April proclaimed Child Abuse Prevention Month

Sequoyah County Commissioners signed a proclamation Monday declaring the month of April as Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Sequoyah County Commissioners signed a proclamation Monday declaring the month of April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. Signing the proclamation is District 1 Commissioner Ray Watts (center). Also on hand for the signing are (seated, from left) Mechele Cruz, Tiffany Jenkins, Lindsie Dyer and Lavonn Stites; and (back) Sequoyah County Assistant DA Blake Johnson, Heath Orabanec, Eric Carter, Jonathan Teague, Sheila Comer, Sarah Ridenhour (Victim’s Advocate for Sequoyah County), District 3 Commissioner Jim Rogers, Garrett Fargo, Heather Silva, Brandi Dobbs, Jessica Walters, Sequoyah County Sheriff Larry Lane, Cindy Smith (Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Investigator for Special Crimes Unit) and Sequoyah County Undersheriff Charles House.

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Amy Rodriguez and Emma Buchanan have come to study and help the local community. They are partnered with the Oklahoma State University (OSU) Rural Scholar program, in which they stay in Sallisaw while...

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A Vian man who has already been sentenced by a federal jury to serve prison time for drug charges has now applied for a sentence modification on another case he is facing in Sequoyah County District C...

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