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Cash Collins returns home
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Cash Collins returns home
December 24, 2025
Vian Public School students and local residents lined the streets on Friday afternoon to welcome home Cash Collins, after a miracle allowed him to be released from the hospital just in time for Christ...
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Cal2Homa Christmas Tree Farm: The little farm that could
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Cal2Homa Christmas Tree Farm: The little farm that could
By ALLY TROTTER SPECIAL TO THE NEWS 
December 24, 2025
On a crisp winter afternoon just off Hwy. 10 in Gore, the smell of pine drifts across the fields at Cal2Homa Christmas Tree Farm. For Rachelle and Brian Batsole, this small, family-owned operation is ...
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Will Cosner announces campaign for District Judge
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Will Cosner announces campaign for District Judge
December 24, 2025
Veteran prosecutor Will Cosner has announced his campaign for District Judge serving Adair and Sequoyah Counties in Oklahoma’s 15th Judicial District. With more than a decade of courtroom experience i...
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Gore Christmas parade winners announced
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Gore Christmas parade winners announced
December 24, 2025
The winners of the 2025 Gore Christmas parade are as follows: • Best Business - Century 21 • Best Church - Crossing • Best Classic Car - BJ’s • Best walking Group - Little Pirate Dancers • Best Pet & ...
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Cookson Hills Electric Foundation awards grants to local organizations
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Cookson Hills Electric Foundation awards grants to local organizations
December 24, 2025
The Cookson Hills Electric (CHE) Foundation recently awarded a series of community grants through its Operation Round Up program, continuing a tradition of local support that has been central to the cooperative’s mission since 1945. Operation Round Up allows CHE Cooperative members to voluntarily round up their monthly electric bills to the nearest dollar, donating the difference to a charitable f...
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December students of the month
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December students of the month
December 24, 2025
Gore Public School December students of the month are (top row, from left) Quinn Montgomery, seventh grade and Taylor Kinion, eighth grade. Bottom row (from left), Addison Douglass, sophomore and Coop...
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Keep Oklahoma Beautiful launches 2026 Great American Cleanup
December 24, 2025
Keep Oklahoma Beautiful (KOB) announced the opening of the 2026 Great American Cleanup in Oklahoma, the state’s largest community litter remediation initiative. As part of the nationwide movement orig...
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Tribe launches new Cherokee Language Dictionary app with advanced learning tools
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Tribe launches new Cherokee Language Dictionary app with advanced learning tools
December 24, 2025
Cherokee Nation leaders and Cherokee language speakers recenrtly joined representatives of Kiwa Digital Ltd. to unveil the new Cherokee Language Dictionary app during a celebration at Durbin Feeling L...
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Suspect in vehicle thefts apprehended
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Suspect in vehicle thefts apprehended
By AMIE CATO-REMER Editor 
December 24, 2025
A man suspected of stealing two vehicles north of Sal lisaw last Friday was taken into custody less than two hours after the Sequoyah County Sheriff ’s Office issued a public safety alert. The alert, ...
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Ministerial Alliance, Food Panin to host free community meals
By AMIE CATO-ERMER EDITOR 
December 24, 2025
In a show of unity and compassion, the Vian Ministerial Alliance and Center 64 Food Pantry are partnering to ensure no one in the community goes hungry this holiday season, organizing a series of free...
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CASA for Children seeking additional volunteers to begin in January
December 24, 2025
As the holiday season highlights the importance of safety and stability, CASA for Children is urging community members to serve as Court Appointed Special Advocates for abused and neglected children t...
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Undercover sex trafficking sting leads to multiple arrests
By AMIE CATO-REMER Editor 
December 24, 2025
A joint undercover operation targeting sex trafficking resulted in multiple arrests and the identification of potential victims this week, according to area law enforcement officials. The operation, c...
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Holiday cheer comes at a premium
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Holiday cheer comes at a premium
December 24, 2025
PITTSBURGH — The cost of celebrating Christmas is climbing again. Now in its 42nd year, the PNC Christmas Price Index (PNC CPI) reveals that the cost of the gifts from the classic holiday carol “The T...
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Sports
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EHV-1 outbreak prompts urgent alert for horse owners
By MIRANDA DONIHOO SPECIAL TO THE NEWS 
December 24, 2025
An ongoing outbreak of Equine Herpesvirus Type 1 (EHV-1), including its potentially fatal neurologic form, Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy (EHM), has prompted a statewide alert for horse owners...
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Vian wrestlers ready to get on the mat this season
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Vian wrestlers ready to get on the mat this season
By David Seeley Sports Editor 
December 24, 2025
The Vian High School wrestlers are ready to get the season started, which began Dec. 16 at home with action against Wagoner — and junior high action with both Muldrow and Wagoner. The Wolverines retur...
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Central teams sweep Gans squads to end 2025 portion of season
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Central teams sweep Gans squads to end 2025 portion of season
By David Seeley Sports Editor 
December 24, 2025
The Central High School basketball teams ended their pre-Christmas Break portion of their season on high notes as they swept a pair of games from the host Gans squads on Dec. 16 at Bryant “Big Country...
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Vian Wolverines will bounce back from heartbreak state finals loss
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Vian Wolverines will bounce back from heartbreak state finals loss
December 24, 2025
On Dec. 12, the city of Vian and all of Sequoyah County were all hoping the Vian Wolverines would bring home the program’s first state football championship since 1971. However, a late Adair touchdown...
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Gore basketball teams sweep Riverside Conference games from Webbers Falls
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Gore basketball teams sweep Riverside Conference games from Webbers Falls
By David Seeley Sports Editor 
December 24, 2025
The Gore High School basketball teams swept a pair of Riverside Conference games from their Arkansas River rivals from Webbers Falls on Thursday night at Webbers Falls Event Center. The Lady Pirates b...
