Recently the Oklahoma Tourism & Recreation Department (OTRD) announced grant recipients for the 2020 Recreational Trails Program (RTP), which included the Vian Community Foundation, Armstrong Bike Tra...

A Webbers Falls man was charged on June 19 in Sequoyah County District Court with felony second-degree burglary and embezzlement. A bench warrant was issued for Gene D. Fleet, 51, the same day and ret...

Oklahoma Human Services (OKDHS) will launch a new online portal July 1, 2020 for the general public, community partners and law enforcement to report allegations of abuse, neglect and exploitation of ...

Due to the COVID-19 surge and a couple of “scares,” in his office, Sequoyah County District Attorney Jack Thorp said he has decided to reduce the number of people working in his offices at all four co...

With temperatures expected to reach triple digits in some areas of the state this weekend, Attorney General Mike Hunter today is reminding Oklahomans to never leave children or pets in unattended vehi...

While Sallisaw Police Lt. Billy Oliver remains on paid administrative leave, Sallisaw Police Chief Terry Franklin said the investigation is continuing into whether or not Oliver used excessive force i...

Town of Webbers Falls vice mayor Bobby S. Ogg, Jr., 38, of Gore, was charged on June 23 with a criminal misdemeanor count of embezzlement and a warrant was issued for his arrest the same day. He was r...

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John_3:16. AS CHILDREN we read “Alice in Wonderland,” bu...

During last Monday’s regular meeting of the Sequoyah County Commissioners, Steve Rutherford, Emergency Management Director said coronavirus cases continue to rise with the virus targeting more young p...

The Blackgum Fire Department will be hosting an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast on Saturday, July 4 from 7 to 11 a.m. at the Blackgum Community Center. Menu will consist of pancakes, bacon, sausage,...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Haskell Doak Willis, 65, of Tahlequah, was sentenced to 12 months and 1 day of imprisonment, and 3 years of supe...

Denise Fieldgrove of Vian said her niece, Braylee Smith, 8, has always wanted to do a lemonade stand. On Friday, Braylee finally talked Fieldgrove and other family members into letting her do one next...

Avery Fenton Age 9, Gore What do you like about summer? Spending days outside and going places to swim and play! What do you not like about summer? Face sunburns! Are you ready to go back to school? ...

Did you know on average, an American woman is expected to live five years longer than an American man? Since the 1920s, men’s life expectancy has continued to drop compared to women. During Men’s Heal...

A local couple who were fishing with others on Lake Tenkiller last Wednesday said they were shocked when one of the people fishing with them pulled in what appeared to be a small octopus from the fres...

As the novel coronavirus continues to make its way back and forth across the country, scams related to COVID-19 continue to multiply. Fake contact tracing has added to the growing list of ways to take...

I was asked by a fellow preacher, “How much to you get paid for preaching?” “I don’t take any pay for preaching,” I told him. I thought I was going to have to pick him up off the ground. He said, He s...

Raw milk produced by Swan Bros. Dairy, Inc. of Claremore, is the subject of a statewide recall due to the confirmed detection of Campylobacter jejuni, according to a press release. Anyone who has purc...

A Gore woman was arrested in Muldrow after she was reportedly called in by a store clerk in Roland for screaming inside the store. Cindy M. Lambert, 50, was formally charged on June 15 with battery/as...

The Gore Board of Education held a special meeting at 12 noon on June 22 where school board member Dennis Fields presented his resignation to school board president Bradford Montgomery. Motions were t...