Pet of the Week

Violet is a smart girl who needs a good home! Violet is a Catahoula mix who is around 2-years-old. She is spayed, sweet and affectionate, follows basic commands, is entertaining, and loves lots of play. She has been an inmate of the Sallisaw Animal Care Facility for about nine months. If you can provide her with a forever home, contact the Sallisaw Animal Care Facility at 918-790-7108. Leave a message if no answer and they will return your call.

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Holiday season kicks off in Sallisaw

This weekend

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...

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Mike and Lisa Bennett

By JACOB BOWLING STAFF WRITER

November 14, 2024

After years in the sun-soaked streets of Key West, Mike and Lisa Bennett weren’t exactly planning to become rural Oklahomans. But one weekend at Lake Tenkiller changed everything. The Bennetts had com...

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Sallisaw student excels at Northeast District AFR Speech Contest

November 14, 2024

Sallisaw student Nicci Davis placed third in her respective category at the American Farmers & Ranchers (AFR) Northeast District Speech Contest held in Sapulpa on Nov. 12. She competed in the Intermed...