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Wright Scuffle with police lands Vian man in jail
A Vian man was charged Nov. 16 with assault and battery upon a police officer and eluding a police officer after a scuffle broke out during a routine traffic stop. According to the report, at 12...
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Sixth arrest made in vandalism spree
A sixth suspect in connection with area vandalism cases was recently arrested and charged with third degree arson on Monday. A felony warrant was issued on Monday in Sequoyah County for Joshua Ste...
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Paul Harvel, Fort Smith (Ark.) Regional Chamber of Commerce president and CEO, encourages Sallisaw Chamber members to look for economic development with a regional point of view at the Sallisaw Chamber membership luncheon Wednesday at Western Sizzlin restaurant.
Linda Copeland • TIMES Regional chamber president tells chamber tales; encourages economic cooperation
Paul Harvel, Fort Smith (Ark.) Regional Chamber of Commerce president and CEO , lightened the mood and promoted regional economic development at the Sallisaw Chamber of Commerce membership meetin...
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Roland School Board of Education announces election date
Officials with Roland Public School District, recently announced that anyone interested in running as a candidate for seat 5 on the Roland School Board of Education may file to run between 8 a.m. ...
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Roland School Board of Education announces election date
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Officials with Roland Public School District, recently announced that anyone interested in running as a candidate for seat 5 on the Roland School Board of Education may file to run between 8 a.m. a...
Commission accepts Choctaws’ intention to close track; moves futurity to other venues
by Sally Maxwell, Managing Editor
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The Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission (OHRC) accepted the Choctaw Nation ’s announcement to close Blue Ribbon Downs in Sallisaw at the OHRC meeting Thursday in Oklahoma City. Horsemen who attended ...
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...
Horsemen rally to save racetrack
by Sally Maxwell, Managing Editor
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Horse-related businesses, jobs, a racetrack…horsemen rallied at Blue Ribbon Downs in Sallisaw on Sunday to save all three. Horsemen and others met at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Blue Ribbon Downs Chapel ...
Fifth suspect arrested in connection with vandals
by Courtney Coble, Staff Writer
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Another Sallisaw man was arrested and charged in Sequoyah County District Court for having connections with the recent string of burglaries and vandalisms in the county. Stephen Laroy Kinsey Jr., ...
Deer loses wrestling match
by Courtney Coble, Staff Writer
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Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) Troopers and the Sequoyah County Sheriff wrestled a nine-point buck to the ground on the interstate near Vian Sunday morning. OHP Trooper Sheldon Dobbs said Trooper J...
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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.


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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.


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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.
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