The Cherokee Nation is once again offering its Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program to help eligible families file their 2025 state and federal income tax forms for free. The VITA program ha...

With tax season just around the corner, organizing W-2s, mortgage interest statements, dependent care forms, and other essential documents now can help reduce stress, avoid delays, and ensure taxpayer...

JUDGEMENT DAY IS COMING! FACE JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR REDEEMER AND SAVIOR—HE IS THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE! ALL KNEES SHALL BOW BEFORE JESUS CHRIST! Matthew 12:35-37 35A good man out of the good treasure of the...

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...

From God’s Word “But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night” “He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its seaso...

If you are 60 years of age or older and need access to services such as meals (home delivered or congregate), homemaker services, nutrition counselling, legal help, caregiver services or transportatio...

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...

There is absolutely nothing (and I mean nothing) that will (not can, could or might) cause confusion, chaos or (but most likely AND) just plain pandemonium and panic like the mentioning of the two sim...

JESUS CHRIST IS THE WAY MAKER, HE MAKES A WAY WHEN WE MAY THINK IT CANNOT BE DONE! WHEN WE ARE WEAK, JESUS CHRIST IS STRONG! PAUL SAID IT VERY WELL IN THE BIBLE! 2 Corinthians 12:9-21 9And he said unt...

Norman resident Chloe Flanagan spent nearly a decade quietly caring for her aging grandmother. That meant having a phone that never left her hand, the ringer turned all the way up at night, and a seco...

From God’s Word “And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.” “The night is far spent, the day is at han...

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...

If you are 60 years of age or older and need access to services such as meals (home delivered or congregate), homemaker services, nutrition counselling, legal help, caregiver services or transportatio...

I am quite the camera connoisseur. What I mean is that I collect cameras. I have been involved in photography since I was 15. I worked on the High School Annual staff for 3 years as a photographer. I ...

Susan Cresswell, RN (left) from Catholic Charities Sallisaw welcomed Robert Quintana, pastor of Sallisaw Seventh-day Adventist Church, who recently delivered a donation of $1,000 of baby formula. “Our...

ARE YOU/ME/WE LOOKING FOR JESUS CHRIST’S RETURN? LOOK UP—FOR YOUR REDEMPTION IS GETTING CLOSE! Luke 21:22-28 22For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. 2...

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...

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) seized millions of dollars in contraband during 2025 as part of ongoing efforts to protect staff, inmates and the public and to disrupt illegal activity i...

The Most High “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust” (...

My neighbor across the street, Sharon, had a tree blow down in one of our wind storms last spring. It was a really pretty Redbud tree. It was both pretty to look at and pretty big. It was also a remin...