The Oklahoma Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program will now operate under the Office of the Attorney General. The program investigates and resolves complaints involving longterm care facilities like nursin...

ARE YOU READY TO MEET JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR, OR JUDGE? ALL KNEES WILL BOW! WE, ALL, WILL COME BEFORE JESUS CHRIST! Romans 2:1-29 1Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that j...

The Emergency Drought Committee voted to approve a new program aimed to provide emergency drought assistance to Oklahoma producers. The application period opens Nov. 12 and runs through Jan. 31, 2025....

I think back on my adventures (as I like to call them) with my friend Kevin and I wonder why I am his friend? It might be for entertainment. We certainly have had some interesting times. I think about...

DON’T LET YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED! KNOW JESUS CHRIST, KNOW ETERNAL LIFE! NO JESUS CHRIST, NO ETERNAL LIFE! I LOVE JESUS CHRIST! JESUS CHRIST IS MY LORD AND SAVIOR! PRAISE JESUS CHRIST’S HOLY NAME! Matt...

A special Veterans Day service has been planned for 11 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 10, at Vian Assembly of God church, 205 Schley St. Every veteran attending will receive a thank you gift, and a free meal wi...

Last week I told about my experience as an arsonist with my good friend Kevin down at Lequire. Well, I don’t think its arson when it is an abandoned and condemned house owned by the guy who you are he...

Lisa Ridgeway, with Armstrong Bank, in Sallisaw, recently completed the Oklahoma Bankers Association Consumer Lending School in Oklahoma City. Ridgeway was among 38 graduates of the school, which was ...

HAVE JOY IN THE LORD! RAISE JESUS CHRIST’S HOLY NAME! Philippians 4:1-23 1Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. 2I besee...

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...

The Cherokee Nation is now accepting applications for its annual Elder Angel Project, which provides Christmas gifts to eligible Cherokee elders. Last year around 430 Cherokee elders were provided gif...

Recently Jill and I were recounting some of my adventures, or maybe I should say my misadventures! One of them that still makes her cringe is the “house afire” incident down in Lequire (south of Stigl...

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland has approved an initial set of 78 communities across 47 states, territories, and the District of Columbia, for designation under Section 1103 of the Violence Agains...

THE HEART OF MAN IS VERY EVIL! WICKED, WICKED, WICKED! ONLY JESUS CHRIST CAN CHANGE THE HEART OF MAN! Genesis 6:5-6 5And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagi...

Last weekend I went to Tulsa and met my siblings. My baby brother was there with his wife. I say baby brother with tongue-incheek as Marty is about 6’5’ when standing straight up. He tips the scales a...

BE THE BEST WORKER IN GOD’S VINEYARD THAT GOD KNOWS YOU/ME/WE CAN BE! GOD WANTS EVERYONE TO BE ABOUT HIS LOVE AND BUSINESS! Matthew 21:1-46 1And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Be...

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...

The 2024 Little Miss Gore pageant has announced the winners from the event, which was held during Gore’s Day in the Park on Oct. 5. Baby Miss Gore: Lakelynn Morgan - winner; Steve White - first runner...

GOD CONTROLS THE RAIN AND THE AIR! MANY PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW THIS! STUDY GOD’S HOLY WORD! Job 36:22-33 22Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him? 23Who hath enjoined him his way? or who...

Growing up a preacher’s kid must be interesting. I never was a preacher’s kid, but I did raise three of them. They each have stories to tell of their experiences at different churches, and what it was...