Drug charges were filed Wednesday in Sequoyah County District Court against a Sallisaw man also suspected of a Jan. 3 fatal shooting in Fort Smith.

SALLISAW – Former Sequoyah County Emergency Management Director Chris Keathley was formally charged this month with obtaining or attempting to obtain county property by trick or deception, a misdemean

Misty Lynn Williams spent almost 14 months in Sequoyah County jail in Sallisaw to keep secret her daughter's location. She said she was protecting daughter from being molested.

Some were convincing, but others were close decisions for Tuttle as it won its third straight Class 4A dual state championship Saturday night.

Friday is the last day for Oklahomans to register to vote in that state’s March 6 presidential primary, according to area election board officials.

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SALLISAW — A Muldrow man accused of repeatedly raping a child younger than 14 will go to trial the week of Feb. 27, Sequoyah County District Judge Jeff Payton decided Monday.

SALLISAW — Whether the case against a mother charged with murder in the shooting death of her child goes to trial depends on the prosecution, the woman’s defense attorney said.

Carl Albert State College President Brandon Webb said the two-year college’s 1 percent overall growth in enrollment this spring reflects the college’s steady growth.

A Sallisaw man charged with first-degree murder told an investigator with the Sebastian County Sheriff’s Office that a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol recovered during the homicide investigation was stolen from a Greenwood residence.