For the seventh year in a row, Bubba’s Dairy Bar in Vian will be offering a free Thanksgiving meal on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 25, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. “We just wanted to be able to offer a ...

The Board of Education of Braggs Public School District announced that statutorily qualified individuals interested in running as a candidate for Seat 2 on the Braggs Board of Education may file to ru...

My soul is so world weary. My gut feeling so dreary. Yet my mind still thinks clearly. I will not believe lies told spitefully. Nor fit a culture falling away frightfully. My Christian faith I hold ti...

The Gore Public School Board of Education met on Nov. 8, where they appointed a new school board member following an executive session and then voted to hold an additional executive session for the pu...

The Gore Board of Trustees approved a grant writer for the town during their regular monthly meeting on Nov. 9, and heard from the police chief concerning homeless individuals living on the railroad t...

A local group of volunteers are organizing a deer hunt in western Sequoyah County for three disabled veterans from our area, who will receive the opportunity of a lifetime on Dec. 17 for a guided deer...

Ross Richards Age 3, Roland Where do turkeys live? Turkeys live outside. What sound does a turkey make? Cheep, cheep! If you had a turkey, what would you name it? I’d name it Santa! Reed Richards Age...

A memorial fund has been set up at Armstrong Bank for the family of Christopher W. Smith, 50, who died as a result of injuries he sustained in an auto accident on Nov. 7. Monetary donations can be dep...

And again He said, “Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.” And He went through the cities an...

Patricia Coffman of Vian is not only famous for her Walking Tacos but is a familiar face at all Friday night lights at the Vian School’s football field. Coffman, who can usually be seen working at the...

We have been looking at four steps or four principals that God has given us in His word that when we put them into practice will cause us to overcome the world, the flesh and the devil. Step #1: Say i...

“…Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him” (Gen. 5). Fifteen hundred years of man’s sinful ways. We are “…to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve t...

Vian Public Schools and the FCCLA student organization hosted their 21st annual Veteran’s Day Program on Nov. 11. Before assembling, the Vian FFA prepared a delicious breakfast for veterans and their ...

The Board of Education of Gore Public School District hereby announces that statutorily qualified individuals interested in running as a candidate for the No. 2 seat on the Gore Board of Education may...

Join Cherokee Casino of Sallisaw at a blood drive with Oklahoma Blood Institute from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., on Thursday, Nov. 18 on the bloodmobile. Successful blood donors will receive their choice of...

Editor’s note: If the age does not appear next to a name, it was not listed in the court record. Felony Docket Timothy D. Dunfee, 34, Fort Smith, Ark.: Burglary second degree; Petit larceny. Christoph...

Fifth grade classes, Tinley Gibson and Jordyn Cowett. Fourth grade classes, Lyla McElhaney an Zayah Shade. Third grade classes, Hallie Coles, Gunner Killingsworth, Layn Taylor and Josiah Roark. Secon...

Vian’s defense scored three touchdowns and a safety on Friday night inside St. John Stadium as the Class 2A No. 6 Wolverines blanked Atoka 61-0 in a first-round playoff game. The Wolverines (10-1 for...

The Vian Peace Center will hold a drivethru Christmas Party Thursday, Dec. 16, from 6 to 7 p.m. Presents will be handed out by Santa and a backdrop will be available for anyone wishing to take a photo...

For the seventh year in a row, Bubba’s Dairy Bar in Vian will be offering a free Thanksgiving meal on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 25, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. “We just wanted to be able to offer a ...