On Saturday, Aug. 13, Gore’s Fire and Police Departments will be teaming up with Gore Public Schools for their annual Back to School Bash. Gore Firefighters will be doing a “Fill the Boot” drive at th...

The back-to-school season can bring excitement for young people as they prepare to see their classmates again, meet new teachers and students, and explore new subjects. For youth in foster care, howev...

The Webbers Falls Board of Trustees at their July 12 meeting accepted the resignation of the town’s vice mayor and announced one of their police officers had been involved in an accident. The board ac...

The cause of an injury collision that happened just before 3 a.m. on Sunday remains under investigation as of press time, Monday, according to an accident report issued by Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP...

A Gore man has reportedly been charged with a felony count of assault, battery, or assault and battery with a dangerous weapon after trying to run over another man with his car. John W. McMahon, 43, w...

All westbound lanes of Interstate- 40 at mile marker 296 (two miles west of Vian) were blocked for a few hours due to a possible semi collision on Monday. According to a report issued by the OHP NR Co...

A Vian man incarcerated in the Sequoyah County Detention Center has been charged with a felony count of indecent exposure after he reportedly exposed himself to a detention officer at the jail. Gregor...

Patricia Coffman was a recipient of Vian’s Favorite Daughter award for 2022. She is the daughter of the late Chelsey “Monk” and Carolyn Delores Coffman and a 1996 Vian graduate. Trisha, as most know h...

Logan Lease may only be 12, but the Vian student has been sporting a mullet for the past year in hopes of winning the kids division USA Mullet Championships. Logan, one of many contestants in the annu...

When LaShawn Cook was diagnosed with cancer a couple of years ago, she said God not only found her a hospital to receive her treatment and care but also provided a community, “good people” and a busin...

HWC Adventure Head Start is excited to begin enrolling children for the 2022-2023 school year, for the Head Start/3-year-old program. *Head Start provides free services that include quality early chil...

Attorney General John O’Connor is pleased to announce that Oklahoma Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Crabb was recognized as a 2020-2022 Outstanding Advocate in Capital Cases by the Association of ...

Coasten Hodges Age 9, Vian What do you What do you think is the best part of being a grownup? Doing whatever you want. Describe yourself in three words: Fast, smart, artist. Describe your Describe yo...

Sequoyah County Rural Fire Protection District #1 (RFPD#1) has been working with the community and businesses over the past few years to bring lifesaving equipment into the area, according to Nick Ma...

Seeing a market for their service and products, Cherokee Nation citizen Chad McReynolds and his associate Jep Harrison decided to form a partnership and open a meat processing facility in Sallisaw. No...

A woman is facing a felony charge of battery/assault and battery on police officer after she allegedly became combative and struck a detention officer while being booked into the Sequoyah County Deten...

The Vian FFA Chapter was well represented at the 50th annual Oklahoma FFA Alumni Leadership Camp at the Tulakogee Conference Center on Fort Gibson Lake, near Wagoner. More than 1,600 FFA members from ...

The National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS) has announced Gore High School student Bryson M. Thouvenel has been selected to become a member of the esteemed organization. NSHSS recognizes top ...

Voters in Sequoyah County who want absentee ballots mailed to them for the August 23, Primary Runoff Election should apply now, County Election Board Secretary Cindy Osborn said today. Absentee ballot...

ARE YOU HAVING AN ISSUE? TURN IT OVER TO GOD! YOUR FAITH WILL MAKE YOU WHOLE! Ezekiel 16:6And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy bl...