Gore February Students of the Month are (top row, from left) Kinley Daily, seventh grade and Jace Gates, eighth grade. Bottom row (from left), Cruz Ward, sophomore and River Shoemake, sophomore.

Vian High School and Middle School TSA competed at the 20th annual Sequoyah County Technology Challenge at the Indian Capital Technology Center in Sallisaw on February 13. There were nearly 300 studen...

The University of Arkansas has announced students who earned a spot on the Dean’s List for the Fall 2025 semester. This distinguished group of students with outstanding academic achievement earned a g...

Cookson Hills Electric Cooperative (CHEC) recently held its annual Oklahoma Youth Tour competition. Nearly 50 high school juniors from across Sequoyah and Haskell counties applied for the chance to wi...

Felony Docket Holly E. Marr, 33, Muldrow: Knowingly receiving or concealing stolen property; Poss. firearms after conviction or during probation; Poss. of sawed-off shotgun/rifle. Christopher B. Bean,...

Attorney General Genter Drummond announced Thursday that a major breakthrough in Oklahoma’s 20year poultry litter pollution litigation, securing settlements totaling more than $25 million from Tyson F...

Improvements to a local ballfield, employee pay raises and several routine agreements highlighted a busy January 20 meeting of the Vian Board of Trustees and the Vian Public Works Authority. One of th...

The Gore Board of Trustees handled a full agenda on Jan. 20, approving a pay raise for a town employee, adopting several policy changes and giving the green light to a proposed RV park development. Th...

Eagle Tours are now taking place at the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Vian. Tours are scheduled for February 21 and 28, and March 7. For more information, contact the Refuge at 918-773-5251.

Ground was broken last Wednesday for Vian Public Schools’ new band room, a dedicated space designed to support music education by providing band students a centralized location for both classes and re...

Principal’s Honor Roll A&B’S Third Grade: Carter Cato, Lawson Christie, Rory Garrison, Jax Greene, Drake Guthrie, Carter Lovell, Fisher McEver, Aayden Monholland, Kayden Peaceful, Ruger Ross, Karter R...

The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved legislation by Senator Warren Hamilton, R-McCurtain, to prohibit marriage under the age of 18 in the State of Oklahoma. Senate Bill 504 eliminates c...

Oklahoma Farm Bureau President Stacy Simunek issued the following statement after Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced a settlement between the State of Oklahoma, Tyson and Cargill in ...

Webbers Falls Public School sixth graders recently read to their second grade Reading Buddies. Both classes said they really enjoyed spending time together reading.

Our Blood Institute (OBI) is hosting a community blood drive on Friday, Feb. 27, at Harp’s in Vian, from 2 to 6 p.m. on the bloodmobile. All donors will receive a limited-edition Donor Champions baske...

The Sequoyah County Commissioners have proclaimed February to be Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. Cindy Smith, investigator for the Sequoyah County Sheriff ’s Office, told the commissioners that ...

GORE HIGH SCHOOL Superintendent’s Honor Roll – All A’s Mylee Bruce, Naomi Haney, Alison Briley, Logan Markou, Hallie Brewer, Sarah Mannon, Trenton Cunningham, Eli Munson, Weston Cunningham, Jemma Peev...

The State Historic Preservation Office will host a free webinar on Feb. 24, at noon, for people to learn more about the Dawes Rolls and how to use them to find your ancestors. Laura Martin, deputy dir...

Felony Docket Gregory M. Williams, 65, Muldrow: Kidnapping; A&B, or A&B with a dangerous weapon. Clenton K. McCoy, 63, Vian: Endangering others while eluding/attempting to elude police officer; DUI-al...

Sequoyah County Sheriff Larry Lane joined educators, county officials and financial experts last week in Norman to discuss what he described as “potentially devastating” consequences of a proposed sta...