Xander Thornton, 7 Vian Elementary Would you cheat on a test if you knew you wouldn’t get caught? No, because cheating is unfair. If you could grow up to be famous, what would it be for? Tennis, I pl...

Vian Basketball Vian’s high school basketball teams advanced to the semifinals of the Bill Frye Classic on Thursday afternoon with wins over Magazine, Ark. On Friday the Lady Wolverines played Arkoma...

Character Council and Student Council spent time singing Christmas carols to the residents at the Gore Nursing Home. Students sang and shared crafts they made with the residents. Caroling at Christma...

Sequoyah County Conservation District held its annual Soil Judging and Land Survey contest for FFA students of Sequoyah County on Nov. 7. Over 150 county FFA members from Vian, Roland, Gans, Muldrow,...

Althea Tracy, 6 Vian Elementary f you was a super hero, what would your power be? Laser eyes, so I could laser bad guys! What colors would your costume be? Red and green because I like Christmas colo...

About 175 families will not go hungry this Christmas and their kids will not do without Christmas presents due to the efforts of the Pastor’s Fellowship of Sallisaw. Pastor’s Fellowship is provided a...

The Vian FCCLA hosted their annual NE District 5 Extravaganza event, Thursday, Dec. 6. The Sallisaw, Gore and Vian chapters came together for food, fun and fellowship as each group of members wrapped...

What does your family do for Christmas? Open presents, watch Christmas movies and we give my parents a picture of us. What is Christmas? A holiday. What do you want for Christmas? A real horse with g...

Most of us have spoken or heard the phrase, “Oh that word is just on the tip of my tongue.” These aggravating and sometimes embarrassing language disconnects, called “tip-of-the-tongue” lapses, may b...

Gore Basketball Gore’s high school basketball teams will finish the pre-holiday part of their schedules on Thursday when the Lady Pirates and Pirates travel to Central. The girls’ game will start at ...

Vian Basketball Vian’s high school basketball teams will end their pre-Christmas layoffs next week when the Lady Wolverines and Wolverines return to Mansfield, Ark., for the Bill Frye Classic. The to...

The “Kindness Krew” decorating one of the Christmas trees at Northeastern Health System-Sequoyah with ornaments made by the pre-K through second grade classes at Sallisaw’s Liberty Elementary. The Ki...

The following Dear Santa letters are from fifth grade students in Mrs. Gillespie’s class at Vian Elementary: Dear Santa, I would like a Bible, because every year I always get theese neat gagets, and ...

The Penny War is officially over! Kindergarten won the pizza party by bringing the most pennies and all together Vian PTO raised $1137.63! Thank you to everyone who sent your spare change to school. ...

Justice Conpean Vian Elementary What do you plan to do over Christmas Break? Practice basketball with my friend AJ. What does your family do for Christmas? Watch Christmas shows and open presents. Wh...

Fifteen Gore High School football players were recently named to the A-8 All-District team by the district’s coaches. Gore players receiving special All-District honors were James Dover (Co-Offensive...

Vian Basketball Vian’s Iman Harrison scored 11 of his game-high 15 points in the final eight minutes as the Wolverines came from behind in the second half to defeat visiting Wilburton 44-38 and claim...

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 semitrailer quietly left the former Sequoyah Fuels Corporation site near Gore last week, hauling away the last of 511 loads of nuclear waste that has plagued Sequoyah County and its citizens for de...

Chances are, hypertension, otherwise known as high blood pressure, affects you or someone you know. High blood pressure increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, dementia, kidney failure, vision l...