The Gore Lady Pirates got the coaching sister act of Kera Carter and Kendra Reasnor off to a 1-1 start last week to begin the 2025 fastpitch softball season. The Lady Pirates won their season opener 4...

The Mike Mills coaching era for the Webbers Falls Lady Warriors did not get started as desired as they lost all three of their games played last week to begin the 2025 fast-pitch softball season. The ...

The Vian Lady Wolverines went 4-3 during the opening week of the 2025 fast-pitch softball season last week to get the Jaykob Taylor coaching era off and running. After opening with a 23-13 road romp o...

The Vian Wolverines had one of the best football seasons in school history in 2024. The Wolverines went through the regular season undefeated and made it to the Class 2A, Division II State Championshi...

A new fast-pitch softball season for the Vian Lady Wolverines, which started Monday evening in Spiro, brings a new coach. Vian football and baseball assistant coach Jaykob Taylor is taking over for la...

The new fast-pitch softball season for the Gore Lady Pirates will bring a pair of Gore alumni leading the way as coaches. The sister act of new head coach Kera Carter and her sister, assistant coach K...

Some patrons driving by Vian High School’s St. John Stadium during June and early July might have wondered if the new turf for the football field was going to be all in place come time for the Wolveri...

There’s one thing you can count on, at least usually, when high school football practice begins, as it did on Monday. Mother Nature will bring the heat. All school’s football coaching staffs have had ...

As high school football practice for the 2025 season got underway on Monday, the local coaches have a lot of things they would like to see their players get done during the first week, which saw playe...

Just about, if not all, high school football coaches and players have been waiting for Aug. 11 to arrive — and did Monday, which was the first day of organized practice for this upcoming 2025 season. ...

Rebel Buttery, 17, is spending her summer before her senior year working at Hardwaters Shaved Ice in Vian and soaking up her time on Lake Tenkiller. At Hardwaters, Buttery is making a name for herself...

Note: All donated supplies will be divided evenly between grades PK and 12th. Pre-K Small blanket or towel Backpack (no wheels) 1/2 3-ring binder with clear view Headphones Change of clothes in gallon...

For the 15th year, the Oklahoma Hall of Fame will be awarding the Oklahoma Hall of Fame Scholarship to one Oklahoma high school senior. The $6,000 scholarship is awarded based on the student’s leaders...

National Farmers Market Week, August 3 to 9, is the perfect time for Oklahomans to explore their local farmers markets. Shape Your Future, a program of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET), p...

Sequoyah County Rural Fire Department District 1 visited Gore First Baptist Church last week to educate Vacation Bible School attendees on fire safety. The kids got handson experience exploring the fi...

During the annual OHCE (Oklahoma Home and Community Education) State Conference in Oklahoma City July 13-15, the Akins OHCE group won the Healthy Living Most Outstanding Project in the State. On behal...

Two Gore pickleball courts were dedicated last week. The two courts were made possible by the support and donations of Gore Mayor Robin Henry, Gore Vice-Mayor Larry Pack, Gore Board of Trustees member...

This is the last week where no high school fall athletics happen for real for the upcoming 202526 school year. It all starts on Monday — both with the first day of high school football practice as wel...

If you were like me at lunchtime last Thursday, you were in shock at the news of the passing of professional wrestling icon Hulk Hogan at the age of 71 from a heart attack. “The Hulkster,” in my mind ...

Oklahoma City Thunder players Jaylin Williams, holding the Larry O’Brien Trophy for winning the 2025 National Basketball Association Finals last month, and Isaiah Joe celebrate with the crowd who was ...