While the Oklahoma weather has now turned cold, Oklahomans have hopefully prepared for winter weather. Preparing involves more than going to the grocery store for bread, milk and eggs. Drivers across ...

Eastern Oklahoma Development District Area Agency on Aging, Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program would like to wish everyone a happy 2025! A new year brings new goals and aspirations for self-transformati...

Thanksgiving is in the books. Christmas is a memory and we are now well into the New Year. The resolutions we made January 1st have probably been broken and we are either, “well, I made it longer than...

WALK HAND IN HAND WITH JESUS CHRIST ALL THE HOME TO HEAVEN! HE’S WITH YOU THROUGH TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS! Galatians 5:1-26 1Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and...

Anyone wishing to donate old or no longer used eyeglasses can do so by dropping them off at the Vian Lions Club donation box, located in front of the old Vian Town Hall on Thornton Street. The Lions w...

GOING THROUGH TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS! COUNT IT ALL GLORY IN THE NAME OF THE LORD! IT’S PROOF THAT THIS OL’ WORLD IS NOT A CHRISTIAN’S HOME! PRAISE GOD’S HOLY NAME! 1 Peter 4:1 19 1Forasmuch then as C...

2024 is officially in the books and 2025 is officially here. We are one week into the New Year. How is it going so far? I’m not really sure about this whole New Year thing. I mean, I know that a New Y...

As we start another year, now is a good time to evaluate your landscape and decide on what your gardening goals are for the coming year. Do you want to add another garden bed, or maybe you are plannin...

A Gore man was pronounced deceased on Dec. 23 following a traffic accident in Muskogee County. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Christopher Rochell reported the collision took place just before 7 a.m. ...

With the last few notes of Auld Lang Syne still echoing through the air, many Oklahomans are planning to start the new year with goals of better health and self-improvement. From exercise videos to he...

We got up early, before dawn. We loaded the truck with all the gifts, bags, ice chest of food and the care packet of goodie snacks for the road trip. We backed out of the driveway one minute ahead of ...

LOVE THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT! CHERISH HIM FIRST AND FOREMOST! GOD MADE THE WAY TO COME TO HIM! Deuteronomy 6:1-25 1Now these are the commandment s , the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lor...

Marble City Public School officials would like to say thank you and Merry Christmas to the Marble City Police Department for bringing toys to their students.

It is truly, genuinely and honestly Christmas. I am writing this article the week before Christmas, and you are reading it the day after Christmas. I can’t really ask if you are ready for Christmas… i...

THE STORY OF JESUS CHRIST’S BIRTH IS AMAZING! JESUS CHRIST IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON! MERRY TO CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL! PRAISE JESUS CHIRST’S HOLY NAME! Luke 2:1-52 1And it came to pass in those d...

Mrs. Johnson’s fifth grade ELA class at Vian Elementary extended a reading/writing project designing and creating their very own gingerbread houses. There may be some future architects in this group....

Vian First Assembly of God church is hosting “Unleash the Worship” on Wednesday, Jan. 1, beginning at 6 p.m. Pastor John Bennett invites everyone to join his congregation for a potluck dinner, followe...

CASA for Children is making an urgent call for compassionate adults to step up and make a difference in the lives of abused and neglected children. The need for volunteers has never been greater, and ...

Jena Nelson, the 2020 Oklahoma State Teacher of the Year and a former Democratic State Superintendent candidate, was guest speaker at Sequoyah County Women and Sequoyah County Democrats annual Christm...

Christmas time is always a good and fun time but the one area of Christmas that I struggle with has to be, hands down, gifts and buying them. It is not that I am not good at it. No, the reason is I ha...