Mrs. Spears from Gore Elementary (back row, center) received one of five Tribal Agriculture Fellowship (TAF) Scholarships to the 2025 National Agriculture in the Classroom conference in Minneapolis, M...

The Webbers Falls Board of Trustees tackled a busy agenda during their regular meeting in May, approving key expenditures, recognizing local community efforts and addressing several personnel matters....

Area musician Lane Lowder and his band played a concert at Armstrong Park on Thursday prior to the Vian Community Foundation’s annual Fireworks Extravaganza.

Kelsi Choate of Vian is a new junior member of the American Angus Association, reports Mark McCully, CEO of the national organization with headquarters in Saint Joseph, Mo. Junior members of the Assoc...

The Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) is announcing the FY26 Built Environment Grant opportunity for construction projects that improve Oklahomans’ access to healthy food and clean drinking wa...

Gracie Risley of Vian has signed a letter of intent to the Oklahoma Panhandle State University Livestock Show Team & Judging Team. Risley is a freshman double majoring in Animal Science (nutrition emp...

Webbers Falls Public School Superintendent Chris Whelan was named Outstanding Administrator of the Year at the 2025 Oklahoma Schools Advisory Council Summer Conference (OSAC). Webbers Falls Public Sch...

There are life’s realities that cannot be avoided. The Sequoyah County Commissioners faced one of those at their weekly meeting last Monday. As District 3 Commissioner Jim Rogers explained, because of...

The Oklahoma Dental Association (ODA) today criticized an executive order from Gov. Kevin Stitt that removes a long-held recommendation for appropriate fluoridation in Oklahoma’s public water supplies...

Sequoyah County Democrats Ann Weaver (left), Dr. Paula Haraway and Teresa Caves attended last weekend’s Oklahoma Democratic Party Carl Albert Dinner at Tulsa’s Renaissance Hotel & Conference Center, w...

The Sewing Sisters of Blackgum Harvestime Church are excited to announce their 16th “Quilts of Past & Present Quilt Show” has been scheduled for Friday, July 25 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, Jul...

Fabio the Rock Snake is making his return to the Town of Gore, and they need your help in bringing him back to life. They’re looking for creative kids to design and create Fabio’s head, like Parker (s...

Felony Docket David J. Briggs, 22, Sallisaw: Domestic A&B by strangulation. Austin Foster, 18, Muldrow: Intimidation of witness; Threaten to perform act of violence. Alexiander Labs, 19, Muldrow: Know...

Last weekend, two roads in southeastern Missouri, as well as in several other central states, buckled due to extreme heat. When what appeared to be a similar collapse of state Highway 82 between Mc-Qu...

A routine property visit led to the discovery of an illegal marijuana grow operation in the Marble City/Dwight Mission area last week, resulting in the seizure of over 650 pounds of processed marijuan...

A Gore man was arrested and booked into the Sequoyah County Detention Center after being found in possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), according to Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation ...

TENKILLER – July 4 Fireworks at dark. Fireworks will be shot from Blackgum Landing. VIAN - July 3 Fireworks and Concert with Lane Lowder at Armstrong Park. Doors open at 6 p.m. and vendors will be on ...

When the call goes out in an accident involving a pedestrian and a train, expectations are usually low that the result will not be a fatality. Last Tuesday was an exception, and is being hailed as “a ...

The Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) proudly announces that 28 organizations and communities have been awarded a grant through the Civil Rights Trail Grant Program. This total amount awarded of just ...

Century 21 First Choice Realty is excited to welcome Whitney Lamb to the Sallisaw realty office. Lamb describes herself as being a dog mom, book lover and movie enthusiast while at home. “Most days yo...