Marble City News

Lawmakers at the Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a bill that would require the State Auditor and Inspector to perform up to four random audits on public school districts each year.

A Sallisaw man sentenced to life imprisonment for first-degree murder has been recommended for parole by the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board, and the district attorneya s office is asking those opposed call Gov.

Sallisaw High School invites all parents and students of Sequoyah County high schools as well as eighth graders and their parents from Brushy, Marble City, and Tommie Spear Middle Schools to the annual Career and College Fair from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Monday in the Sallisaw High School commons area.

Legislators and the state auditor agree that random state audits of small school districts will spot trouble early and save taxpayers millions of dollars.

The Cherokee Nation will be offering Cherokee language classes in several area communities within the tribe's 14-county jurisdictional area this fall.

Sequoyah County Commissioners and other elected county officials on Monday discussed how to promote the half-cent sales tax the county is proposing to support the money-strapped county jail.

Steve Carter, District 2 county commissioner, announced Monday he will hold a town hall meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Vian City Hall to discuss with residents of his district the one-half cent sales tax proposed to operate the county jail.

The girlfriend of a Sallisaw jail inmate who escaped on Aug. 5 has been charged with harboring a fugitive from justice and obstructing an officer.

Two escapees from the Sallisaw City Jail are back in custody after being free for less than two hours.

Two escapees from the Sallisaw City Jail are back in custody after being free for less than two hours.

Stephanie Diane Harris, 28, the former Marble City School teacher who was charged with first-degree rape and three counts of soliciting sexual conduct or communication with a minor by use of technology will face jury trial Aug.

Sallisaw may soon be offering DiamondNet services, including Internet, local telephone and television cable services, to rural residents if the city is awarded a grant for the project.

With gas prices fluctuating again, Cherokee Nation continues to explore ways to cut expenses for employees and others who regularly commute to and from Tahlequah.

People who fail to renew their car tag on time will soon be paying more. Senate Bill 658 is one of more than 150 bills becoming law Wednesday following the end the 2009 legislative session in May.

Some volunteers who helped install a 3.7-mile water line in a rural area near Marble City believed they would receive a free water meter for their time and labor, but now the project has turned into major controversy between the volunteers and Cherokee Nation.

School districts should watch their accounts closer, much closer. Wagoner Public Schools announced last week that its school lunch program apparently was short nearly $58,000 in deposits this past school year.

Sallisaw City Commissioners on Tuesday agreed to participate in a project to do an analysis of three watershed lakes, including Brushy Lake which is the city's only water source, to determine if it is feasible to make improvements to all or some of those lakes as another water source for the city.

Sallisaw City Commissioners approved the plans for the Sallisaw Youth and Sports Complex and for a Sallisaw Downtown Park at their meeting Monday evening.

Christine Fields Jorgensen, 98, visits Dwight Mission Cemetery every year on Mother's Day, when memorial services are held there, and provided money for the new archway to the cemetery where most of her family is buried.

Students and teachers from Vian, Brushy, Marble City, Central and Sallisaw Schools will be recognized as Students and Teachers of Today at 7 p.m. Friday at the Sallisaw Masonic Lodge at 109 E. Redwood St.