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Man Rescued by Neighbor after Vian Home Explosion

A home northwest of Vian, Oklahoma is destroyed by fire just after 6:30 p.m. Monday after an explosion, according to Sequoyah County Sheriff Ron Lockhart.

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Related Topix: Vian, OK, Fire

Fri May 25, 2012

Sequoyah County Times

Muldrow man sentenced to 15 years

A Muldrow man was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in the Oklahoma Department of Corrections on multiple counts in four separate drug-manufacturing cases.

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Related Topix: Muldrow, OK

Sequoyah County Times

Tragedy to be remembered

It was one of the worst tragedies to ever occur in Sequoyah County, with 14 dead.

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Related Topix: Webbers Falls, OK, Brad Henry, US Governors, Oklahoma, Commerce, OK

Wed May 23, 2012

Sequoyah County Times

Judge severs defendants' cases

District Judge Jeff Payton last week accepted attorneys' motions to sever the cases of the three male defendants charged with the July killing Jack Vincent Purselley.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Sallisaw, OK, Vian, OK, Gans, OK

Sequoyah County Times

9-1-1 problems continue to plague commissioners

Problems surrounding the Sequoyah County 9-1-1 call center continue to plague the county commissioners.

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Related Topix: Fire

Sequoyah County Times

CN orders port study

Cherokee Nation council members recently passed an act directing the Cherokee Nation Businesses to conduct a feasibility study to measure the use of the Sallisaw Creek Park for gaming, industry and a potential waterway port.

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Related Topix: Vian, OK, Sallisaw, OK

Sun May 20, 2012

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Okla. woman guides victims through court process

Although Amanda Grizzle, District Attorney's Office victim-witness coordinator for Sequoyah County, took a sick day recently to care for her 3-year-old son who'd just had dental surgery, her work-related phone and text messages never slowed.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Sallisaw, OK, Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse)

Fri May 18, 2012

Sequoyah County Times

Bark for Life this Saturday

The Muldrow Teens Energetically Empowering Neighborhoods Coalition members are gearing up for the Sequoyah County Bark for Life, a canine-friendly mini Relay for Life.

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Sequoyah County Times

Unclaimed funds no windfall

The Oklahoma State Treasurer last week released a listing of people and organizations that have unclaimed property in the state treasurer's office.

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Wed May 16, 2012

Sequoyah County Times

Burnett gets parole hearing

A man convicted in 1997 of first-degree murder with malice aforethought in Sequoyah County District Court, Ronald Lynn Burnett, 35, of Sequoyah County, was passed to the second stage of the parole hearing process.

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Related Topix: Sallisaw, OK

Sequoyah County Times

City replacing sewer line

Men begin work on the city sewer line, Monday on Opdyke street. Construction will replaace 2,565 feet of 18-inch PVC sewer line, 1,164 feet of 8-inch PVC sewer line, and encase them with 70 feet of 16 inch road bore and 16 manholes.

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Sequoyah County Times

Sheriff receives OSBI award

Sequoyah County Sheriff Ron Lockhart recently received the Red Feather award from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation .

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Fri May 11, 2012

Sequoyah County Times

Dumpsters available for cleanup day

Eight rolloff dumpsters will be delivered by Sue's Recycling for the annual clean up day in District 3. Dumpsters will be in place for the scheduled clean-up day on Saturday.

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Related Topix: Vian, OK

The United States Army

A bird helping birds: Tulsa District uses helicopter to prepare habitat for endangered birds

A helicopter prepares to land on the refueling platform after spraying one of the Interior Least Tern islands along the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System in Oklahoma.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, Boat Disaster, Sallisaw, OK

Wed May 09, 2012

Sequoyah County Times

Commissioners accept bid on new sheriff's vehicle

Sequoyah County Commissioners on Monday opened three sealed bids for a replacement vehicle for a sheriff's department vehicle that was wrecked last month.

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Sequoyah County Times

Truck drives off bluff into Tenkiller

A 2010 Chevrolet pickup went into Lake Tenkiller on Sunday night after it jumped out of gear.

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Related Topix: Tenkiller, OK, Vian, OK

Sequoyah County Times

Annual Golf Scramble is Saturday

The Scoufos Law Office in Sallisaw, Elisa Stacy, agent for Farm Bureau of Sequoyah County, and Nadia's Gyros & More in the Central Mall Food Court in Fort Smith, Ark., are hole sponsors for the 10th Annual Carl Albert State College Scholarship Golf Scramble at Shadow Creek Country Club in Sallisaw, Saturday.

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Related Topix: Sallisaw, OK

Sequoyah County Times

Weigh Station construction moves forward

Oklahoma Department of Transportation recently opened the first of eight planned state-of-the-art weigh stations.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma, Beckham County, OK, Roland, OK, Kay County, OK

Fri May 04, 2012

Sequoyah County Times

City replacing sewer line

Sallisaw sewer line replacement is scheduled to begin Monday. The project will take place near Rock Creek near Oak Street, with 150-day deadline for completion, according to Scott Neel, project manager.

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Related Topix: Sallisaw, OK

Sequoyah County Times

Davis claims sheriff unresponsive to threat

A Muldrow man claims his neighbor threatened him with a shotgun, and another neighbor has written derogatory threatening comments on his car and the Sequoyah County Sheriff's Department is unresponsive to the threat.

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