Encouragement and support

By Billie Anthony

This past Monday we had 15 ladies weigh in. Machelle had the best weight loss this week with 1.3 pounds gone. Machelle was also our best percentage weight loss, so we awarded her with a boxed surprise gift and also a bottle of water with a flavor envelope. Machelle is doing great, also encouraging our chapter with her excitement of moving down into a new weight division. Way to go, Machelle! Machelle’s name was drawn for the Two Bit Bowl and she won the quarters! Our Losers Lotto contest is going well. Our Surprise box has a few more stickers to be marked off. The Ladder Contest has started again. Good luck, Ladies! We have one more week left for the percentage contest. The chapter challenge for this week is to read our TOPS Day One magazine and have a weight loss next week. Let’s see another good loss next week.

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Abell claims Sallisaw mayoral seat

'I’m anxious to get in there and get to work'

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

February 12, 2026

When Marley Abell received more than 55% of the vote Tuesday to win a three-person race for Sallisaw mayor, it avenged his only electoral defeat from almost 35 years ago when he came up short running ...

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City’s on-street parking ordinance amended

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

February 12, 2026

For the most part, few would argue that Sallisaw residents don’t often live on the straight and narrow, the modern idiom for an honest, moral and law-abiding life, derived from a biblical passage in M...

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Father confronts school board over alleged playground incident

By Amie Cato-Remer Editor

February 12, 2026

A father addressed the Sallisaw School Board on Monday night regarding a playground incident at Eastside Elementary School involving his child, alleging the school mishandled the situation and failed ...

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Sallisaw School Board approves audit, personnel

By Amie Cato-Remer Editor

February 12, 2026

The Sallisaw Board of Education handled a full agenda Monday night, approving the district’s annual audit, adopting academic calendars and confirming a slate of administrative positions for the upcomi...

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Rogers, Bowling win school board seats

February 12, 2026

In Sequoyah County’s two elections for school board — for Central and Moffett schools — Blake Rogers and Dayanara Marie Bowling emerged as unofficial winners, respectively. In voting for the Central s...

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Today’s the day when superstition is highest

It’s Friday the 13th

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

February 12, 2026

Are you superstitious? No? Are you sure? Do you knock on wood or never open an umbrella indoors or never walk under a ladder or avoid breaking a mirror or avoid stepping on a crack in the sidewalk or ...