Eastern Oklahoma Development District (EODD) Area Agency on Aging offers Medicare assistance to seniors on Medicare in comparing Part D prescription plans. It is a good idea to compare Part D plans ev...

The Blackgum Volunteer Fire Department’s annual membership meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at the Blackgum Community Center building north of Vian. It’s very important for all memb...

The 29th reunion of McKey Grade School alumni was held on Oct. 5. The former students and families arrived at their 84-year-old WPA McKey schoolhouse full of excitement and greetings. The meeting prog...

The Sequoyah County Historical Society toured the U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith and the Drennen-Scott home in Van Buren. Each year in October, the Sequoyah County Historical Society goes on its a...

The Oklahoma Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program will now operate under the Office of the Attorney General. The program investigates and resolves complaints involving longterm care facilities like nursin...

Felony Docket Cody Bledsoe, 36, Sallisaw: Unlawful use of communication facility Kayla M. Bohannan, 35, Gore: Unlawful use of communication facility Christopher A. Cardenas, 37, Muldrow: Domestic A&B ...

The Vian Police Department issued the following citations in September: Wilson A. Alvarado-Navarette: Illegal UTurn. Manish Kumar: Illegal U-Turn. Arrian S. Hawkins: Failure to comply with compulsory ...

A large grass fire reported north of Vian on old U.S. Hwy. 82 last Wednesday morning caused some home evacuations until the blaze could be contained. Multiple fire and police agencies, including the C...

The town of Vian is sponsoring a “November to Remember” concert from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9, at the Vian Amphitheater, to conclude their 2024 free concert series. The family fun atmosph...

An Edmond man was pronounced deceased at the scene following an Oct. 27 accident, about six miles north of Gore. Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported the accident happened at about 2:30 a.m. on U.S. Hwy. ...

GORE Gore Public Schools is hosting their 27th annual Veterans Day celebration, beginning at 10 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 11, at the Gore Event Center. Following the celebration, veterans and a guest are i...

Vian’s Board of Education met for its regular meeting on Oct. 14 where the board members were presented with the budget and headcount figures, and approved a board resolution for a school election for...

At the regular meeting of the Gore Board of Trustees on Oct. 22, significant decisions were made regarding community safety and upcoming events. The board welcomed new police officer Robert Rice, appr...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma in Muskogee has announced that Kelly D. Girty, Jr., 30, of Gore, was sentenced to 46 months for illegally possessing a firearm....

CASA for Children is calling on community members to volunteer as Court Appointed Special Advocates, or CASA volunteers, to support children living in foster care. With more kids entering the foster c...

For FAST Friday last week at Gore Public Schools, students learned about potential careers playing Career Headbands, worked on Red Ribbon Week banners, and used their critical thinking skills playing ...

The Blackgum Volunteer Fire Departments annual membership meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at the Blackgum Community Center building, north of Vian.

A 109-minute executive session — the third time since August 12 that a closed-door meeting was on the agenda regarding the county assessor — wasn’t enough for Sequoyah County Commissioners to reaffirm...

At Marble City Community Center through March 25 The life and legacy of Cherokee National Treasure and Spiritual Leader Crosslin Smith is now on display in a new exhibit at the Marble City Community a...

The Emergency Drought Committee voted to approve a new program aimed to provide emergency drought assistance to Oklahoma producers. The application period opens Nov. 12 and runs through Jan. 31, 2025....