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By Lynn Adams Staff Writer 
April 23, 2024
With temperatures stabilizing in the 80s as April winds down, it’s only a matter of time before Oklahoma thermometers start pushing the 90s and 100s as summer sets in. While, as Alfred Lord Tennyson t...
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By Amie Cato-Remer Editor 
April 23, 2024
A School Resource Officer (SRO) for Sallisaw Public Schools has reportedly been placed on paid administrative leave following allegations of inappropriate contact with a student. The Sallisaw Police D...
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By Lynn Adams Staff Writer 
April 23, 2024
During the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s, Abbott and Costello mined comedic gold with their famous wordplay in “Who’s on first?” While not nearly as enthralling nor clever, but possibly just as frustrating, Po...
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By Lynn Adams Staff Writer 
April 23, 2024
For those who complain that government red tape is not only redundant and excessive while also hindering progress, the Oklahoma Legislature last week reinforced that idiom. Who knew that the massive p...
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April 23, 2024
Highway 17 (South 4620 Road, Maple Street) will be closed to traffic most of the day on Wednesday, April 24. The closure in Sequoyah County Road District #2 is scheduled to begin about 8 a.m., and is ...
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By Amie Cato-Remer Editor 
April 23, 2024
A Roland man charged with felony manslaughter in the second degree following the death of a 2-year-old who accidentally shot and killed themself after a firearm was reportedly left within reach, is no...
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April 23, 2024
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BREAKING NEWS
April 23, 2024
The Sallisaw Police Department has asked the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) to investigate claims that a Sallisaw School Resource Officer (SRO) had "inappropriate contact" with a studen...
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Expect more cicadas in 2024 than in the previous 220 years
By Lynn Adams Staff Writer 
April 18, 2024
There are certain things for which Oklahoma summers are known: Oppressive heat, suffocating humidity, devastating drought, continually running air conditioners and the song of cicadas. To be sure, no ...
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By Lynn Adams Staff Writer 
April 18, 2024
While vendors that choke downtown Sallisaw streets might generate the most excitement during the annual Diamond Daze festival, the free entertainment isn’t far behind. Music is a festival highlight, a...
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By Amie Cato-Remer Editor 
April 18, 2024
A Sallisaw man who led authorities on two different pursuits and struck an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper unit is now in custody, according to Sequoyah County Sheriff Larry Lane. Lane said multiple a...
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April 18, 2024
Highway 17 (South 4620 Road, Maple Street) will be closed to traffic most of the day on Wednesday, April 24. The closure in Sequoyah County Road District #2 is scheduled to begin about 8 a.m., and is ...
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JUST FOLKS
By JACOB BOWLING STAFF WRITER 
April 18, 2024
After serving as a firefighter in Kansas City for 35 years, Muldrow resident Steve Howser envisioned a peaceful retirement, free from the hustle and bustle of city life. Little did he know that retire...
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By Lynn Adams Staff Writer 
April 18, 2024
Area residents with no-longer-used or outdated prescription drugs can safely dispose of them April 26. A medication take-back day will be conducted 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Clif’s Pharmacy, 505 E. Redwood...
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By Lynn Adams Staff Writer 
April 18, 2024
Patience, we are reminded, is a virtue, at least it is when referring to one of the seven heavenly virtues from an epic Latin poem written in the fifth century. For municipalities and their grant writ...
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By Lynn Adams Staff Writer 
April 16, 2024
It’s spring cleaning time for Sequoyah County Emergency Management (SCEM), especially as the office tries to vacate the former Agent Funeral Home so that the building can be razed for a planned $2 mil...
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MANHUNT
By Amie Cato-Remer Editor 
April 16, 2024
Sequoyah County Sheriff Larry Lane said Tuesday morning that deputies are continuing to search for a Sallisaw man who attempted to elude police after he was found to be driving in the area of a report...
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By Amie Cato-Remer Editor 
April 16, 2024
A Roland man has been charged with felony manslaughter in the second degree following the death of a 2-year-old victim, who accidentally shot themselves after a firearm was reportedly left within reac...
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By Amie Cato-Remer Editor 
April 16, 2024
Gans Public School administration released a statement after a report of a possible gun on campus Thursday afternoon. Gans School Superintendent Regina Brannon reported on April 11 that the school rec...
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By Lynn Adams Staff Writer 
April 16, 2024
It’s been two months since Sallisaw City Commissioners approved a resolution authorizing settlement of a lawsuit brought by Charles Watie in the March 2019 shooting death of Shawn Watie by Sallisaw po...