Academic Team is regional runner-up

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March 11, 2026

Congratulations to the Vian Middle School 7th/8th grade Academic Team for achieving regional runner-up! The students will now move on to state competition. Team members are (from left) Pandora Odom, Cain Winans, Tuff Sumpter, Ruger Casteel and Liam Barnes.

Obituaries

Iris M. Proctor

March 11, 2026

June 29, 1943 – Feb. 25, 2026 Iris M. Proctor, 82, of Princeton, Ky., formerly of Sallisaw, Okla., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, at Baptist Health Hospital in Paducah, Ky. She was born on June...

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Roberta Lineberry

March 11, 2026

Aug. 7, 1960 – March 1, 2026 Funeral services for Roberta Lineberry, 65, of Sallisaw, were held at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 5, 2026, at Agent Mallory Martin Chapel in Sallisaw. Burial followed at Brush...

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Mark Spencer Branham

March 11, 2026

June 7, 1945 – Feb. 28, 2026 Mark Spencer Branham, 80, of Sallisaw, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026, in Sallisaw. He was born on June 7, 1945, in St. George, Utah, to Cecil Vernon Branham and H...

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The body’s hardest working muscle

March 11, 2026

Mrs. Kinion’s Anatomy and Physiology class at Gore Public schools is studying the circulatory system and had the opportunity to dissect sheep hearts. The students were able to see the atria, ventricle...

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Defiled Sanctuaries…Local Churches

By Shirley R. Watts

March 11, 2026

‘This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me,” (Mark 7:6-7). ‘Therefore, as I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘surely, because you have defiled My sanc...

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Fences

By Pastor Tim Perkins First Southern Baptist Church, Gore

March 11, 2026

I have been thinking about fences lately. The fence up to my house in Copan is in need of some desperate repair. Well, actually it probably needs replaced. It is the old wooden stockade type fence. It...

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Wild Onion Dinner March 14

March 11, 2026

A Wild Onion Dinner will be held on Saturday, March 14 from noon until 3 p.m. at the Evening Shade Community Building located at 453929 E995 Road, Vian. Wild onions, hog meat, beans and fry bread will...

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Webbers Falls FCA support

March 11, 2026

So many local businesses and people support the Webbers Falls Public School FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) organization, so FCA wanted to show them what they support. The students give new bib...

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Keep Your Eyes on the Lord

By Pastor Reggie Kelley, Blackgum Christian Union Church

March 11, 2026

TSTAND ON THE SOLID ROCK THAT IS JESUS CHRIST! BUILD THE CHURCH IN JESUS CHRIST’S NAME! HOLD ONTO JESUS CHRIST AND DO NOT LET GO! GIVE GOD THE GLORY IN JESUS CHRIST’S HOLY NAME! Matthew 16:1-28 1The P...

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Diabetes Education Series Offered

March 11, 2026

The Sequoyah County Health Department is offering a Diabetes Education Series conversation and education program from 5 to 6:30 p.m. March 23 and 30, at the health department, located at 612 N. Oak St...

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Gore Elementary Students of the Month

March 11, 2026

Gore Elementary March Students of the Month were (in no particular order) Charlotte Summerlin- Pre-K, Charline Bryson-Kindergarten, Hayzlei McCraw-first grade, Hazel Montgomery-second grade, Joshua Hu...