In the Words of a Visionary

By Just Thinkin' Hal McBride SPECIAL TO YOUR TIMES

In ordinary times, I approach New Year’s celebrations focused on the seasonally consistent themes of renewal and redemption. Promises of fresh beginnings float buoyantly in the cold December air. Or maybe that is the fragrance of other New Year’s spirits clinging to the frigid December air.

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Week 1 High School Football Playoff Scores

By BY DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR

November 15, 2024

Class 4A Sallisaw 27, Grove 26, OT. Class 2AII Playoffs Vian 38, Kansas 7 Class AII Playoffs Hominy 44, Central 15 Woodland 48, Gore 14 Class BII Playoffs Waukomis 56, Webbers Falls 6

Sallisaw outlasts Grove in OT to advance to state quarterfinals at Elgin

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Black Diamonds make it to back-to-back Class 4A state quarterfinal appearances

Sallisaw outlasts Grove in OT to advance to state quarterfinals at Elgin

By BY DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR

November 15, 2024

Sometimes it only takes one defensive stop to win a game, and that was certainly the case for the Sallisaw Black Diamonds in their Class 4A playoff opener against the Grove Ridgerunners last Friday ni...

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Holiday season kicks off this weekend in Sallisaw

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

November 14, 2024

You’ll forgive Sallisaw Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Marty Green this time of year if he channels his inner Clement C. Moore. For the next month, Green may not have visions of sugar plums da...

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County lodging tax vote delayed until February

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

November 14, 2024

The question about whether Sequoyah County should assess a 4% lodging tax on those who stay at airbnbs or motels in the county will not be answered in January 2025 as was previously proposed. At Tuesd...

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Lawson is named city’s interim municipal judge

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

November 14, 2024

City council watchers — and, more importantly, those interested in the search for a new Sallisaw city manager — had their eye on the scheduled executive session during Tuesday’s city commissioners mee...

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Warrant issued for Sallisaw man’s arrest in child sexual abuse case

By Amie Cato-Remer Editor

November 14, 2024

An arrest warrant has been issued for a Sallisaw man charged with child sexual abuse in Sequoyah County District Court. Jeremy K. Shuman Jr., 41, was charged on Oct. 30 and a warrant was issued for hi...