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Marble City students receive visitor

Brad Rice, a 2004 West Point graduate, Afghanistan and Iraq war veteran, and former Military Intelligence Officer, visited with Marble City Elementary students on Veteran’s Day.

Marble City Honor Rolls

Marble City School recently released the names of the students on the Superintendent's and Principal's honor rolls for the first nine weeks of the 2019-20 school year.

Balloons fly high

CHRIS DAY • TIMES Sallisaw defenders Jace Nicholson (7) and Bryce Smithson pressure Grove quarterback Carson Trimble during Friday night’s playoff game at Perry F. Lattimore Stadium. Sallisaw edged Grove, 9-7, to advance to the Class 4A quarterfinals

The Big Battle

Sallisaw High's football team has made a habit out of winning the close ones late in the regular season and in the first round of the Class 4A state playoffs.

LEA LESSLEY • TIMES Vian quarterback Javyn Wright tries to get past Hartshorne linebacker John Beauchamp during Friday’s Class 2A high school football first-round playoff contest.

Wolverines met Millwood again in Class 2A playoffs

For the third consecutive season Vian will play Millwood in the Class 2A high school football playoffs and this year the No. 4 Wolverines and the No. 9 Falcons will

LYNN MCCULLEY | TIMES Jared Looper introduces himself to the chamber as the Northeast Regional Development Specialist for the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.

Mayor outlines long list of city accomplishments

Sallisaw Mayor Ernie Martens gave a special report on some of the city's accomplishments over the past year during the Sallisaw Chamber of Commerce's monthly membership luncheon Wednesday. Martens started

LYNN MCCULLEY | TIMES Sandra Long and Jamie Prock (seated) with Nita Fox, Kim Ellis and Amy Nichols (back, left to right). New digital equipment for NHS Sequoyah Hospital with Director of Radiology Andrea Weber, left and techs,

Hospital provides report on ‘positive’ changes

NHS Sequoyah Hospital Administrator Stephanie Six provided a brief overview of the hospital’s changes and improvements and increased revenue to members of the Sallisaw Chamber of Commerce and other city leaders

The Giving Tree

Judy Crandall of Muldrow donates a hat to the Christmas Giving Tree at Your TIMES. Hats, mittens, gloves or scarves can be dropped off at the Sequoyah County Times office

ANDREW NEWBURY | TIMES Big Boy blows steam as it makes its way into Sallisaw. The historic steam locomotive blew into town Saturday with hundreds of young and old awaiting on his arrival.

Big Boy comes through ‘loud and clear’

“Wow!” “It’s huge!” “It’s loud!” “Best steam bath I’ve ever had!” These were just some of the comments heard Saturday as Big Boy, the historic locomotive arrived in Sallisaw to

Sports

The Big Battle

Sallisaw High's football team has made a habit out of winning the close ones late in the regular season and in the first round of the Class 4A state playoffs.

By Chris Day

LEA LESSLEY • TIMES Gore running back Gunner Dozier outruns Konawa defender Marshall Howell during Friday’s Class A high school football first-round playoff contest inside K.G. Horn Stadium.

Pirates v. Panthers in playoffs

GORE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

By Lea Lessley

Wolverines met Millwood again in Class 2A playoffs

VIAN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

By Lea Lessley

Obituaries

Susie Mae Lewis

Funeral services for Susie Mae Lewis, 86, of Muldrow, will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, 2019, at First Assembly of God Church in Muldrow.

Kirstey Wayn Washington

Kirstey Wayn Washington, 29, of Muskogee, passed away on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. She was born on Nov. 25, 1989, in Tahlequah, to Bradley Kent Washington and Kimberly Ann (Martin) Maples.

Troy Gober Sr.

Troy Gober Sr., 69, of Muldrow, died on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019, in Muldrow. He was born on Nov. 7, 1950, in Roswell, N.M., to Elmer Gober and Dovie (Leach) Gober.