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Red Ribbon Week to be observed Oct. 23 through Oct. 31
Students around the state will be taking time out over the next several days to observe and participate in Red Ribbon Week activities. Mark Woodward, spokesman for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics...
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Applications available for scholarship competition
The Veterans of Foreign War ( VFW ) Post 4518 in Sallisaw is participating in the Voice of Democracy Scholarship competition. Larry Moore, VFW Post 4518 commander, and Sherri Davis, VFW Ladies...
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A Halloween spectacular music show will be held at 7 p.m. on Oct. 17 at the Gospel Music Barn. The show features the state’s number one Elvis tribute artist, Michael Cullipher, Daniel Jacobs as Buddy Holly, Kyle Garner, Daniel and Michael as the Soggy Bottom Boys, and many more. The music barn is located a half mile west of Sallisaw on U.S. Highway 64 behind the old Synergy Gas building. Watch for signs. The cost is $5 per person. Submitted Photo

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Tylia Barnes and Zachary Webb Baby shower to be held Sept. 26
A baby shower to celebrate the upcoming arrival of Aubrey Lynn Webb will be held for Tylia Barnes and Zachary Webb from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sept. 26 at Bethel Baptist Church in Sallisaw. The couple is ...
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A variety music show, Blast from the Past, will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday at the Gospel Music Barn. The show features award-winning Elvis impersonator Michael Cullipher, Keith Cole as Johnny Cash, the Blues Brothers, and many more. The music barn is located a half mile west of Sallisaw on U.S. Highway 64 behind the old Synergy Gas building. Watch for signs. The cost is $5 per person. Submitted Photo

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Carl Albert State College cheerleaders were awarded two superior ratings, one excellent rating, a spirit stick, and the Most Improved Team award at the National Cheerleaders Association college summer camp held at Southern Methodist University in Dallas recently. Team members are, in no particular order, Emily Beardsley of Keota, Corley Bigler of Spiro, Shaleen Branham of Sallisaw, Candice Bray of Stigler, Tammy Beth Cole of Poteau, Brent Helton of Panama, Bucky Hunt of Poteau, Katrina Magness of Hackett, Chelsea Moser of Vian, Emily Owens of Sallisaw, Candace Porter of Greenwood, Lisa Shipley of Poteau, Seth Sprayberry of Poteau, Dusty Sleele of Pocola, Nick Swift of Pocola, Blair Taylor of Lavaca, and Wesley “Poncho” White of Pocola. The cheerleaders were also awarded a partial paid bid to attend the national competition to be held in Orlando, Fla. Submitted Photo

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County students named to honor roll
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Area students were named to the 2009 summer honor rolls at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater recently. The students named to the Dean’s List were Elizabeth Danielle Lee of Roland, and Iren C...
Area students receive degrees
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The area students receiving degrees at Connors State College in Warner for the 2008-9 year were recently announced. The students receiving associate of arts degrees are Adrian Gates, Sara Elyassin...
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Area students listed on Dean’s List
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The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith recently announced the Dean’s List for the Spring 2009 semester, according to Dr. Ray Wallace, provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs. The...
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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