FFA Booster Club purchases jackets

news

November 26, 2025

Webbers Falls FFA wishes to thank the Webbers Falls Ag Booster Club for purchasing 20 students their first FFA jackets. They are not only buying a jacket for these students, but buying a chance for unlimited opportunities within the FFA. The front says who you are, the back says where you came from, but nowhere does it say where you’re going!

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Woman sentenced in killing of Sallisaw man

By AMIE CATO-REMER Editor

November 26, 2025

A Stilwell woman has now been sentenced in federal court for her role in the 2023 killing of Sallisaw resident Ricky D. Henning, marking the latest development in a case that previously resulted in a ...

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Doctors’ tips to stay healthy and safe this holiday season

By STATEPOINT

November 26, 2025

The holiday season is a joyous time to reconnect with family and friends, but it can also throw your wellness routines out of alignment. Doctors advise prioritizing healthy choices now so you can star...

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Political candidates to attend county Democrats yule dinner

November 26, 2025

Not only is it the holiday season, but it’s also the political season. So when the Sequoyah County Democrats host their traditional Christmas dinner on December 1, there could well be several politica...

lifestyle

Using natural resources

November 26, 2025

Mr. Wooten’s Middle School Outdoor Ed class at Gore Public Schools is building miniature wilderness-survival dioramas using natural materials they’ve gathered outside. Students are sharpening their cr...

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VHS College and Career Fair held

November 26, 2025

Vian High School’s College and Career Fair was held on Nov. 12, where high school students attended four different sessions learning about post secondary opportunities from several businesses, two and...

Obituaries

Iva Ray (Dyer) Yancey

November 26, 2025

Oct. 4, 1935 - Nov. 16, 2025 Iva Ray (Dyer) Yancey, 90, of Vian, Okla., formerly of Muldrow, Okla., passed away on Nov. 16, 2025. A graveside service was held in her honor at Cottonwood Cemetery in Mu...

Obituaries

Fred Douglas Beck

November 26, 2025

Feb. 14, 1948 – Nov. 13, 2025 Funeral services for Fred Douglas Beck, 77, of Sallisaw, were held at 2 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, at McKey Baptist Church in Vian. Burial followed at Drakestand Ceme...

Obituaries

Billy Glen Cloud

November 26, 2025

Aug. 19, 1951 – Nov. 13, 2025 Funeral services for Billy Glen Cloud, 74, of Vian, were held at 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, in the Sequoyah Memories Chapel at Forever Memories with Chuck Craighead of...

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Thanksgiving

By Pastor Tim Perkins First Southern Baptist Church, Gore

November 26, 2025

It is Thanksgiving. The day of family and friends getting together, eating a smorgasbord of foods, watching football and of, course, giving thanks! I’m not sure which we do the most, eating probably. ...

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Be Thankful – Worship God!

By Shirley R. Watts

November 26, 2025

“Oh come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation… Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms… For the Lord is the ...

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Everything is in God’s Time

By Pastor Reggie Kelley, Blackgum Christian Union Church

November 26, 2025

ALL PEOPLE CAN COME TO THE LORD! HE GAVE ALL PEOPLE THE FREE CHOICE TO KNOW HIM AS BEST AS GOD KNOWS THEY CAN! EVERYTHING IS IN GOD’S TIME! GIVE GOD THE GLORY FOREVER! Isaiah 60:1-22 1Arise, shine; fo...