25 Years Ago —Due to overcrowding and violations of state fire codes, 28 prisoners including one serving a 30-year suspended sentence, were released this past weekend from the Sequoyah County Jail. Ja...

From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Dec. 26,1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Sequoyah County Emergency Management and the Local Emergency Respond Committee wi...

From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Dec. 12,1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) (From the Dec. 19, 1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Wal-mart Inc., based...

From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Dec. 12, 1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Carl Albert State College (CASC) Sequoyah County Campus in Sallisaw is giving se...

The city of Sallisaw is shown celebrating its annual Christmas parade on Cherokee Street on Dec. 6, 1958. Earl Strebeck with the Sequoyah County Historical Society said the Christmas parade took place...

25 Years Ago —It’s tax time at the Sequoyah County treasurer’s office for County Treasurer Martha Taylor and her staff. Taylor said Sequoyah County residents’ tax statements will most likely be delive...

From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Nov. 21,1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Four residents of a four-apartment condominium at Green Acre Village in Sallisaw ...

From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Nov. 21, 1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —The U.S. Corps of Engineers is planning to let the lake levels in corps lakes in...

The old McKey School and community held their 84th annual cake walk and chili supper on Oct 5. During the event, special recognition was given by Ora Lee Hobbs Kirk to Janice Blount Sanders and Jackie...

-Sequoyah CountyTimes, Nov.1,1999 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Oct. 31,1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Former Cherokee Nation Chief Joe Byrd said he i...

25 Years Ago (From the Oct. 31,1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Blasting at the Lake Tenkiller spillway expansion project could cause delays for some motorists, Dennis Frazier, U.S. Army Cor...

From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Oct. 28,1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Sequoyah County Commissioners heard a proposal at their regular meeting Monday fo...

From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Oct. 21, 1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Sallisaw police are investigating the death of a 27-year-old woman who was found...

From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Oct. 14,1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —The Sallisaw Black Diamond Marching Band won their 2A Division at the 23rd annual...

From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Sept. 23,1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) (From the Sept. 23, 1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Fire burned throug...

25 Years Ago —The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) recently released costs for improvements to U.S. Highway 59 south of Interstate 40, along with tentative bid dates. The new Arkansas Rive...

25 Years Ago   —A site for the new county jail could be voted on by the Sequoyah Board of Commissioners Monday. At the end of last Monday’s regular meeting, the commissioners agreed to put discussion ...

From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Sept. 12,1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Expansion of the Sallisaw landfill into a regional landfill began last week, Jim...

From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Sept. 9,1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —The announced closing of the Kansas City Southern intermodal ramp in Sallisaw is ...

25 Years Ago —Plans for Wal-Mart Super Center in Sallisaw are still on track, but they have been delayed, a building engineer for Wal-Mart told Sallisaw officials recently. Sallisaw Mayor George Glenn...