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School officials worry about funding cuts
by Courtney Coble, Staff Writer
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School districts across the county are examining ways to cut spending with the least amount of impact on the education of their students. The examinations follow funding shortages from the state a...


Over 80 charges filed against vandals
by Courtney Coble, Staff Writer
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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. On Nov. 12, Special District Judge Dennis Sprous...
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Area families will have a Thanksgiving dinner thanks to the members of the Sallisaw 4-H Club. Club members and area schools held food drives and received enough food to provide 60 families with a Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings. Central, Brushy, Gans, Eastside and Liberty in Sallisaw, and Vian Schools will distribute the dinners, Kenneth Holmes, 4-H co-leader, said. From the left are Kim Booth, co-leader; Holmes; and Brayden Holmes, 4-H member. Linda Copeland • Times
Area families will have a Thanksgiving dinner thanks to the members of the Sallisaw 4-H Club. Club members and area schools held food drives and received enough food to provide 60 families with a Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings. Central, Brushy, Gans, Eastside and Liberty in Sallisaw, and Vian Schools will distribute the dinners, Kenneth Holmes, 4-H co-leader, said. From the left are Kim Booth, co-leader; Holmes; and Brayden Holmes, 4-H member. Linda Copeland • Times
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Police: Ky. census worker staged death as homicide (AP)

Kentucky State Police Capt. Lisa Rudzinski, left, and Mike Wilder, Executive Director of the Kentucky State Medical Examiners office, right, answer questions during a news conference, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, at the Kentucky State Police Central Forensic Laboratory in Frankfort, Ky. The Kentucky census worker found naked, bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree with 'fed' scrawled on his chest killed himself but staged his death to make it look like a homicide, authorities said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Brian Bohannon)AP - On the surface it all seemed like a gruesome hate crime in a rural part of Kentucky with a history of disdain for the government: a census worker found bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree, the word "fed" scrawled across his chest.


Tue Nov 24 20:30:25 -0600 2009
3 airlines fined in Minnesota tarmac stranding (AP)

A Continental Airlines airplane is refueled at its gate at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, March 29, 2009. REUTERS/Gary HershornAP - The government is imposing fines for the first time against airlines for stranding passengers on an airport tarmac, the Transportation Department said Tuesday.


Tue Nov 24 15:42:07 -0600 2009
Doctor's help sought in failed Ohio execution try (AP)
AP - As an Ohio execution team tried to find a vein during an unsuccessful lethal injection attempt, prison staff sought help from a doctor — a move generally discouraged by ethical and professional medical rules — federal court papers show.
Tue Nov 24 20:24:04 -0600 2009
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