Gore’s high school basketball teams fell to Porter Consolidated last Tuesday night in Wagoner County. Porter Girls 37, Gore 28 Gore sliced three points off a 12-point deficit in the final eight minut...

Vian’s high school basketball teams won a pair of nonconference games at Haskell last Tuesday night. The Lady Wolverines topped the Lady Haymakers 65-46 and the Wolverines prevailed 59- 51 in the boy...

The Gore High School basketball teams split their Riverside Athletic Conference contests against Gans on Thursday inside the Gore Event Center. The Lady Pirates defeated the Lady Grizzlies 64-39 and ...

Devon Mannon Age 12, Gore What three words do you think most describe you? Funny, cool and friendly. If you could invent something to make life easier, what would it be? Automatic fishing pole so you...

The Cherokee Nation has announced the tribe’s first hunting and fishing reserve areas dedicated to Cherokee citizens for controlled hunts to open later this year. Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuc...

Gore’s high school basketball teams host Gans in a pair of Riverside Athletic Conference contests starting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday night inside the Gore Event Center. The Class 2A Lady Pirates and P...

Vian’s high school basketball teams dropped a pair of Big 8 Conference games at Oktaha on Saturday after falling to Keys on Friday, also on the road. Vian was scheduled to host Westville last Tuesday...

What are taxes? They’re bills you have to pay. What does the President of the United States do? He is supposed to save and protect our country. What are politics? Stuff the President does, talks abou...

The new Tex-Mex restaurant Rustic Cantina, which is scheduled to open in March, is already expanding their parking lot and making more room for progress. Owner Jason Carter said he purchased the adjo...

The Vian High School National Honor Society completed their Angel Tree Project in December. Each member donated $5 to help buy gifts for children in our community, selected from the Armstrong Bank An...

The Reading Counts Contest for the high school ended for the semester in December. The top point earners for each grade were, freshmen Jathan Brockman, sophomore Olivia Yoder, junior Brock Morris, an...

Lyla McElhaney Age 8, Gore If you had to be a teacher, who would you pick for your assistant? Mrs. Mayhall. What do playgrounds need more of? Why do you think so? Swings! I love swings, they’re reall...

After two years of planning, coordination, permitting and approval, construction crews began moving in heavy equipment last week and started moving dirt at the location of the new Sallisaw Veterans C...

The Waylon Staffon VFW Auxiliary Post 4519 presented Certificates of Recognition to local businesses that donated goods and services for the annual Military Ball Silent Auction held on Nov. 14, 2020....

The Vian Board of Trustees approved a resolution on Dec. 21 pertaining to an upcoming Board of Trustee election for the Town of Vian during their regular monthly meeting. Trustee Emanuel Drew made a ...

Sequoyah County Game Warden Jerry Henry said there has been no leads to locating the person or persons responsible for illegally disposing 19 Lesser Canadian Geese and one Snow Goose last week in Seq...

The Town of Vian demolished two little houses located on the corner of old US-SH 82 and US-SH 64 last week, according to Vian Town Administrator Keith Boshers. Boshers said the lot belongs to Dean an...

Luke Sandlin Age 4, Vian When I grow up, I want to...? When I grow up I want to shoot a deer. If you had a lot of money, what would you buy? I would buy tools for my daddy. At what age is a person an...

Donald and Linda Ruth Pruitt of Lewisville, Texas will be celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary on Thurs., Dec. 31, 2020. Donald is the son of Ivey and Opal Pruitt of Blackgum and Linda is the d...

Baptist Health-Fort Smith recently opened a newly remodeled pediatric unit thanks to the creativity of a local nurse and a donation from the Baptist Health-Fort Smith Auxiliary. The auxiliary donated...