Brandon Ellis was recently named the new Pirates’ head football coach by the Gore Board of Education and the veteran coach is looking forward to returning to his alma mater. “I’m excited,” said Ellis,...

If history does, indeed, repeat itself and new Sallisaw football coach Brandon Tyler replicates the success he enjoyed at Vian and Gore, then go ahead and make hotel reservations for the Class 4A stat...

Vian’s Band of Gold had nine members that chose to go to the solo contest at Locust Grove on March 25. Every Vian student received a 1, which is a Superior Rating in the contest, the highest available...

Gore’s Gunner Dozier makes a catch during the Pirates’ home game against McCurtain last Monday. The Pirates defeated McCurtain 12-0. vickie tincher 

(All teams listed are high school teams and all schedules are subject to change) Thursday, April 6 Vian baseball team vs. Eufaula (4:30 p.m.) Gore baseball team vs. Arkoma (10 a.m.) at Gore in Riversi...

Gore’s high school track and field teams competed at the ninth annual Okemah Track Meet Friday under windy conditions. Hallie Kinion (fourth in the 1600m run and the 3200m run) was the highest finishe...

Audrey Waldrop Age 3, Ada Who is your favorite pet? My baby goat Milo and my bunny. Who do you like playing with most? My baby goat! What’s the best thing about weekends? Playing by myself!

Chris Sheridan of the Brushy community says the best thing about living in Sequoyah County are the people, even those he supervises daily as the Sequoyah County Inmate Work Crew supervisor. Sheridan s...

Stormy Sullivan, a first grader at Vian Elementary, finished her first gymnastics season as All-Around State Champion. She racked up individual gold medals on the uneven bars and balance beam, and sil...

The Marble City Fire Department will hold an Easter egg hunt at 2 p.m. April 1, at the Marble City School football field.

Centenarians of Oklahoma was proud to honor World War II Veteran and Purple Heart recipient Charles Edwin “Ed” Bray, Sr. of Cookson, who just turned 100-years-old and welcome him into the Centenarians...

equoyah County Emergency Management has announced the storm spotter class scheduled for Thursday, March 16, has been rescheduled for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 29, due to an increase of severe weather...

Sarah Adams with Armstrong Bank in Vian, recently completed the Oklahoma Bankers Association Commercial Lending School in Oklahoma City. Adams was among 68 graduates of the school, which was held Marc...

Sexual Assault Awareness Proclamation– The Sequoyah County Coordinated Community Response/Sexual Assault Response Team (Domestic Violence/ Sexual Assault Response Team) will present a proclamation ask...

The full Senate approved Senate Bill 234 on Tuesday to designate Sept. 22 of each year as Veteran Suicide Awareness Day. Sen. Micheal Bergstrom, R-Adair, authored the measure that honors and brings aw...

Cherokee Nation is accepting applications for the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer for Children program, which helps families buy nutritious foods during the summer months. This program is offered t...

Sequoyah County voters will go to the polls to decide who will represent area schools and towns in the Board of Education General Election and Municipal General Election, set for Tuesday, April 4. In ...

Senate Bill 910 by Sen. Blake “Cowboy” Stephens was unanimously approved by the Senate o Tuesday. SB 910 authorizes the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission to declare an open season to hunt and ...

Legislation updating the Landlord Tenant Act to protect renters living in unsafe living conditions was approved by the Oklahoma House of Representatives on March 22. House Bill 2109, authored by Rep. ...

Editor’s note: If the age does not appear next to a name, it was not listed in the court record. Krysta L. Aich, 31, Muskogee: Trafficking in illegal drugs; Bringing contraband Into jail: Destroying e...