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No action taken on Webbers Falls police chief
By AMIE CATO-REMER Editor 
August 13, 2025
The Webbers Falls Board of Trustees met for a brief but notable session at 6 p.m. on July 25, where they met in executive session to discuss employment matters concerning police chief Mike James. In a...
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Gore All School Reunion set for September
August 13, 2025
The 2025 All School Reunion for Gore High School is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, September 27. If you attended school at Gore, even if you did not finish or graduate from there, you are ...
Street shut down for roadway repairs
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Street shut down for roadway repairs
August 13, 2025
Sanders Street from Highway 82 in Vian is shut down while town workers make repairs to the roadway, reportedly caused by semi damage. “This will take some time and may cause short delays between the r...
Semi driver arrested for DUI near school zone
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Semi driver arrested for DUI near school zone
By AMIE CATO-REMER Editor 
August 13, 2025
A potentially dangerous situation was swiftly handled by Vian Police officers last Monday when a semi-truck driver, later found to be heavily intoxicated, was arrested near a school zone. According to Vian Police Chief Mark Harkins, the incident occurred around 2 p.m. on Highway 82, a roadway that will soon be bustling with school traffic as the academic year begins on Thursday. Harkins said Offic...
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Honey Beth Massey
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Honey Beth Massey
August 13, 2025
April 22, 1973 – July 26, 2025 Funeral services for Honey Beth Massey, 52, of Gans, were held at 2 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, at Agent Mallory Martin Chapel in Sallisaw. Burial followed at Gans Cem...
Sandy Girdner
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Sandy Girdner
August 13, 2025
Oct. 30, 1959 – Aug. 4, 2025 Funeral services for Lt. Sandy Girdner, 65, of Sallisaw, wrecked held at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 8, 2025, at the Agent Mallory Martin Chapel in Sallisaw. Burial followed at B...
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Saturday benefit concert will aid burn victims
August 13, 2025
Buck Locust of Vian will be hosting a benefit concert at the Vian Amphitheater on August 16 for the three men who were involved in a fireworks accident in Tuskahoma in July. Locust said concert admiss...
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Final project meeting set for Sallisaw Creek assessment
August 13, 2025
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is holding a final project meeting to present the Supplemental Watershed Plan and Environmental Assessment (Plan-EA) and all necessary supporting data...
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Seq. Co. Fair dates announced
August 13, 2025
Sequoyah County Fair - The Sequoyah County Fair has been set for September 3-6. Exhibits can be dropped off on Sept. 3 and food perishables on Sept. 4, followed by a 4-H Food Showdown. A Dutch oven sh...
County 911 office being remodeled
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County 911 office being remodeled
By LYNN ADAMS SPECIAL TO THE NEWS 
August 13, 2025
While there’s a generation gap when it comes to rotary-dial landline telephones and digital or even voice-activated cellphones, telephone numbers have been part of our lives since Alexander Graham Bel...
‘Sew’ much fun
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‘Sew’ much fun
August 13, 2025
Members of the Sequoyah County Extension & 4-H attended a sewing workshop last week where they learned how to make a jewelry bag and weave baskets, with laughter and lots of creativity. Each participa...
Sports
New season, new coach for Vian Lady Wolverines
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New season, new coach for Vian Lady Wolverines
By David Seeley Sports Editor 
August 13, 2025
A new fast-pitch softball season for the Vian Lady Wolverines, which started Monday evening in Spiro, brings a new coach. Vian football and baseball assistant coach Jaykob Taylor is taking over for la...
Coaching sister act leading Gore softball team
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Coaching sister act leading Gore softball team
By David Seeley Sports Editor 
August 13, 2025
The new fast-pitch softball season for the Gore Lady Pirates will bring a pair of Gore alumni leading the way as coaches. The sister act of new head coach Kera Carter and her sister, assistant coach K...
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Coaches, players ready for first day of practice
By David Seeley Sports Editor 
August 13, 2025
Just about, if not all, high school football coaches and players have been waiting for Aug. 11 to arrive — and did Monday, which was the first day of organized practice for this upcoming 2025 season. ...
