Ice skating begins Friday

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

Sallisaw’s first-ever ice skating rink — even with daytime temperatures 20 to 30 degrees above freezing — welcomes skaters beginning Friday at the downtown Stage Park for a monthlong celebration of the holiday season. It’s one of Sallisaw Main Street’s biggest Christmas gifts ever for Sequoyah County, and Main Street president Josh Rogers can hardly wait for Sallisaw to unwrap the massive present.

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Sallisaw’s first Pride event mix of celebration, ‘hateful rhetoric’

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June 17, 2025

The Eastern Oklahoma Pride Committee held its first Pride event in Sallisaw on Saturday, where attendees happily celebrated their differences in identity and allowed themselves to enjoy the occasion, ...

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Alleged murderer used to live in Muldrow

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

June 17, 2025

Vance Boelter, 57, the man charged with the murders of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, as well as the shootings of Minnesota Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette, not...

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High-speed motorcycle chase ends in crash, arrest

By Amie Cato-Remer Editor

June 17, 2025

A late-night highspeed motorcycle chase spanning multiple counties ended in a crash and arrest just south of Roland, according to the Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office. Steven Denton, 34, is facing a f...

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Former officer charged after alleged illegal apartment entry, use of force

By Amie Cato-Remer Editor

June 17, 2025

A former Vian Police officer is facing serious criminal charges after an investigation revealed he allegedly lied under oath, illegally entered a residence, and used excessive force during an arrest l...

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Vian woman sentenced to over 12 years in federal prison

For meth trafficking

By Amie Cato-Remer Editor

June 17, 2025

A Vian woman has been sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison for her role in trafficking methamphetamine across eastern Oklahoma, federal authorities announced. Stephanie Leigh Rodgers, 40,...

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Thursday is Juneteenth, a federal holiday

June 17, 2025

Also called Emancipation Day, Freedom Day or Jubilee Day, Juneteenth is the commemoration of June 19, 1865, the day enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, learned that they were free. This ye...