Members of the Old Sallisaw High School Association (OSHSA) will have a Valentine’s Day fish fry from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 14. The event will be held at the OSHSA Black Diamond Event Center at 22...

Vian Middle School kicked off its GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) partnership with the University of Oklahoma’s K20 Center for Educational and Community Ren...

We have started our classroom competition and the top classes who collect the most will get to have an ice cream party in the spring. The contest will run from now until Feb. 15, 2019. The PTO is exc...

U.S. Air Force Airman Joshua D. Storment has graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lack-land, San Antonio, Tex. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that in...

In last week’s issue, the story titled, “Gore Man Found With 749 Images Of Child Porn On Phone,” it should have read that John K. Polk has been incarcerated since 2016.

A cup stacking challenge was held in Mrs. Cunningham’s first grade class at Gore Elementary. Students were given 10 cups to stack without failing and quickly learned that stacking was not as easily do...

Sequoyah County Commissioners plan to award a bid to demolish the old Remer’s Slaughter House located on the southwest corner of Dwight Mission Road and U.S. Highway 64 west of Sallisaw. However, the ...

Vian Youth Baseball (VYB) will have a meeting Sunday, Feb. 3 at 3 p.m. at the Vian Police Station. A coach from each team or a team representative must be present. VYB is looking to add a couple board...

Hometown Oklahoma Development, LLC has filed a civil suit against Love’s Country Stores, Inc. in regards to two acres of land purchased by the company over 20 years ago, where a Restrictive Covenant a...

At what age is a person an adult? Age 18, because they can live on their own. If you could change one rule, what would it be? That I wouldn’t have to clean my room! Of all the things you’re learning,...

The Vian Board of Trustees discussed several items during their regular monthly meeting last Monday night and unanimously voted to hire a new full-time officer for the Vian Police Department following...

Eastern Oklahoma Development District Area Agency on Aging announces the availability of Older Americans Act Title III funding.  EODD AAA will be accepting proposals to provide Outreach Services, Nati...

Vian Nursing & Rehab Hello again and welcome to 2019. It’s going to be a great year. Now that the holidays are over we can stop, take a breath and restore our sanity, or so we hope. We have several ne...

The following citations were issued in December: Moses Ballesteros: Speeding 11-15 over. Carla Barnes: Speeding 11-15 over. Amber Barnett: Disturbance of public peace. Makayla Bledsoe: Speeding 11-15 ...

Dear Editor, Perhaps you sent a lovely card, or sat quietly in a chair Perhaps you sent a floral piece, if so we saw it there. Perhaps you sang a cheerful song, if so we heard it all Perhaps you praye...

Round Mountain Community Church We need to know that there is a Godward side and a manward side. In other words, God has a part to play and man has a part to play when it comes to the promises of God....

The Cherokee Nation honored 13 military veterans, including one from Gore, with the tribe’s Medal of Patriotism during the January Tribal Council meeting last Monday. Veterans were recognized by Chero...

I used to reminisce a past that made me glad New memories though, too often leave me sad. Frequently those I’ve known continue to die Each is a reminder how fast our life passes by. Children seldom tr...

A Gore man has been charged with felony assault, battery, or assault and battery with a dangerous weapon after he reportedly stabbed his roommate earlier this month. Clyde Paul Stamp, 50, was formally...

The Christian Union Station You were bought with a price. By this time, you’re probably thinking, “This Pastor has lost his ever-loving mind.” I’m glad to say I haven’t and I don’t want you to lose yo...