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ODOC looking for inmate
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ODOC looking for inmate
By AMIE CATO-REMER Editor 
September 11, 2024
The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) issued a press release on Saturday after an inmate reportedly walked away from a facility in Ponca City. Lester Hampton, 62, of Vian, who is serving a 10y...
Sloan selected as OK Leopold Conservation Award finalist
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Sloan selected as OK Leopold Conservation Award finalist
September 11, 2024
Two finalists, which includes Cody Sloan of Gore, have been selected for the 2024 Oklahoma Leopold Conservation Award. The award honors farmers, ranchers, and forestland owners who go above and beyond...
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Gore gearing up for annual cruise night
September 11, 2024
Gores 22nd annual cruise night has been scheduled for Saturday, September 21, in downtown Gore. Known as one of Oklahoma’s biggest, baddest 2-lane cruise events, over $10,000 in cash/prizes will be gi...
Vian receives funds for new pickleball court
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Vian receives funds for new pickleball court
September 11, 2024
The town of Vian recently received a $39,000 donation from the Cherokee Nation to construct a new pickleball court. Pictured (from left) is Vian Mayor Dennis Fletcher, town administrator Keith Boshers, and Vian Trustee and Cherokee Councilor, E.O. “Jr.” Smith, presenting the check.
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Harold ‘Chief’ Rodgers
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Harold ‘Chief’ Rodgers
September 11, 2024
Feb. 1, 1941 – Aug. 31, 2024 Graveside services for BMCM Harold “Chief” Rodgers, 83, of Sallisaw, were held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, at Sallisaw City Cemetery under the direction of Agent...
Gary Phillips
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Gary Phillips
September 11, 2024
Aug. 23, 1960 – Aug. 31, 2024 Gary Phillips, 64, of Muldrow, died on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in Gans. He was born on Aug. 23, 1960, in Exeter, Calif., to Leon Richard Phillips and Jessie Agnes (Sams)...
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Let’s Talk About It: Changing the Narrative
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Let’s Talk About It: Changing the Narrative
September 11, 2024
Editor’s Note: September is National Suicide Prevention and Recovery Month and therefore we will be covering a critical and often overlooked issue: the alarming rate of suicides in rural Oklahoma. In ...
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Free tobacco cessation classes being offered at Vian
September 11, 2024
Cherokee Nation Public Health is providing free tobacco cessation classes at the Vian Community Building. Participants do not have to be Native American to enroll. Classes will meet on Tuesdays from 1...
Chess strategies
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Chess strategies
September 11, 2024
Michelle Scheeland came to Webbers Falls Public School on August 30 to show some Geometry students chess strategies. Thank you for sharing your expertise, Michelle.
Patterson turns in his boots for new chapter in Gore
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Patterson turns in his boots for new chapter in Gore
By JACOB BOWLING SPECIAL TO THE NEWS 
September 11, 2024
After 32 years of working under the vast Wyoming skies, tending to cattle and braving the rugged terrain, Tom Patterson has traded in his cowboy boots for a quieter life in Gore. The transition from t...
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Three tips to help kids stay on top of their homework
By STATEPOINT COURTESY 
September 11, 2024
When a new school year begins, most teachers don’t wait long before they begin scheduling tests, and assigning loads of homework and reading assignments. Here are three tips for helping kids stay on t...
Sports
Vian Lady Wolverines sweep Okmulgee, fall to Sequoyah-Tahlequah
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Vian Lady Wolverines sweep Okmulgee, fall to Sequoyah-Tahlequah
By David Seeley Sports Editor 
September 11, 2024
The Vian Lady Wolverines went 2-1 last week coming off their Labor Day Weekend holiday. The Lady Wolverines swept a road District 3A-8 doubleheader from the host Okmulgee Lady Bulldogs on Sept. 3 by s...
FCA Game Day Rally
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FCA Game Day Rally
September 11, 2024
The Vian Fellowship of Christian Athletes took a group of 70 kids to the FCA Game Day Rally, which took place at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater on Aug. 31. The rally took place before OSU’s s...
