Marble City News

Members of every school board in the area should take note of a recent story coming out of Greasy Schools.

TIMES RECORD * WFREEMAN@SWTIMES.COM The former superintendent of the Marble City School District pleaded guilty Wednesday to embezzlement and related charges in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of ...

The former Marble City school superintendent pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to embezzlement and filing a false income tax return.

The former Marble City school superintendent pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to embezzlement and filing a false income tax return.

Former Marble City school superintendent Larry Duane Couch pleaded guilty Wednesday to three federal charges alleging he embezzled money from the school and cheated on his income taxes.

Former Marble City Superintendent Larry Couch will plead guilty to state and federal charges related to the embezzlement of nearly $1 million from the tiny eastern Oklahoma school district, prosecutors said ... via NewsOK.com

An eastern Oklahoma school superintendent who is facing embezzlement charges is now resigning. via KAUZ

A special audit of eight years worth of books for Marble City Elementary School is complete and found nearly $1 million in questionable deposits. via Tahlequah Daily Press

We may sound like a broken record, but here it is again: Lost City and Marble City schools' troubles beg for important changes in our school districts and the state's responsibility in overseeing them. via Muskogee Phoenix

Former Marble City School Superintendent Larry Duane Couch misspent more than $1 million of school funds, according to a state audit released Friday. via Muskogee Phoenix

“We face problems like this in small schools all the time.”

The Lost City mess is not simple. But a few things are crystal clear: one, former Superintendent Annette Millard got off easy; two, the Cherokees and Keetoowahs may rescue the school temporarily, but that does ... via Muskogee Phoenix

“I tried to buy 90 acres close to my land, but he (Couch) bought it”

' In this impoverished Sequoyah County town, where 90 percent of the schoolchildren qualify for free or reduced-price lunches, Larry Couch's alleged bank transactions seem almost otherworldly. via NewsOK.com

Stricter auditing of school districts seems in order. An FBI report filed in Muskogee federal court last week alleges that Marble City School funds were diverted into an account not related to the school and ... via Muskogee Phoenix

Federal theft and bribery accusations are being made against a former school superintendent who is already charged in state court with embezzling $100,000 from the Marble City school district. via KJRH

“After May 1998, this account was used by Couch in his scheme to deposit funds from Marble City School warrants paid for false invoices from vendors to obtain purchase orders”

The FBI is analyzing evidence of possible money laundering and theft of federal program funds seized from the former Marble City School Superintendent, according to court documents. via Muskogee Phoenix

“Normally we would have figures for how much sand and salt was spread, but since the other crews provided sand and salt too, we have not broken the amounts down”

District 2 Commissioner Steve Carter measures an iced waterfall on Jackson Mountain, northwest of Marble City. via Sequoyah County Times

“Our EAST lab is currently coordinating with the Town of Vian to help map out their water meters, fire hydrants, manholes and shut-off valves using the program's Trimble GPS Handheld Computers”

Chris Massey of Marble City, a Central High School student in the Environmental and Spatial Technology at Indian Capital Technology Center in Sallisaw, demonstrates how to use the virtual reality lab equipment. via Sequoyah County Times

“Everything is going good - we're trying to start anew with a new attitude”

The community will have the opportunity to visit with interim Superintendent Bill London at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the school. via Muskogee Phoenix

“I will begin working on that tomorrow (Dec. 20).”

Every community in Sequoyah County was affected by events in 2007, from Sallisaw where a new water impoundment and an expanded landfill are planned, to the small town of Marble City where the school ... via Sequoyah County Times