Oklahoma superintendent has no power to make schools show Trump prayer video, AG’s office says

By NURIA MARTINEZ-KEEL OKLAHOMA VOICE

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s top education official has no authority to force schools to show students a video of himself praying for incoming President Donald Trump, the state Attorney General’s Office found.

“Not only is this edict unenforceable, it is contrary to parents’ rights, local control and individual free-exercise rights,” Attorney General’s Office spokesperson Phil Bacharach said Friday.

State Superintendent Ryan Walters sent the video statewide and ordered public schools t...

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Former Agent Funeral Home razed for courthouse annex

Aging building owned by Sequoyah County being cleared to facilitate construction

November 21, 2024

Demolition of the former Agent Funeral Home, located at the corner of Chickasaw Avenue and Elm Street adjacent to the Sequoyah County Courthouse, began Wednesday morning, clearing the way for the cons...

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Search continues for city manager

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

November 21, 2024

Is Sallisaw closer to choosing a new city manager? Maybe. Maybe not. Regardless, the search continues for a successor to Keith Skelton, who resigned as city manager in June. The latest indication that...

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‘Everybody’s welcome’ at Community Thanksgiving dinner

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

November 21, 2024

Thanksgiving, the quintessential family- gathering holiday, is one of those heart-warming occasions that often means different things to different people. It not only celebrates the harvest, but other...

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Former furniture store employee charged with burglary

By Amie Cato-Remer Editor

November 21, 2024

A Sallisaw man is charged with second degree burglary and petit larceny in Sequoyah County District Court after he allegedly broke into a local furniture store and took over $200 from the store’s safe...

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Maria Little

By JACOB BOWLING STAFF WRITER

November 21, 2024

While most families are preparing Thanksgiving feasts for their immediate households, 90-yearold Maria Little is busy planning a celebration that will bring together more than 50 family members from a...

Sequoyah County history

THIS WEEK IN COUNTY HISTORY

Marshal office abolished here

-Sequoyah County Democrat, Nov. 21, 1924

November 21, 2024

From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Nov. 21, 1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —The U.S. Corps of Engineers is planning to let the lake levels in corps lakes in...