Sequoyah County News

The Sequoyah County Sheriffa s Office discovered 63 grams of cocaine and some marijuana during their first drug interdiction on Interstate 40 near Gore Wednesday.

A preliminary hearing has been set for three Sallisaw men who allegedly caused over a $1 million worth of damage during a yearlong vandalism spree.

The Sequoyah County Court Clerka s office is urging anyone with county fines or court costs to resolve the fines as soon as possible to avoid having a warrant issued for arrest.

Muldrow Police and Sequoyah County Deputies were called to a home in Muldrow on Oct.

The case alleging medical neglect is remanded to U.S. District Court in Muskogee.

Deer-mating season and open hunting season mean drivers likely have noticed a few more deer on the roadways around Arkansas and Oklahoma.

An agreement between the County Treasurer Trica Yates, Court Clerk Vicki Beaty and the Sequoyah County Commissioners to transfer funds from Yatesa and Beatya s cash accounts was approved during Mondaya s meeting.

A 70-year-old man was found dead in a farm pond near his home just before noon Monday.

A Vian woman was attacked and beaten with whisky and beer bottles by two men in her own home on Oct.

Muldrow Police Department responded Oct. 27 to what they believed to be domestic abuse but when they arrived they discovered an alleged rape victim.

A Sallisaw man accused of beating his girlfriendsa children waived his right to a preliminary hearing Oct.

Sequoyah County Commissioners approved the county's 2009-10 budget at their Monday morning meeting.

Authorities said the report on four Sallisaw vandals who were caught Friday took almost a full ream of copy paper when they completed it Monday evening.

Sallisaw police arrested four men accused in a string of burglaries and vandalisms in Sequoyah County.

Vandals hit Sallisaw High School late Thursday or early Friday and drove school buses into buildings, rammed other vehicles, and destroyed classrooms.

Lewis Warren, former District 2 Sequoyah County Commissioner, turned himself into police Tuesday, two days after he left the scene of an accident.

Sequoyah County Commissioners are awaiting a new budget, based on evaluations by County Assessor Donna Graham.

On Wednesday Sallisaw Police and District 27 Drug Task Force served five narcotic search warrants and arrested nine people including one juvenile.

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.

A Mississippi man was injured Thursday when the tractor-trailer rig he was in overturned on Interstate 40, states an Oklahoma Highway Patrol report.