First Baptist Church of Sallisaw will be serving a free breakfast to all veterans on Nov. 11 at 9 a.m. at First Baptist Church, 122 W. Chickasaw. To confirm your attendance, please call the church off...

The Rapture is Near Our nation leads all others teaching God’s word In every state His Holy words are heard. We are blessed with freedom to worship and pray We must never let them be taken away. God h...

Vian Football The Class 2A No. 10 Wolverines will play their final game of the regular season on Senior Night this week when Vian takes on Keys in a District 2A-5 contest on Friday. Senior Night festi...

The Vian Lions Club will be hosting a silent auction, Nov. 1 through 9 inside the lobby of Armstrong Bank, Vian branch. Anyone wishing to drop off donated items for the auction are asked to do so by F...

Isaiah Crowder, 7 Vian Elementary What is the scariest thing you’ve seen on Halloween? Killer clowns! How much candy do you think you will get on Halloween? About 150 pieces! What do you want to be o...

Vian Elementary September Students of the Month for Pre-K classes were, from the left, Milani Castleberry, Lucy Webb, Hadlee Hicks and Heaven Tavera. Vian Elementary September Students of the Month f...

Do you believe in millions, billions of years, and Evolution? It’s a religion! Or, do you believe in God’s Holy Word - that shows thousands of years! The difference is that one is government-sponsore...

The Cookson United Methodist Women will be having their annual Bazaar on Nov. 16, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Nov. 17, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thanksgiving dinner will also be served at 5 p.m. on Nov. 17....

The Blackgum community will have a new Dollar General store in 2019, according to Angela Petkovic of Dollar General Public Relations. The new store is being built at the Junction of US-SH 82 and US-SH...

Shelly Sheffield, co-organizer of the 4th annual MS Walk at Gore, said this year’s proceeds surpassed last year’s bringing in over $12,000 for Multiple Sclerosis. This year’s event, “MS Is A Mess,” wa...

Vian Public Schools last Wednesday amended a school policy, which will now allow Native American students to wear ceremonial eagle feathers at their high school graduation. Oklahoma Attorney General M...

A Vian woman has been arrested and charged with harboring a fugitive from justice after authorities conducted a welfare check at her residence and discovered two subjects in her home with county warra...

Vian Police Chief Mark Fisher, above left, and Gore Assistant Police Chief Jose Guzman, below left, were both named Domestic Violence Awareness Officers of the Year from their departments at the annu...

Trinity Holiness Church in Akins will be having a chili and beans fundraiser for their building fund at the Homeplace building in Mallory’s parking lot Friday, Oct. 26, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. On the m...

The United Methodist Boy’s Ranch will be having a fall fest on Saturday, Oct. 27 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Boy’s Ranch, located at 97332 Hwy 10A, Gore. Enjoy a day with your Circle of Care Family ...

The Vian Media Center at Vian Public Schools will be hosting a Scholastic Book Fair, Oct. 24 through Nov. 1 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. This year’s theme is Enchanted Forest of Books.

Everything summer must go, fill a bag for .50 cents at the Canterbury Chapel Thrift Store. They also have the house back open and ready for fall. There is coats for kids men and women, lots of jeans a...

AROUND TOWN I’ve had trouble sleeping for several years. I’ve tried hot baths, sleepy teas, supplements, sleeping pills, no caffeine after 5 p.m., you name it – but none of it seemed to work. When I c...

The Vian FFA chapter hosted the Sequoyah County Jr. Leadership contest on Oct. 11 at Vian. Chapters that came to compete among Vian were Gore, Muldrow, Sallisaw, Roland and Gans. Contestants competed...

The Board of Education of Gore Public School District hereby announces that statutorily qualified individuals interested in running as a candidate for the No. 4 seat on the Gore Board of Education may...