Aidan Dickerson

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Pirates top Midway in Porum Tourney Opener

By Lea Lessley Sports Writer

January 19, 2023

GORE HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALLGore advanced to the semifinals of the Cross Telephone Invitational Tournament in Porum Monday with its decisive 57-24 first-round win over Midway.The top-seeded Pirate...

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Gore takes two from Porter Pirates Tuesday

By Lea Lessley Sports Writer

January 19, 2023

GORE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Gore won both of its Riverside Athletic Conference contests Tuesday night at Porter. Gore girls 56, Porter 45 Gore’s Lindsey Pierce scored a team-high 25 points Tuesday nig...

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Gore girls, boys fall on the road at Okay

By Lea Lessley Sports Writer

January 17, 2023

GORE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALLThe Gore girls’ and boys’ basketball teams lost their Riverside Athletic Conference games at Okay Friday night in Wagoner County.OKAY GIRLS 58, GORE 31The Lady Mustangs impr...

Football seasons come to an end in state quarterfinals

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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Football seasons come to an end in state quarterfinals

November 24, 2023

The 2023 high school football seasons came to a screeching halt Friday night as both the Central Tigers and the Vian Wolverines lost their respective state quarterfinal playoff games. The historic per...

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175 YEARS & COUNTING

Sallisaw's oldest church eyes future with optimism, excitement, stability

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

November 23, 2023

Surely it was not all that long ago that members of First United Methodist Church carried on foot an old rugged, wooden cross the one and a half miles from their former church building at Creek Avenue...

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Perry’s Office Supply completes facade facelift

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

November 23, 2023

Gus Perry figures his office supply building at 205 N. Oak Street in downtown Sallisaw ought to be good for the next 100 years. After all, the building lasted 102 years before the brick facade began g...

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Commissioners approve agreement to help find employment for job seekers

By Lynn McCulley Staff Writer

November 23, 2023

Sequoyah County Commissioners approved a “Consortium” agreement between local elected officials and the Green Country Workforce Development Board at their regular meeting, Monday. According to Distric...

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JUST FOLKS

Norma Griffith

By EDITOR

November 23, 2023

If it is happening in Webbers Falls, you can bet Norma Griffith will either be involved or is coordinating the event. “I enjoy staying busy and the best way I’ve found to do that is to be involved in ...