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My vacation: Part III
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My vacation: Part III
August 13, 2025
I put the golf cart in high gear and headed for the mountains to inhale some fresh air. It was a good five minute or so drive to the roadway, and I enjoyed looking at the varieties of wildf l owe r s ...
Usefulness
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Usefulness
By Pastor Michael Martin Vian Baptist Church 
August 13, 2025
John 21:9-13 “As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught. Simon Peter w...
God’s Heart Desire
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God’s Heart Desire
By Shirley R. Watts 
August 13, 2025
“What does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep ...
Changes
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Changes
By Pastor Tim Perkins First Southern Baptist Church, Gore 
August 13, 2025
Sunday, August 3rd at 2:13 pm, Hawaiian Pacific Time, Jill and I became gr andparent s again (grandson born July 1st). This grandchild was a beautiful baby girl, Kamalani Renee Perkins. She was 6 poun...
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Be Born Again
By Pastor Reggie Kelley, Blackgum Christian Union Church 
August 13, 2025
SIN CAN BE A TOTAL SEPARATION FROM GOD! IF ONE SINS THEY NEED TO COME TO THE LORD TO BE FORGIVEN OF SIN! MOST IMPORTANTLY ONE MUST BE BORN AGAIN! COME TO JESUS CHRIST FOR SALVATION! Romans 8:1-39 1The...
Lifestyle
Progressive Therapy Solutions welcomes Dr. Chandler
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Progressive Therapy Solutions welcomes Dr. Chandler
July 16, 2025
Progressive Therapy Solutions in Sallisaw welcomes Dr. Kate Chandler, PT, DPT, to their staff. Dr. Chandler is a newly licensed physical therapist and proud native of Muldrow. She earned her Doctor of...
Kindness, dedication shaping King into young leader
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Kindness, dedication shaping King into young leader
By ALLY TROTTER NEWS INTERN 
July 16, 2025
Bella King, an upcoming junior at Vian High School, is a young lady deeply rooted in her community. Born and raised in Vian, King is surrounded by a large family and lives with her mom and younger sis...
Vian TSA competes in National conference
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Vian TSA competes in National conference
July 16, 2025
Around 10,000 middle school and high school Technology Student Association (TSA) members traveled to Nashville, Tenn. to compete in the 47th National TSA Conference. TSA members from across the nation...
Library magic
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Library magic
July 2, 2025
Joe Coover performed his magic for children at Stanley Tubbs Memorial Library last Friday morning. This performance was part of the summer reading program at the library. Check out the library’s Faceb...
Who Shall Live
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Who Shall Live
By Vian Baptist Church 
June 11, 2025
Numbers 24:23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this! Balaam the son of Beor was a seer at the time Israel was being led o of Egypt. As Israel approached the Ki...
Claiming the Lost in America Today
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Claiming the Lost in America Today
June 11, 2025
We must claim the lost in America because millions are being blinded by Satan. They are living in sin, in bondage to sin and their destiny is Hell if they do not accept Jesus Christ. They are facing H...
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No action taken on Webbers Falls police chief
By AMIE CATO-REMER Editor 
August 13, 2025
The Webbers Falls Board of Trustees met for a brief but notable session at 6 p.m. on July 25, where they met in executive session to discuss employment matters concerning police chief Mike James. In a...
Main, news...
Gore All School Reunion set for September
August 13, 2025
The 2025 All School Reunion for Gore High School is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, September 27. If you attended school at Gore, even if you did not finish or graduate from there, you are ...
Street shut down for roadway repairs
Main, news...
Street shut down for roadway repairs
August 13, 2025
Sanders Street from Highway 82 in Vian is shut down while town workers make repairs to the roadway, reportedly caused by semi damage. “This will take some time and may cause short delays between the r...
Linda Kay Ford
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Linda Kay Ford
August 13, 2025
July 5, 1940 – Aug. 4, 2025 Funeral services for Linda Kay Ford, 85, of Sallisaw, were held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025, at Agent Mallory-Martin Chapel in Sallisaw. Burial followed at Sallisaw C...
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