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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 & ...

Downtown Vian was filled with lights, laughter and holiday cheer Thursday evening— until an unexpected troublemaker in green fur made his presence known. According to Vian Police Chief Mark Harkins, o...

Twenty-one years after a Northeastern State University student vanished along with his pickup truck, investigators and family members say they are no closer to understanding what happened on Dec. 13, ...

Gore Public Schools Board of Education moved through a full agenda on November 10, approving financial items, hearing updates on an ongoing elementary bond project and voting to provide stipends to al...

The Vian Board of Trustees worked through a full agenda during its regular meeting on Nov. 17, approving major funding for youth activities, accepting multiple departmental reports and entering an exe...

A Vian resident has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of child abuse stemming from a 2025 incident on the Cherokee Nation Reservation, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of ...

Vian Wolverines football coach and athletic director Gary Willis (right) accepts the silver ball for being the Class 2A, Division II state runners-up for the second straight season. Vian lost 34-29 to...

The man in the big red suit was spotted on Thursday night at the Vian Christmas parade, riding atop the Ms. Ann, one of the Vian Volunteer Fire Department’s fire trucks. Santa threw candy to all the g...

Several candidates filed for a Declaration of Candidacy at the Sequoyah County Election Board last week for the upcoming Sequoyah County Board of Education/City of Sallisaw races, which are scheduled ...

As winter weather approaches, Gore Public Schools has released its annual reminder of how the district communicates schedule changes and implements modified bus routes during inclement conditions. Sup...

A Vian pastor charged last month with a felony count of lewd molestation in Sequoyah County District Court has now been set for a 2026 felony disposition docket, according to court records. Michael Ma...

Vian’s 47th annual Christmas parade of lights is scheduled for 6 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 4. This year’s theme is “Christmas Through the Decades.” Line-up starts at 5:30 p.m. in the Vian Baptist Church pa...

There was a time when prescribed fire practices — a planned, controlled application of fire to reduce wildfire risk, improve wildlife habitat and restore ecosystems — were common in eastern Oklahoma. ...

The Sequoyah County Sheriff ’s Office has issued a scam alert after it was reported individuals were calling others, pretending to be a deputy sheriff, and claiming that a warrant has been issued for ...

The I-40 interchange at U.S. 59 has been widely scorned as Sequoyah County’s most dire highway construction priorities, with a chorus of voices petitioning for an updated intersection capable of carry...

Vian High School choir member Isaiah Drew was recently selected for Oklahoma’s Vocal All-State Choir. Auditions for the prestigious choir were held in November. Students began preparations for the aud...