off. There will ...

Renewing agreements, green lighting pursuit of grant funds and approving appointments to fire department boards topped the agenda for Sequoyah County Commissioners at their weekly Monday meeting. The ...

August 11 - Parents Night, 5 to 7 p.m. August 14 - First day of school September 1 - Labor Day, no school October 14 - Parent/Teacher Conference, 4 to 7 p.m. October 15 - Parent/Teacher Conference, 8:...

Mrs. Cindy’s 3-year-old class Coloring book Crayons Markers Kleenex Paint dobbers Crayon box Paint Backpack (no wheels) 2 Folders Mrs. Ayres’s 3-year-old class Pencil box 2 24-count boxes of crayons 2...

The Environmental Protection Agency released a new website last week that debunks conspiracy theories about airplane contrails — conspiracies that are popular with a contingent of President Donald Tru...

Jody McHenry has lived and worked in Sequoyah County her entire life, and believes she may have been among the last of the babies born at Sallisaw City Hospital 56 years ago. “Sallisaw is where my roo...

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is asking a federal judge to fine some of the nation’s largest poultry companies tens of millions of dollars and order them to stop spreading bird waste in s...

As the summer winds down, the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is reminding families to start thinking about their back-to-school checklist before kids go back into the classroom. “Now is th...

DURANT – The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma recognized four graduates from the Family Medicine Residency Program this summer. Drs. Caitlyn Bowman, Talayna Leonard, Christian Matthew Meeks and Mason Two Cr...

Anyone who has not been involved in the American legal system cannot fully appreciate the applicable idiom, “the wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine.” Last Monday was another exa...