The 35th Round Mountain/Carlile Reunion will be held Saturday, May 11, featuring the Ritters. Activities start around 10:30 a.m., come early to get a good parking spot. There will be a covered dish l...

Are you a good friend? Yes, because people let me play with them. How would the world be different if animals could talk? Crazy! Would you cheat on a test if you knew you wouldn’t get caught? No, bec...

Vian Track Vian High School juniors Chandler Poole and Kaylee Teehee earned a combined three medals on Saturday in the Class 4A/3A State Track and Field Meet held at Catoosa High School’s Mike Mobra ...

Vian Baseball Vian’s high school baseball team went 2-2 last week in the Class 3A Kingston Regional but the second loss to fourth-ranked Kingston ended the No. 14 Wolverines’ season on Saturday. The ...

A Sallisaw man was arrested Friday in a local hotel room after deputies with the Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Office and Sallisaw Police Officers teamed up to execute a narcotics search warrant. Jerry F...

What are taxes? If you buy something it’s extra money you have to pay! What does the President of the United States do? A bunch of paperwork and speeches. What are politics? I think they’re a thief! ...

The Vian TSA recently won the State competition over 1,200 students from across Oklahoma at the State TSA Conference, April 10-12, in Norman. TSA is just one of the divisions of the Oklahoma State De...

Vian Track Five Vian High School tracksters qualified for this week’s Class 3A state track meet in Catoosa with top-3 or better finishes at Saturday’s regional track meet at Checotah High School’s Ve...

Scribbles and Poems by a Blackgum Mountain Boy This is the time of year seniors are looking forward to graduating from high school. It’s also the time, 60 years ago in 1959, I was graduating from eig...

Gore Elementary students got fired up for Oklahoma State Testing by having their annual State Testing Prep Rally. If you have ever been to a pep rally then you know what a Prep Rally is, except the p...

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...

High School Baseball For the second year in a row Gore’s high school baseball team will travel south to Wright City for its Class A Regional Tournament. Wright City, the Class A runner-up in 2018, is...

High School Track Class 3A Vian and 2A Gore’s high school track teams will travel to Checotah and Okemah, respectively, on Saturday for their regional track meets. The regional meets, which determine...

Gore Slowpitch Gore’s high school slowpitch season ended last Wednesday in Okmulgee County with a pair of District A-8 Tournament losses to No. 8 Preston. The Lady Pirates (12-9 for the season) defea...

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...

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 ...

High School Track Vian and Gore’s high school track teams will find out their Class 3A and 2A regional assignments on Thursday when the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) releas...

Shelby Taylor, 11 Vian Elementary If you could have any animal in the world and shrink it down, which would you choose? A dolphin! What would you name it? Crystal. What would it eat? Little fish or c...

Chebon Charcoal, 9 Vian Elementary If you could build a clubhouse anywhere, where would you build it? On the tallest mountain in the world! What would it look like? A castle on the mountain. What wou...