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McKinney McKinney selected as 2010 OJRA Sweetheart
Kristin McKinney, 9, of Sallisaw is the reigning 2010 Oklahoma Junior Rodeo Association ( OJRA ) Sweetheart. McKinney will represent the OJRA at the Sallisaw Lions Club Rodeo July 29, 30, and 3...
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Three young boys sit in the window at the Akins Baptist Church in this 1956 photos of the church. The church will celebrate their 125th anniversary Aug. 8. Submitted Photo Akins Baptist Church to celebrate 125 years
Akins Baptist Church will have a Homecoming Celebration at 11 a.m. Aug. 8. “The Historical Commission of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma has warded a 125 Anniversary Certificate to Akin...
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Riley Riley to perform at CGE Music Barn
At 7 p.m. on Friday at 2710 W. Cherokee, U.S. Highway 64 The CGE Music Barn at 2710 W. Cherokee, U.S. Highway 64 will feature Collin and Valeta Riley, a mother and son duo, 7 p.m. Friday. Riley ...
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Area students listed on Honor Rolls
Officials at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah recently announced the students listed on the President’s and Dean’s Honor Roll for the spring 2010 semester. To be eligible for the Preside...
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Area students listed on honor roll
Connors State College in Warner recently announced the students who made the spring President’s and Vice President’s Honor Rolls. The students listed on the President’s Honor Roll are Brenda Lee o...
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Area students listed on Dean’s List
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith recently announced the students who made the Dean’s List for the spring 2010 semester. The students listed on the Dean’s List are Zane Keys and Katie Marti...
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Area students receive scholarships
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Courtney Eldridge and Kristan Lovell each received a $2,500 scholarship from the Baldor Electric Company Foundation. Eldridge, a graduate of Sallisaw High School, will begin studying history and ...
Area students listed on honor roll
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A total of 4,074 students were named to the 2010 spring honor rolls at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. The area students listed on the President’s Honor Roll are Nicholas Morgan Woodruff ...
Area students listed on honor roll
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A total of 965 students has been named to the honor rolls at Southwestern Oklahoma State University for academic work during the 2010 spring semester on the Weatherford campus. Jacob Paul Matlock ...
Students awarded scholarships
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Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford has awarded Debra Silva of Muldrow and Katherine Martin of Sallisaw scholarships for the 2010-11 academic year.
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Oil platform explodes off La. coast; crew rescued (AP)

Boats are seen spraying water on an oil and gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. All 13 crew members were rescued. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - An oil platform exploded and burned off the Louisiana coast Thursday, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months. This time, the Coast Guard said there was no leak, and no one was killed.


Thu Sep 02 19:57:29 -0500 2010
Earl weakens but still powerful as it smacks NC (AP)

People stand on a pier as waves crash below them in Southern Shores, North Carolina. Hurricane Earl bore down on a vast stretch of the US East Coast on Thursday, as tens of thousands of people fled North Carolina's barrier islands to avoid dangerous winds and surf.(AFP/Getty Images/Mark Wilson)AP - The last ferry left for the mainland and coastal residents hunkered down at home as Hurricane Earl closed in with 110 mph winds Thursday on North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks, the first and potentially most destructive stop on the storm's projected journey up the Eastern Seaboard.


Thu Sep 02 19:24:12 -0500 2010
Comfort Inn a hurricane hostel in NC (AP)

Lee Taylor, of Harlow, N.C., buys ice for his family to ride out the storm as Hurricane Earl heads toward the eastern coast in Atlantic Beach, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)AP - A two-story Comfort Inn has become a makeshift hurricane hostel on North Carolina's Outer Banks for those who want to stay close to their homes but know they need better shelter from the outslaught of Earl.


Thu Sep 02 19:37:58 -0500 2010