Cherokee Nation and its business arm have announced plans to increase starting wages for most hourly employees working within the tribe and its businesses. Last year, Cherokee Nation Principal Chief C...

The town of Vian is holding fall cleanup days in hopes that residents will take advantage of cleaning up their yards and homes. The cleanup is for residential customers only and trash will be picked u...

A Living Free Bible Study is being held each Wednesday evening at 6:30 p.m. at the Vian United Methodist Church. Who needs help to stay free from life – controlling problems? A life – controlling prob...

Editor’s note: If the age does not appear next to a name, it was not listed in the court record. Felony Docket Seirra M. Berg, 19, Bradenton, Fla.: Trafficking in illegal drugsmarijuana. Anthony L. Du...

GO AND SIN NO MORE! WE CAN LOSE OUT ON HEAVEN IF WE DO! John 5:1-14 1After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, wh...

The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) announced Sept. 28 that it has published 58 new or updated Oklahoma Family Guides to give families a convenient way to support their children’s classr...

“Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown” (Rev. 3:11). Jesus encourages true believers to be faithful in all He has called us to be and to do. Do not allo...

Oklahoma law enforcement officers are now able to receive up to 27 hours of college course credit at Northeastern State University for completing Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLE...

A spiritual law too few realize is: Our confessions rule us. When we use the word confession people auto matically think of confessing sin. The bible does say if we confess our sins, he is faithful an...

Matthew 13:51-52 “Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heave...

Pumpkins offer far more than a doorstop at Hall owe en. Fall is the prime time to find and use sugar or pie pumpkins along with some winter squash varieties for cooking, baking, and preserving. The be...

Gore Public Works Authority (GPWA) customers will be allowed to dispose of undesirable items, with some exceptions, during Gore’s fall cleanup day from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 22. Hazardous...

A bench warrant has been issued for the arrest of a transient charged with failing to register as a sex offender. William N. Martinez, 34, was charged Sept. 22 in Sequoyah County District Court. Sequo...

All seven members of Oklahoma’s delegation in the 117th United States Congress were recently honored with the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 2022 Friend of Farm Bureau award for their service to ag...

A JOM Parent Committee meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 12, at the Vian Public School Cafeteria. A Title VI Indian Education Parent Committee meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Wedn...

Sequoyah County Commissioners have issued a burn ban for all of Sequoyah County which became effective Sept. 26 and will be in effect for 14 days, according to Steve Rutherford, Sequoyah County Emerge...

The effects of drought are devastating, but agricultural data collected during such challenging times is a valuable teaching tool. Oklahoma State University Extension specialists have some retrospecti...

A Vian woman is facing a felony charge of grand larceny after taking several items reportedly valued at over $1,000 from an employee at a local nursing center. Lisa Watie, 56, was charged Sept. 13 in ...

A Tahlequah man reportedly drowned Friday on Lake Tenkiller, according to a report issued by Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Trooper Stan Roedenbeck #842 of the Marine Enforcement Division of Troop W said th...

To hear Josh Rogers tell it, the 17th annual Cruizin’ 64 event on Oct. 8 will not only fill Sallisaw’s autumn event void, but will build on its past success. “It’s really gone big,” says Rogers, presi...