Marble City News

People who fail to renew their car tag on time will soon be paying more. Senate Bill 658 is one of more than 150 bills becoming law Wednesday following the end the 2009 legislative session in May.

Some volunteers who helped install a 3.7-mile water line in a rural area near Marble City believed they would receive a free water meter for their time and labor, but now the project has turned into major controversy between the volunteers and Cherokee Nation.

School districts should watch their accounts closer, much closer. Wagoner Public Schools announced last week that its school lunch program apparently was short nearly $58,000 in deposits this past school year.

Sallisaw City Commissioners on Tuesday agreed to participate in a project to do an analysis of three watershed lakes, including Brushy Lake which is the city's only water source, to determine if it is feasible to make improvements to all or some of those lakes as another water source for the city.

Sallisaw City Commissioners approved the plans for the Sallisaw Youth and Sports Complex and for a Sallisaw Downtown Park at their meeting Monday evening.

Christine Fields Jorgensen, 98, visits Dwight Mission Cemetery every year on Mother's Day, when memorial services are held there, and provided money for the new archway to the cemetery where most of her family is buried.

Students and teachers from Vian, Brushy, Marble City, Central and Sallisaw Schools will be recognized as Students and Teachers of Today at 7 p.m. Friday at the Sallisaw Masonic Lodge at 109 E. Redwood St.

An education program designed to teach taxpayers they are in charge of public funds, and not foxes in the henhouse has led to a national award for the State Auditor's Office.

Steve Carter, Sequoyah County Commissioner District 2, received a plaque for submitting the name for the Marble City Historical Society newsletter.

The United States Achievement Academy recently announced that Jacinda Pettit, a junior at Sequoyah Schools, has been named a United States National Award Winner in mathematics, according to a media release.

TAHLEQUAH a ' A dedication ceremony is planned for Saturday for the recently opened Cherokee Hills Byway in northeastern Oklahoma.

Larry Duane Couch, former Marble City School superintendent, waived a preliminary hearing and pleaded no contest Monday in Sequoyah County District Court to state felony-embezzling charges.

Volunteer firefighters defended the job they do before Sequoyah County commissioners this morning.

A benefit gospel concert and a pie and cake auction for Terry Noel, 54, of Marble City will be held March 21, at the Gospel Music Barn on U.S. Highway 64 west of Sallisaw.

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. The United States Achievement Academy recently announced that Jacinda Pettit, a junior at Sequoyah Schools, has been named a United States National Award Winner in mathematics.

Legislation authorizing random audits of Oklahoma school districts has been approved by the state House.

Members of the Marble City Historical Society recently received a $20,000 incentive award from the Cherokee Nation Community Works Division.

David and Kristie Smith re-opened the doors to the Marble City Store Jan.1. The store offers a hotbox and basic groceries.

The Marble City Community Organization will hold a benefit dinner and gospel singing for Brother Leon and Wanda Rosin at 6 p.m. on Saturday at the Community Center located at 711 N. Main in Marble City.

Workers with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation remove a tree, which fell across U.S. Highway 64 about a quarter of a mile from Central High Road Tuesday morning.