The Cherokee Nation’s Motor Vehicle tags year-to-date sales has increased by 14 percent compared to March 2020, according to the tax commission administrator. The tribe offers car tag renewals online,...

Anyone in need of clothing can visit God’s Blessings Clothes Closet in Vian. The clothes closet isbe open the first Saturday of each month for anyone needing clothing or other neessary items. The Clot...

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for Children of Muskogee, Wagoner, McIntosh, and Sequoyah Counties is expanding its efforts to represent the interest of abused and neglected children. The pro...

Principal’s Honor Roll – All A’s and B’s First Grade: Arleigh Akin, Blair Barnes, Amarra Carter, Lillian Clark-Perkins, Alekzandr Fuller, Beau Hofstetter, Mary McLennan, Laken Pack, Jacob Ponticelli, ...

The Vian Ministerial Alliance presents Preaching in the Park every Wednesday night in the downtown Anna Bell Farmer Park beginning at 6 p.m. (weather permitting). A different Alliance Pastor will be p...

Caretakers with Box Cemetery, located north of Vian are asking that all flowers be removed by June 10 or they could be discarded. The cemetery will be resuming mowing as soon as the ground dries up.

On Thursday, June 10, Gore Public School will hold an American Rescue Plan meeting, components including the proposed Safe Return Plan, at 10:30 a.m. in the School Conference room, 1200 N. Hwy. 10. Th...

The Blackgum Volunteer Fire Department will be hosting a fish fry and pancake breakfast at the Blackgum Community Center, north of Vian. The fish fry will start at 5 p.m. on June 19, with the cost to ...

Marble City School will hold an American Rescue Plan, Safe Return and Continuity of Services Plan meeting at 9 a.m. on June 9 in the School Administration office. The meeting is to provide the opportu...

What is the root of all evil? Yes! It’s the devil, but there’s something more worldly that a lot of people fall for! It’s the love of money! I Timothy 6:1-21 1 Let as many servants as are under the yo...

A Memorial Day Service, sponsored by American Legion Carnie Welch Post 27 will be held at the Sallisaw City Cemetery at 11 a.m., Monday, May 31. There will be a posting of colors, a 21-gun salute, pla...

The Eastern Oklahoma Development District (EODD) Area Agency on Aging has announced the availability of assistance for seniors who are raising children and for caregivers of seniors. Seniors Raising C...

Wednesday, May 19 & 26 The Sequoyah County Historical Society museum will be open on Wednesdays from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Please wear a mask. The Historical Society will not hold group meetings until CO...

An account has been set up to aid the Evening Shade Community Building’s food distribution. Monetary donations can be made to their account at Armstrong Bank in Vian.

Honor rolls at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford and Sayre have been announced for the 2021 spring semester. There were 637 students on the Dean’s Honor Roll after completing 12 se...

Tee Jay Trotter of Vian graduated from Eastern Oklahoma State College with an A.S. in agriculture business despite the challenges he faced to complete his education during a global pandemic. Trotter i...

The Blackgum Volunteer Fire Department will be hosting a pancake breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 29, at the Blackgum Community Center. Cost is $7 for adults and $5 for children 12 and und...

Spring is here, and summer is just around the corner. The weather is warming, and landscapes are becoming more colorful. The month of May has been proclaimed as Older Americans Month. This year’s them...

Ryly Ziese of Cookson has been named Sequoyah High School’s 2021 class valedictorian. She is the daughter of Sean and Ginger Ziese, with a weighted GPA of 4.59. Ziese will be attending Ziese will be a...

Cookson Community Crime Watch will be holding a meeting on Thursday, May 20 at 7 p.m. at the Cookson Fire Department. Everyone in the Cookson Community is invited to attend. For more info, call 918-77...