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Gore Feral Hog Hunters
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Gore Feral Hog Hunters
December 24, 2025
Three Gore hunters were successful in harvesting this feral hog during a recent hunt with the aid of dogs and knives. From left, 14-year-old Wyatt Chitty, Richie the Dog, 15-year-old Beau Moore and 13...
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Joy to the World The Lord Has Come
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Joy to the World The Lord Has Come
By Shirley R. Watts 
December 24, 2025
Joy to the world! The Lord has come! Let earth receive His Salvation! Let every heart prepare Him room! Yes! Jesus Christ has come into the world as the Savior, and will come again to take His Church ...
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Pondering Christmas
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Pondering Christmas
By Pastor Tim Perkins First Southern Baptist Church, Gore 
December 24, 2025
As you read this weeks article it is either the day before Christmas, the day of Christmas or the day after Christmas. I think for most Christmas has already past. The gifts have been opened and wrapp...
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Jesus Christ is the Reason for the Season
By Pastor Reggie Kelley, Blackgum Christian Union Church 
December 24, 2025
JESUS CHRIST IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON! MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL! THE COMING OF JESUS CHRIST WAS PROPHESIED ABOUT ALMOST A THOUSAND YEARS BEFORE HIS BIRTH! ISAIAH 7:14Therefore the Lord himse...
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Glory to God in the Highest
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Glory to God in the Highest
By Shirley R. Watts 
December 17, 2025
Christian When was the last time you opened your Bible to Luke 2. Was it a year ago, or lately? We have many who profess Christ, who cannot tell you the story of the day Jesus came to earth to bring u...
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Not How I Would Do It
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Not How I Would Do It
By Pastor Tim Perkins 
December 17, 2025
As I get older I seem to get a little more set in my ways. I have always been a little hard headed and stubborn, but it seems that I am getting a little more…let’s say… contrary (okay, a lot). I know ...
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Only One Way Through Heaven’s Gates
By Pastor Reggie Kelley, Blackgum Christian Union Church 
December 17, 2025
BROTHERS, SISTERS, FAMILY, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, NO MATTER WHAT THIS WORLD TELLS YOU/ME/US—THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY THROUGH HEAVEN’S GATES! THAT WAY IS ONLY WITH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND SAVIOR! John 1...
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Lifestyle
District winners
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District winners
December 24, 2025
Congratulations to Vian Public School’s fifth and sixth grade Academic Team on winning districts. Team members are Dante Leonardo, Olivia Rogers, Elizabeth Madsen, Ryan Garrison, Cale Winans and Coope...
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Fun with gingerbread
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Fun with gingerbread
December 17, 2025
Mrs. Hunter’s Pre-K students at Vian Elementary School had fun with gingerbread. They read The Gingerbread Man, The Gingerbread Girl, The Ninjabread Man, and 10 Gingerbread Men. They ended the week by...
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Gingerbread activity
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Gingerbread activity
December 17, 2025
Gingerbread activity for the win! Ms. Gragg and Mrs. Haven at Vian Elementary School ensure their students experience the most wonderful time of the year.
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Padgett’s Barber Shop feted by Sallisaw officials for 66 years in business
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Padgett’s Barber Shop feted by Sallisaw officials for 66 years in business
By LYNN ADAMS STAFF WRITER 
December 17, 2025
In 2019, Sallisaw city officials proclaimed a day in honor of Dewey Padgett for “his personal service and his personal contributions to the city,” marking 60 years in business as Padgett’s Barber Shop...
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Weaving baskets
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Weaving baskets
December 17, 2025
Cherokee Nation recently came to Webbers Falls Public School, where they provided students in grades sixth through ninth, the chance to weave baskets. The school wishes to thank them for the fun and e...
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Gore Elementary students of the month
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Gore Elementary students of the month
December 17, 2025
Gore Elementary November students of the month were (in no particular order) Kindergarten - Jax York, Pre-kindergarten - Theodore Murray, first grade - Aislunn Greene, second grade - Myah Hulse, third...
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Cash Collins returns home
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Cash Collins returns home
December 24, 2025
Vian Public School students and local residents lined the streets on Friday afternoon to welcome home Cash Collins, after a miracle allowed him to be released from the hospital just in time for Christ...
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Cal2Homa Christmas Tree Farm: The little farm that could
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Cal2Homa Christmas Tree Farm: The little farm that could
By ALLY TROTTER SPECIAL TO THE NEWS 
December 24, 2025
On a crisp winter afternoon just off Hwy. 10 in Gore, the smell of pine drifts across the fields at Cal2Homa Christmas Tree Farm. For Rachelle and Brian Batsole, this small, family-owned operation is ...
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Will Cosner announces campaign for District Judge
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Will Cosner announces campaign for District Judge
December 24, 2025
Veteran prosecutor Will Cosner has announced his campaign for District Judge serving Adair and Sequoyah Counties in Oklahoma’s 15th Judicial District. With more than a decade of courtroom experience i...
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Gore Christmas parade winners announced
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Gore Christmas parade winners announced
December 24, 2025
The winners of the 2025 Gore Christmas parade are as follows: • Best Business - Century 21 • Best Church - Crossing • Best Classic Car - BJ’s • Best walking Group - Little Pirate Dancers • Best Pet & ...
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Cattle Showmanship Workshop is Jan. 24
December 24, 2025
The OSU Extension Office is hosting a Cattle Showmanship Workshop on January 24 at the Sequoyah County Fairgrounds. Join in on a hands-on workshop designed to help exhibitors sharpen their showmanship...
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