The Cherokee Nation is now using text messages to automatically alert TERO contractors on potential bid solicitations, making it more efficient for contractors to know of upcoming construction project...

The Oklahoma Broadband Office (OBO) has been notified it will receive $797.4 million in federal grant funds to expand the state’s broadband infrastructure to provide high-speed internet access statewi...

AA Meetings are now being held at Vian Vian United Methodist Church, located at the corner of Lee and Blackstone Streets. The meetings are held each week on Tuesday and Friday, beginning at 7 p.m. For...

Authorities are continuing to search for a Webbers Falls man who was last seen on June 29, according to a Silver Alert issued by the Muskogee County Sheriff ’s Office. Robert Welch, 64, was last seen ...

A semi truck driver wreaked havoc on local residents last week after taking down several lines on old Highway 82, leaving many without power and internet. “We understand there are mixed emotions about...

Town of Vian officials welcomed John’s Hamburgers and Ice Cream to the area with a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday morning at the business, located on Highway 64 east. In attendance were (from the left...

Vian’s Favorite Sons and Daughters for 2023 were presented plaques by members of the Vian Community Foundation (VCF) prior to Vian’s Fireworks Extravaganza last Saturday evening. Those include (from l...

A Vian man reportedly died Thursday evening due to injuries he sustained in a twovehicle collision. Fort Smith police reported Austin Thompson, 31, was driving a motorcycle northbound on Towson Ave. w...

A Dallas, Texas man who shot two Arkansas men on Interstate-40 near Vian in July 2021 is scheduled for a 9 a.m. August 7 jury trial, according to Sequoyah County court records. Lee B. King, 28, is fac...

Orders are now being taken for 4-H or FFA members who want to request up to 25 birds per set for the Arkansas/ Oklahoma Broiler Show. Cost is $17 per set, and must be placed with the Sequoyah County O...

Controlled dangerous substance CD: Controlled Drug POSS: Possession TOC: Transporting open container M/V: motor vehicle D.L.: Driver’s license DPS: Department of Public Safety A&B: Assault and Battery...

Chance Cardwell, 28, Sallisaw: Grand larceny. Terry J. Harris, 33, Fort Smith, Ark.: Malicious injury to property- over $1,000. Quincy J. Jones, 27, Mabelvale, Ark.: Endangering others while eluding/a...

Attorney General Gentner Drummond, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares and a bipartisan coalition of 32 other attorneys general are asking the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to hear t...

After allegedly hitting child with machete handle A Sallisaw man has been charged with a felony count of child abuse in Sequoyah County District Court after allegedly using unreasonable force on a chi...

JANIS RISLEY EXT. ED. FCS/4-H Sipping ice-cold lemonade on a hot summer day is one of life’s memorable pleasures. I am not a fan of frozen concentrate, powdered instant mixes, or bottled or canned (re...

Attorney General Gentner Drummond made the following remarks after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up the case of Charter Day School Inc. v. Peltier. The high Court’s lack of action on the cas...

The SH-351/Muskogee Turnpike eastbound on-ramp and westbound off-ramp at US-69 near Muskogee will be closed beginning at 7 a.m. Monday through summer 2023 for all electric tolling operations.

HAPPY MOTHERS AND FATHERS DAY! MAY GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE! YOU HAVE TO ASK! IS JESUS CHRIST FIRST IN YOU LIFE? HE MUST BE! Matthew 12:47-50 47Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy b...

Tammy Sandlin, 50, a lifelong resident of Vian, said the greatest thing about Sequoyah County is living in Vian. “Vian will always be my forever home. Had I not been here, I would not have met my best...

A total of 7,729 students were named to the 2023 spring semester honor rolls at Oklahoma State University (OSU) in Stillwater, including 3,491 students named to the President’s Honor Roll for earning ...