Santa will be visiting the Blackgum Community Building on Dec. 22. from 4 to 7 p.m. He will be handing out free candy bags and there will be a photographer available for family pictures. Children will...

November Students of the Month for Gore Elementary were, in no particular order, Lilliona Beason – Pre-K, Gentrie Brasuell – Kindergarten, Amy Perry – first grade, Lily Farhman – second grade, Bailey ...

Although Bobbie Bolin might have been a stay-at-home Mom for a few years before taking a job as an employee for the Cherokee Nation Tag Office, she said does not have any regrets. “It was worth it,” s...

If you could be invisible for a day, what would you do? Play on the school playground! What is the hardest thing about being a kid? Cleaning house! What do you like about being a kid? I get to be in ...

A Gore woman received a deferred sentence last Tuesday after her initial charge of murder in the first degree with deliberate intent was reduced to accessory after the fact. Elizabeth Nicole Stewart, ...

A Vian couple has been charged with felony cruelty to animals after they reportedly failed to provide food and water to two young dogs and a pregnant dog that were in captivity at their residence. Fol...

Santa will be visiting the Blackgum Community Building on Dec. 22. from 4 to 7 p.m. He will be handing out free candy bags and there will be a photographer available for family pictures. Children will...

Sweet Nana’s and The Clothes Closet will have Santa Claus back agin this year at Sweet Nana’s Donut Shop from 12 to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15. You can take pictures with good ole St. Nick. There wil...

Vian Fire Chief Keith Boshers said firefighters from Vian, McKey and Rural Fire Protection District #1 responded to a structure fire Sunday afternoon on West Main and North Rogers just before 3 p.m. B...

Gore’s annual Christmas parade will be held Saturday, Dec. 8. starting at 11 a.m. This year’s theme is “Christmas Through the Ages.” Line up will start about an hour before the parade time.

Vian United Methodist Church I’ve decided that all I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be, I learned by the first grade. These are the things I learned. Share everything....

“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful” (Hebrews 10:23). “…that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works” (Titus ...

Five generations were captured in a family photo during the Thanksgiving holiday. Pictured in back, from the left is grand dad Donald McFarland Jr., great grandmother Ladonna Payne and great-great gr...

There’s times life seems unfair and we feel alone Even some comments we make are taken wrong. During those times, there’s no happiness or glee These burdens fade after a prayer on your knees. When alo...

Vian FFA members have been busy this fall learning and competing in various events from the county level all the way to the state level. FFA members have competed in seven different areas honing thei...

I knew a man who wanted a Ten Commandment church. He said, “If there was a Ten Commandment church, I’d go to church.” I pray he found the Lord. To the best of my knowledge he died looking for a Ten Co...

Volunteer Express would like to thank Kim Clark, Activities Director at Sequoyah Manor Nursing Home for hosting the group’s meeting. They enjoyed meeting and visiting with each other and making plans...

Vian Baptist Church Proverbs 13:21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed. The Primary Conflict Is between What Is Good and What Is Evil Now the primal and bitterest conflic...

The Health and Wellness Center Mobile Dental Clinic will have free basic dental for those that qualify Nov. 29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Vian Peace Center, located at 202 Schley in Vian. Services o...

“Make a Joyful Noise” is the theme for this year’s annual Sallisaw Christmas Parade, scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8 in downtown Sallisaw. Sallisaw Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Marty G...