Cookson Hills Electric Cooperative (CHEC) recently held its annual Oklahoma Youth Tour competition. Nearly 50 high school juniors from across Sequoyah and Haskell counties applied for the chance to wi...

“Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,you shall fall down and worship the gold image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up;and whoever...

Webbers Falls Public School sixth graders recently read to their second grade Reading Buddies. Both classes said they really enjoyed spending time together reading.

I recently took my truck in to get the oil change and tires rotated. Nothing unusual about that except it seems like I just had that done. I have the truck serviced every 5,000 miles. It is all part o...

Our Blood Institute (OBI) is hosting a community blood drive on Friday, Feb. 27, at Harp’s in Vian, from 2 to 6 p.m. on the bloodmobile. All donors will receive a limited-edition Donor Champions baske...

The Sequoyah County Commissioners have proclaimed February to be Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. Cindy Smith, investigator for the Sequoyah County Sheriff ’s Office, told the commissioners that ...

GORE HIGH SCHOOL Superintendent’s Honor Roll – All A’s Mylee Bruce, Naomi Haney, Alison Briley, Logan Markou, Hallie Brewer, Sarah Mannon, Trenton Cunningham, Eli Munson, Weston Cunningham, Jemma Peev...

The State Historic Preservation Office will host a free webinar on Feb. 24, at noon, for people to learn more about the Dawes Rolls and how to use them to find your ancestors. Laura Martin, deputy dir...

HAVE THE FAITH AS SMALL AS A MUSTARD SEED! HAVING THE FAITH AS SMALL AS A MUSTARD SEED WILL CARRY YOU/ME/US THROUGH THE HARDEST AND HARSHEST OF TIMES! LOOK TO JESUS CHRIST FOR ALL THINGS WHILE IN THIS...

Our Blood Institute (OBI) is hosting a community blood drive on Friday, Feb. 27, at Harp’s in Vian, from 2 to 6 p.m. on the bloodmobile. All donors will receive a limited-edition Donor Champions baske...

From God’s Word “God is jealous, and the Lord avenges; The Lord avenges and is furious. The Lord will take vengeance on His adversaries, And He reserves wrath for His enemies; The Lord is slow to ange...

Let me start by saying that I am not a carpenter. I like to do a little tinkering around the house and home improvement projects, but I don’t think that quite qualifies me to be called a carpenter. I ...

The Masonic Charity Foundation of Oklahoma recently awarded grants for 2026 to 11 Area Agencies on Aging across the state. The awards were announced at the December Oklahoma Association of Area Agenci...

THERE IS ONLY ONE NAME UNDER HEAVEN BY WHICH ANYONE CAN BE SAVED; JESUS CHRIST IS HIS NAME! PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME! COME TO JESUS CHRIST! ACTS 4 : 12Ne ithe r is there salvation in any other: for there ...

First Missionary Baptist Church of Vian is hosting a Valentine’s Day Fellowship of the Heart event from 6 to 9 p.m. on Feb. 14, at the Armstrong Park Community Building. Pastor Mack Jackson and his co...

Superintendent’s Honor Roll – All A’s Genesis Carmichael, Cale Cox, Kennedy Duke, Kaliee Haney, Taylor Kinion, Quinn Montgomery and lan Munson. Principal’s Honor Roll – All A’s and B’s Courtney Crouch...

Eagle Tours at the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Vian are scheduled for February 14, 21 and 28, and March 7. For more information, contact the Refuge at 918-773-5251.

The Vian FFA Chapter is currently selling Blue & Gold products to raise funds for the Vian FFA organization. Sausage, chicken tenderloin fritters, and thick-sliced bacon can be purchased from Jan. 26 ...

Here it is. February has arrived. We survived the artic temperature of the last half of January. With those temperatures came the drifts of snow and a little ice. We survived that also. Now what about...

“And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorifiedintheSon. Ifyouaskanything in My name, I will do it” (John 14:12-15). Christian, how often do you pray to the God of H...