Benefit account, fundraisers set for Naticia ‘Tish’ Drew A benefit account has been set up and fundraisers are in the works to help with travel, medical and other expenses for Naticia “Tish” Drew of V...

What animal would make a good driver? A unicorn! Who or what shouldn’t drive? My 2-year-old sister, Emoriah. She shouldn’t drive!

How old do you have to be to drive? It’s so hard to drive. I don’t know. What animal would make a good driver? A bunny would make a good driver! Who or what shouldn’t drive? My Dad shouldn’t!

Sequoyah County Sheriff Larry Lane Jr. addressed Sequoyah County Commissioners last Monday about complaints he has received about the United Keetoowah Band performing law enforcement duties in and aro...

Senior EODD Area Agency on Aging Mobile Markets will begin at Webbers Falls and Porum on Thursday, June 15. The markets will be held on the third Thursday of the month, and you must be a resident of t...

War, veterans will tell you, changes those who survive it. “After the war, I became a better person, because I learned the importance of things that I have,” says Jim Holman, who became a successful l...

Staff of Vian Public Schools honored out-going superintendent Victor Salcedo and longtime treasurer Ed Brockman on Friday with an appreciation event to thank them for their tireless efforts to the Via...

The Vian Board of Trustees, during their April 17 monthly meeting, voted to keep Dennis Fletcher as mayor and Rick Peoples as vice-mayor by unanimous decision. Both will serve a 2-year term each, acco...

Athena Humphrey Age 3, Sallisaw What is your favorite hobby? Playing outside. What is your favorite animal? My puppy Harrah, because she chases me! Who is your favorite person? Momma, because she love...

There will be a Memorial Day program honoring the I-40 bridge victims and area veterans on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, starting at 10:30 a.m. in the Webbers Falls Park next to the Bridge Memorial.

During a special meeting of the Gore Board of Education on May 5, retiring staff members were recognized and contracts were approved for a new construction project. Retiring are Tereasa “Ms. Terri” Ba...

VIAN HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL After receiving a stellar pitching performance from Diego Ramos on Friday the Wolverines scored 24 runs in the first inning of Saturdays contest on their way to the Class 2A ...

A federal jury has sentenced a Vian man to 30 years in federal prison after being charged with a felony count of aggravated sexual abuse of a child in Indian country. Joshua T. Smith, 41, of Vian, wil...

The Montgomery family recently donated a new basketball court, complete with both regulation and little league goals, to Gore Elementary School. Gore School Superintendent Lucky McCrary said the famil...

Jimi-Lynn Grace Young Age 3, Vian Who is the boss? My daddy is the boss! What’s the best thing about school? Seeing my best buddies and when they swing me! What makes you laugh? Tickles and cat videos...

The day reports card come out at school is often rife with anxiety for students. Did I do as well as I think I did? In areas with room for improvement, did I succeed? Students aren’t the only ones who...

A man with addresses in both Vian and Sallisaw has been charged with failure to register as sex offender after he was found to be living at a Sequoyah County residence for more than three days without...

In collision near Webbers Falls Two women had to be freed by local firefighters following a collision last Tuesday morning, four miles west of Webbers Falls. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Justin Per...

A Gore man is set for a June 7 felony disposition docket in Sequoyah County District Court after being charged on April 14 with a felony count of animal cruelty. Trenton Young, 31, received a $10,000 ...