Season comes to an end for Lady Rangers

By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR

The Roland Lady Rangers saw their 2024 fast-pitch softball season come to a conclusion on their home field Thursday afternoon in a 7-3 loss to the Sperry Lady Pirates in the loser’s-bracket final of the Class 3A Regional Tournament.

Weather reschedules Easter activities at Price’s Chapel Baptist Church

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Weather reschedules Easter activities at Price’s Chapel Baptist Church

April 18, 2025

Due to inclement weather forecast for Saturday, April 19, the Easter celebration at Price's Chapel Baptist Church has been rescheduled for Saturday, April 26. Food, fellowship and the egg hunt for age...

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CITY COMMISSIONERS

Whatanticipation for Whataburger

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

April 17, 2025

Amid a particularly lengthy Sallisaw Board of City Commissioners agenda Monday, which included its share of “housekeeping” functions such as approving purchase orders, city ordinances and construction...

Hospital ‘getting close’ to paying off obligations

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Hospital ‘getting close’ to paying off obligations

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

April 17, 2025

Northeastern Health System Sequoyah, which just last December was drowning in debt to the tune of about $14 million before Sallisaw City Commissioners stepped in to buttress the city hospital with a $...

New city ordinance approved for itinerant vendor licensing

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New city ordinance approved for itinerant vendor licensing

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

April 17, 2025

You see them at almost every turn. Food trucks, or mobile vendors, are usually the center of attention at community festivals, and have become permanent fixtures at Iola Avenue and Cedar Street as wel...

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SMA renews solid waste agreement with CARDS

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

April 17, 2025

Two years ago, CARDS Holdings Inc. tendered an unsolicited offer of $21.5 million to purchase the Sallisaw Municipal Landfill facility and the city sanitation collection services. After more than a mo...

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Mayor ‘ feels blessed,’ requests positivity

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

April 17, 2025

A popular bumper sticker from the 1970s issued the ultimatum: “America, Love it or Leave it.” For Sallisaw Mayor Ernie Martens, he has a similar sentiment about the community he serves and loves. So i...