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January 12, 2022

Nina Ruth Looper Cole

Sallisaw â Funeral services for Nina Ruth (Looper) Cole, 82, of Sallisaw, were at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, at First Baptist Church in Sallisaw. Burial followed at Akins Cemetery in Sallisaw under the direction of Agent Mallory Martin Funeral Service, Inc.

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Maxton is Boys & Girls Club Member of the Month

March 11, 2025

Maxton Harris has been selected as the January Member of the Month for Boys & Girls Club of Sequoyah County, Roland Unit. Maxton was selected for this honor because he has a gift for making others fee...

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‘Insufficiencies’ delay county assessor’s hearing

By LYNN ADAMS SPECIAL TO THE REGISTER

March 11, 2025

District Judge Jeffrey Payton on Thursday ruled that allegations stipulated in the Sequoyah County Board of County Commissioners’ Feb. 24 accusation for removal of County Assessor Brandy Dobbs are ins...

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McGuire sentenced on arson charge

After dousing, burning residence

March 11, 2025

A Muldrow man has reportedly been sentenced to prison for one count of arson in Indian Country. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Trevor S. McGuir...

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Deadline to request absentee ballot for April election approaches

March 11, 2025

Voters who want absentee ballots mailed to them for the April 1 Board of Education - Municipal General Election should apply now, County Election Board Secretary Ruby Brunk said. Absentee ballots are ...

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Grass announces candidacy for Cherokee Nation Council

March 11, 2025

Uriah Grass, a 46-year-old traditional Cherokee man and dedicated community servant, is running for the District 4 seat on the Cherokee Nation Council. A direct descendant of Redbird Smith and other p...

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School sports injury leads to Physical Therapy career for Ross

By JACOB BOWLING SPECIAL TO THE REGISTER

March 11, 2025

For Steven Ross, the moment he received his job offer from a top physical therapy clinic in San Francisco, it felt like everything he had worked for since childhood had finally come full circle. A rec...

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Activities going on at Muldrow Public Library

March 11, 2025

Muldrow Public Library is offering the following activities during the month of March: Thursday, March 13 - Storytime, 10:30 a.m., and S.A.I.L. at 2 p.m. Friday, March 14 - Crochet Club, 3 p.m. Beginn...

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Moffett’s Students of the Month

March 11, 2025

Moffett Public School has announced the students who were named February Students of the month. Pictured in no particular order are, Niyana Carruth (PS), Alayah Neal (PS), Mariella Johnson (PK), Avery...

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Muldrow Elementary announces pre-enrollment for 2025-26

March 11, 2025

Muldrow Elementary School announces preenrollment for new students who will be starting PK-3, PK-4, and Kindergarten in August. The pre-enrollment dates will be March 1113 from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. in the ...

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Love God – Hate Evil

That There Be No Outcry in Our Streets

By Shirley R. Watts

March 11, 2025

“Stretch out Your hand from above; Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters, From the hand of foreigners, Whose mouth speaks lying words, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood” (Ps 144...

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Oklahoma education officials pass pro-Bible social studies standards

By NURIA MARTINEZ-KEEL OKLAHOMA VOICE

March 11, 2025

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s top school board has advanced new academic standards that would require public schools to teach about the Bible and American patriotism. Academic standards, which are review...