Gore Christmas parade winners announced

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December 24, 2025

The winners of the 2025 Gore Christmas parade are as follows:

• Best Business – Century 21

• Best Church – Crossing

• Best Classic Car – BJ’s

• Best walking Group – Little Pirate Dancers

• Best Pet & Horsemanship – Shriners

• Best Family – Sloan’s

• Best Overall – Little Pirate Dancers

Trophies can be picked up at Gore Town Hall during regular business hours.

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Cookson Hills Electric Foundation awards grants to local organizations

December 24, 2025

The Cookson Hills Electric (CHE) Foundation recently awarded a series of community grants through its Operation Round Up program, continuing a tradition of local support that has been central to the c...

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Cash Collins returns home

December 24, 2025

Vian Public School students and local residents lined the streets on Friday afternoon to welcome home Cash Collins, after a miracle allowed him to be released from the hospital just in time for Christ...

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Cal2Homa Christmas Tree Farm: The little farm that could

By ALLY TROTTER SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

December 24, 2025

On a crisp winter afternoon just off Hwy. 10 in Gore, the smell of pine drifts across the fields at Cal2Homa Christmas Tree Farm. For Rachelle and Brian Batsole, this small, family-owned operation is ...

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Will Cosner announces campaign for District Judge

December 24, 2025

Veteran prosecutor Will Cosner has announced his campaign for District Judge serving Adair and Sequoyah Counties in Oklahoma’s 15th Judicial District. With more than a decade of courtroom experience i...

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Cattle Showmanship Workshop is Jan. 24

December 24, 2025

The OSU Extension Office is hosting a Cattle Showmanship Workshop on January 24 at the Sequoyah County Fairgrounds. Join in on a hands-on workshop designed to help exhibitors sharpen their showmanship...

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December students of the month

December 24, 2025

Gore Public School December students of the month are (top row, from left) Quinn Montgomery, seventh grade and Taylor Kinion, eighth grade. Bottom row (from left), Addison Douglass, sophomore and Coop...

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Keep Oklahoma Beautiful launches 2026 Great American Cleanup

December 24, 2025

Keep Oklahoma Beautiful (KOB) announced the opening of the 2026 Great American Cleanup in Oklahoma, the state’s largest community litter remediation initiative. As part of the nationwide movement orig...

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District winners

December 24, 2025

Congratulations to Vian Public School’s fifth and sixth grade Academic Team on winning districts. Team members are Dante Leonardo, Olivia Rogers, Elizabeth Madsen, Ryan Garrison, Cale Winans and Coope...

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Tribe launches new Cherokee Language Dictionary app with advanced learning tools

December 24, 2025

Cherokee Nation leaders and Cherokee language speakers recenrtly joined representatives of Kiwa Digital Ltd. to unveil the new Cherokee Language Dictionary app during a celebration at Durbin Feeling L...

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Suspect in vehicle thefts apprehended

By AMIE CATO-REMER Editor

December 24, 2025

A man suspected of stealing two vehicles north of Sal lisaw last Friday was taken into custody less than two hours after the Sequoyah County Sheriff ’s Office issued a public safety alert. The alert, ...

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Joy to the World The Lord Has Come

By Shirley R. Watts

December 24, 2025

Joy to the world! The Lord has come! Let earth receive His Salvation! Let every heart prepare Him room! Yes! Jesus Christ has come into the world as the Savior, and will come again to take His Church ...