Oklahoma Scholarship Competition Deadline Feb. 26

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February 24, 2021

The Oklahoma Scholarship Competition provides an opportunity for Oklahoma high school students to earn muchneeded funds for college. With at least ten $1,000 cash scholarships/tuition grants in each of Oklahoma’s 77 counties, students in grades 9 through 12 must register by the Friday, Feb. 26, deadline to participate.

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Students headed to Washington

March 18, 2025

Congrats to Muldrow High School juniors (shown in no particular order) Dixie Cooper and Allie LaPerle, who are both headed to Washington D.C. this summer with the Cookson Hills Youth Tour. Each of the...

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Quilt to be raffled at OHCE Quilt Show & Bake Sale

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March 18, 2025

This beautiful queen-sized quilt will be raffled at the 44th annual Sequoyah County OHCE Quilt Show & Bake Sale, happening April 4-5 at the Sequoyah County Fair Building. Doors will be open from 9 a.m...

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Bledsoe pleads guilty to three counts of child abuse

March 18, 2025

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma has announced that James D. Bledsoe, 32, of Muldrow, has entered a guilty plea to three counts of child abuse in Indian Country. The ind...

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Town of Roland conducting survey to determine grant funding

March 18, 2025

The Town of Roland will be conducting a Low-to-Moderate Income (LMI) survey by phone and in-person for all residents on Loop West, Commanche, Saskatchewan, Math Lane, and Adirondack Streets in the com...

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Warrant issued for Muldrow man in church burglary

By AMIE CATO-REMER EDITOR

March 18, 2025

An arrest warrant has been issued in Sequoyah County District Court for a Muldrow man charged with seconddegree burglary following the break-in of a Muldrow church on February 14. Associate District J...

Obituaries

Michael Stephens

March 18, 2025

June 26, 1954 – March 8, 2025 Funeral services for Michael Stephens, 70, of Sallisaw, were held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 13, 2025, at First Christian Church in Sallisaw. Burial followed at Akins ...

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Kayla Curtis

March 18, 2025

Oct. 25, 1991 – March 8, 2025 Kayla Curtis, 33, of Sallisaw, died on Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Sallisaw. She was born on Oct. 25, 1991, in Fort Smith, Ark., to Roland Eugene Mackley and Belinda Kay ...

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Donald Ed Haggard

March 18, 2025

April 3, 1944 – March 8, 2025 Donald Ed Haggard, 80, of Sallisaw, died on Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Fort Smith, Ark. He was born on April 3, 1944, in Uniontown, Ark., to Theodore Roosevelt Haggard a...

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Jerell Sandra Fine Fargo

March 18, 2025

Jan. 18, 1937 – March 10, 2025 Graveside services for Jerell Sandra Fine Fargo, 88, of Watts, and formerly of Sallisaw, were held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 13, 2025, at Akins Cemetery in Sallisaw, ...

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Clarence Ray Gillespie

March 18, 2025

March 22, 1944 – Feb. 24, 2025 A Funeral Mass of Resurrection was celebrated by Father Jeff Polasek, at Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Sallisaw, at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 15, 2025, for Cla...

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Rose Marie Smith

March 18, 2025

Feb. 20, 1960 – Feb. 12, 2025 Services for Rose Marie Smith, 64, of Sallisaw, were held at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 13, 2025, at Greater New Bethel Baptist Church in Sallisaw under the direction of For...