With the opening day of gun season on November 19th

Sports

November 17, 2022

With the opening day of gun season on November 19th, the cold weather has the deer coming out of the woodwork. As she was driving down our road to town this morning, my wife said she saw about twenty deer in different groups along her three and a half mile drive. Several were jumping across the road.

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Reliving history

March 30, 2023

Larry Crowe provided a sneak preview Wednesday of his Big Toy Museum, located in Sallisaw's old middle school. The tour of the remodeled school was a trip down Memory Lane for many who were students w...

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New football coach expects Diamonds to return to ‘elite 4A program’

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

March 30, 2023

If history does, indeed, repeat itself and new Sallisaw football coach Brandon Tyler replicates the success he enjoyed at Vian and Gore, then go ahead and make hotel reservations for the Class 4A stat...

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Vian Superintendent’s resignation accepted

Along with business manager’s in special meeting

By Amie Cato-Remer Editor

March 30, 2023

Vian Public School Superintendent Victor Salcedo and Business Manager Ed Brockman’s resignations were accepted by the Vian Board of Education on March 29, during a special meeting. After going into an...

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Man reportedly exposes himself

Between Walmart and bank

By Amie Cato-Remer Editor

March 30, 2023

A Sayre man is facing a felony charge of indecent exposure after he reportedly exposed himself earlier this month in Sallisaw. Wilbur C. Poindexter, 65, was formally charged on March 10 in Sequoyah Co...

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Board of Education, Municipal Election is Tuesday

By Amie Cato-Remer Editor

March 30, 2023

Sequoyah County voters will go to the polls to decide who will represent area schools and towns in the Board of Education General Election and Municipal General Election on Tuesday, April 4. Scott Cha...

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City inmate allegedly overdoses on fentanyl

Administered five does of Narcan

By Amie Cato-Remer Editor

March 30, 2023

A Sallisaw woman is charged with a felony count of bringing contraband into jail, specifically fentanyl, after she allegedly overdosed on the substance while incarcerated in the Sallisaw City Jail. Cr...

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J.P. Wickett Memorial Junior Rodeo set for April 1-2

March 30, 2023

The 2023 John Perry Wickett Memorial Junior Rodeo will be held Saturday and Sunday, April 1-2, at the Sallisaw Rodeo Grounds. Sponsored by the Sallisaw Round-Up Club, All-Around buckles will be presen...

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A Few of My Favorite Things

Easy spring fixings

March 30, 2023

We are finally into spring! The trees are blooming and the flowers are growing. If you have tulips, daffodils or hyacinth, you may already have blooms but most certainly have buds if nothing else. It ...

Sports

Pirates blank McCurtain

March 30, 2023

Gore’s Gunner Dozier makes a catch during the Pirates’ home game against McCurtain Monday. The Pirates (8-2 overall), who started play in the Dewar Invitational Gumbo Classic Thursday, defeated McCurt...

Sports

Sequoyah County sports calendar

March 30, 2023

All schedules are subject to change. FRIDAY, MARCH 31 •Roland, Central, Gore and Webbers Falls track and field teams at Okemah (To Be Announced) •Vian track and field teams at Chelsea (9:30 a.m.) •Sal...

Sports

Fishing Report for March 29

March 30, 2023

LOWER ILLINOIS: March 24. Elevation is normal, water temperature 50°F and clear. Brown and rainbow trout fair on in-line spinnerbaits, midges, nymphs, PowerBait, and worms below the dam. Comments: Fis...