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Gore Pirate Football Pie Auction slated Tuesday
September 11, 2024
The annual Gore Pirate Football Pie Auction will begin at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Gore Event Center. For additional information or to make a dessert or auction basket donation for the event, call Sharon ...
Co-Champions
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Co-Champions
September 11, 2024
The Central Lady Tigers junior high softball team ended up being co-champions of the Checotah Festival, which took place Aug. 2931. The Lady Tigers and the Poteau Lady Pirates were to have played in t...
Three local runners make top 10 at Camp Gruber Invitational
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Three local runners make top 10 at Camp Gruber Invitational
By David Seeley Sports Editor 
September 11, 2024
BRAGGS — Three local runners made the top 10 at Friday’s Camp Gruber Invitational. Webber Falls Lady Warrior Cheyanne Herrier was third (15:20), Gore’s Rayleigh Moore was seventh (16:31) and Gore’s Am...
Commentary
Be Sure
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Be Sure
By Pastor Michael Martin Vian Baptist Church 
September 11, 2024
Numbers 32:23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out. Let me give you some synonyms for the word translated ‘be sure. The easiest to ...
I Will Shake Heaven and Earth
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I Will Shake Heaven and Earth
By Shirley R. Watts 
September 11, 2024
“You have made the earth tremble; You have broken it; Heal its breaches, for if it is shaking. 7r~ (Ps. 60:2) “See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who...
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You Can’t Pretend with the Lord
By Pastor Reggie Kelley, Blackgum Christian Union Church 
September 11, 2024
ARE YOU AMONG THE WISE VIRGINS, OR AMONG THE FOOLISH VIRGINS? GOD KNOWS! YOU CAN’T PRETEND WITH THE LORD! THERE WILL BE A SEPARATION OF THE WISE VIRGINS AND THE FOOLISH VIRGINS! GOD WILL CLOSE THE DOO...
God and a GPS
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God and a GPS
By Pastor Tim Perkins First Southern Baptist Church, Gore 
September 11, 2024
Now, I will admit I do like to go to Facebook and watch some of the reels. Some of them are totally stupid and some are pretty good. I watch to usually get a good laugh. And, every once in a while you...
Vision
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Vision
By Pastor Michael Martin 
September 4, 2024
Vian Baptist Church Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. For this article I am going to do something I do not normally do. I am going t...
The Wicked – Caught in His Own Trap
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The Wicked – Caught in His Own Trap
By Shirley R. Watts 
September 4, 2024
“The nations have sunk down in the pit which they made; In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught” (Psalm 9:15). ------------- “His own iniquities entrap the wicked man, And he is caught in ...
Lifestyle
S’mores experience
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S’mores experience
September 4, 2024
Marble City Public School science students recently conducted a class experiment with conduction, convection and radiation by making s’mores.
Vian Band of Gold thanks sponsors
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Vian Band of Gold thanks sponsors
September 4, 2024
The Vian Band of Gold would like to thank all their sponsors who donated to help with Band Camp and football season this year. Whether it be food, drinks or monetary, your donation was greatly appreci...
Collecting zucchini
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Collecting zucchini
September 4, 2024
Mrs. Mattox and Mrs. Edgmon’s classes at Gore Public Schools are shown in the school garden, collecting zucchini.
Duke does his job
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Duke does his job
September 4, 2024
Gore Public School administration said they appreciate these Webbers Falls law enforcement officers and their drug dog, Duke, for agreeing to do routine walkthroughs of their school throughout the yea...
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The Way Maker
By Pastor Reggie Kelley, Blackgum Christian Union Church 
April 3, 2024
The Christian Union Station JESUS CHRIST IS THE WAY MAKER! JESUS MAKES A WAY WHEN YOU/ME/WE THINK IT CAN’T BE DONE! ALL WE NEED TO DO IS LET HIM COME INTO OUR LIFE Isaiah 43:1-28 1But now thus saith t...