Sallisaw News Archives

Sallisaw High School invites all parents and students of Sequoyah County high schools as well as eighth graders and their parents from Brushy, Marble City, and Tommie Spear Middle Schools to the annual Career and College Fair from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Monday in the Sallisaw High School commons area.

Wylie Paul Cole displays the book he wrote about his great-grandfather, John Hunt Cole, who is buried in the Vian Cemetery.

A semi tractor-trailer traveling west and laden with cattle, toppled over and slid across the eastbound lane on Interstate 40 in Sequoyah County Thursday injuring one person and killing 20 head of cattle.

Sallisaw School Board of Education members approved a resolution during the Oct.

David Dewayne Collins was charged with first-degree murder Sept. 30 and additional charges of first-degree arson and possession of a firearm after former felony convictions were added Oct.

Hilldale High School sophomore Brittani Echols spent part of her school day Wednesday getting her eyebrows waxed.

A jockey was killed when he fell from his horse during a race at Blue Ribbon Downs in Sallisaw.

Sheldon J. Sperling, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced Thursday that Larry Eugene Walden, 57, of Stigler pleaded guilty to three counts of bank robbery, including the robbery at National Bank of Sallisaw on April 30.

Eastside and Liberty Elementary Schools in Sallisaw will be hosting a H1N1 shot clinic on Wednesday for elementary students.

The Boys and Girls Club of Sequoyah County second annual Taste of Sallisaw will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Sallisaw High School Commons Area.

ESTATE AUCTION OF PAULINE DANIELS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 AT 10:00 AM, 1 BLOCK SOUTH OF LAKE REGION OFFICES IN HULBERT, OKLAHOMA.

A rider at Blue Ribbon Downs died Oct. 18 after he fell from a horse during the first race at the Sallisaw, Okla., track.

Recently, Randy Freeman, Sallisaw Animal Control Officer, spoke to Sallisaw Chamber of Commerce members about the need for animal control, and the need for spaying and neutering animals, at a meeting of the Sallisaw Chamber of Commerce.

SALLISAW a ' A Pocola man accused in the death of a woman whose body was found in a burned Muldrow home last month is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday.

A Stigler man pleaded guilty Thursday to three counts of bank robbery in federal court in Muskogee.

MUSKOGEE a ' Larry Eugene Walden, 57, of Stigler, pleaded guilty to three counts of bank robbery Thursday in U.S. District Court in Muskogee.

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Cervena Barva Press of W. Somerville, Massachusetts has recently released a new book titled "Pretty Little Lies, Ten Generations of Southern Hypocrisy" authored by W. R. Mayo involving Southern history with connections to the Sallisaw, Oklahoma area. Mayo is the grandson of the late W. D. Mayo of Sallisaw who was an early city pioneer,namesake for the W.D. Mayo Lock and Dam, and father of Wheeler Mayo founder of the Sequoyah County Times. The book spans three and a half centuries to the present with a wide cast of characters from the Sallisaw area. The book is available at the Sallisaw City Library, and can be ordered from the publisher's promotional site found at www.PrettyLittleLies.com.

How Sequoyah County's jail will be funded will be decided in a special election Tuesday as Sequoyah County voters cast their ballots for or against a half-cent sales tax for jail operations and maintenance and the sheriff's office.

A Sallisaw man was hospitalized and listed in stable condition Thursday following a one-vehicle one and a half miles east of Sallisaw on Redwood Street.

The SAC Nutrition Program budget has been cut by $170,000, Don Butcher, program director, told county commissioners at their Monday meeting, but Butcher said the program will try to cut staff, not meals for the elderly and homebound.

Sallisaw Fire Department Capt. Steve Padgett was among the firemen called to douse a car fire Wednesday on Ruth Street.

A fire roared through PAC Apartments at 826 W. Cherokee Ave. in Sallisaw Saturday afternoon leaving nine families searching for places to live.

Carl Albert State Collegea s Office of Continuing Education is offering classes for the summer semester.

A 16-year-old Sequoyah County boy, who shot and killed a cow, will be tried as a youthful offender in Sequoyah County District Court, Sallisaw.

An open house and ribbon cutting will be held at the new Cherokee Tag office in Sallisaw from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Oct.

A dog attacked Logan Oliver, 8, of Sallisaw Monday evening while he was playing outside.

A Sallisaw man was sentenced in Sequoyah County District Court in Sallisaw, District Attorney Jerry Moore said Thursday.

Douglas Allen Bailey, 45, of Sallisaw is a convicted level-three sex offender and is being charged in Sequoyah County District Court with failure to register.