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Pirates top Midway in Porum Tourney Opener

By Lea Lessley Sports Writer

January 19, 2023

GORE HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL Gore advanced to the semifinals of the Cross Telephone Invitational Tournament in Porum Monday with its decisive 57-24 first-round win over Midway. The top-seeded Pira...

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Gore takes two from Porter Pirates Tuesday

By Lea Lessley Sports Writer

January 19, 2023

GORE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Gore won both of its Riverside Athletic Conference contests Tuesday night at Porter. Gore girls 56, Porter 45 Gore’s Lindsey Pierce scored a team-high 25 points Tuesday nig...

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Gore girls, boys fall on the road at Okay

By Lea Lessley Sports Writer

January 17, 2023

GORE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL The Gore girls’ and boys’ basketball teams lost their Riverside Athletic Conference games at Okay Friday night in Wagoner County. OKAY GIRLS 58, GORE 31 The Lady Mustangs i...

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Jury awards $50M in bad faith insurance case

Verdict among Oklahoma’s largest ever

By Amie Cato-Remer Editor

May 27, 2025

A Sequoyah County jury has handed down what may be the largest verdict in the county’s history and is among the largest ever in the state, awarding more than $50 million in punitive damages to two loc...

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Pace resigns following DUI arrest

By Amie Cato-Remer Editor

May 27, 2025

Amy F. Pace, director of prevention services for the Sallisaw NOW Coalition, has reportedly resigned from her position after being arrested early Friday morning for driving under the influence (DUI). ...

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City prioritizes expenses, scrutinizes FY26 budget

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

May 27, 2025

The City of Sallisaw’s annual budget retreat last week was an accountant’s utopia, which means if you’re not a numbers person, then you would have surely glazed over trying to understand the tedious p...

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Commissioners approve appointments, transfers

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

May 27, 2025

The Sequoyah County Commissioners at their weekly Monday meeting approved appointments of: • Julia McGhee and Kelly Martin as requisitioning officers effective July 1 for Sequoyah County Health Depart...

Black Diamonds show improvement during spring practice, 2-day team camp last week

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Black Diamonds show improvement during spring practice, 2-day team camp last week

By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR

May 27, 2025

From the time the 2025 spring practice got underway for the Sallisaw Black Diamonds football team on May 19 to when the two-day Sallisaw Football Team Camp ended Friday morning, Sallisaw coach Brandon...