Payton Crutchfield, 7 Vian Elementary What do you like about being a kid? That I don’t have to move out and get a job! What’s the hardest thing about being a kid? Obeying the rules. What do you think...

Sallisaw Police have arrested a man in connection with hiding a camera in the women’s restroom of Roma’s Italian Restaurant in Sallisaw. Sallisaw Police Chief Terry Franklin said last Wednesday office...

The Vian Board of Trustees kicked off their regular monthly meeting last Monday night by unanimously voting to retain Dennis Fletcher as Vian’s mayor and trustee Rick Peoples was nominated by his fell...

A Gore woman is scheduled for an April 24 felony disposition docket after being charged with two felony counts of battery/assault and battery on a police officer and one misdemeanor charge of public i...

A total of 215 Easter baskets were given to students in Pre-K, Kindergarten and first grade at Vian Elementary thanks to Operation Peter Cottontail. This event was made possible by Vian Nursing & Reha...

Class 3A No. 14 Vian begins postseason play on Thursday when the Wolverines host West-ville in the District 3A-18 Tournament. Vian and the Yellow-jackets will play at 1 and 3:30 p.m. on Thursday in th...

The Vian Title VI Indian Education public hearing and parent committee meeting is Wednesday, April 24 at 6 p.m. in the Federal Programs Office, located west of the Vian Public School baseball field. T...

On Feb. 8, the fifth grade class of Gore Elementary attended Colonial Days at the State Capitol. Colonial Days was organized in order to allow fifth grade students in Oklahoma to experience what life ...

The Sallisaw Police Department, along with the Sallisaw NOW Coalition and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will be taking back unwanted prescription drugs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Apr...

What is Easter? God’s birthday! What do you do to celebrate Easter? See my grandparents and eat dinner. What is your favorite part about Easter? Spending time with family and hunting eggs! What is Ea...

The Gore Area Scrap Happy Quilters would like to thank all who made their ‘Quilt Madness’ show a success. A big thank you to all helped, got the word out, and to those who participated in the show. Th...

Dear Editor, We want to thank everyone who was there for us during the loss of our papa, Raymond Baggett. We appreciate all the calls, prayers, thoughts, food, flowers and other acts of kindness that ...

Blackgum firefighters responded Friday afternoon to what at first was a grass fire, in the Jimmie Rogers lake lot just behind Big Daddy’s, across from Tenkiller State Park. When firefighters arrived ...

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol is pleased to announce the opening of applications for the 66th Oklahoma Highway Patrol Academy. This is the first academy to be introduced since the 65th OHP Academy initi...

The biennial Vian All School Reunion has been slated for May 25 from 5p.m. to 10p.m. at the Vian Cafetorium. Attendees are urged to bring yearbooks and old pictures and remember when. Everyone is welc...

This was a vital deadline week at the Capitol. Thursday was the final day to pass all remaining Senate bills through their House committees, a necessary step so they’re eligible to be heard and voted ...

Vian United Methodist Church will have a Maundy Thursday Service on April 18 beginning at 7:30 p.m. A Good Friday Service will be held April 19 beginning at 7:30 p.m.

The Women of First Missionary Baptist Church are celebrating The Essence of a Godly Woman. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to...

Recently, Gore Elementary School was honored to receive a Fine Arts donation. It turns out the students were in the right place at the right time. Students and staff were in attendance at the Tulsa Pe...

Jesus said: “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6). Jesus gave His life for the sinner… you and me! Praise the Lord! We can be cleansed from ...