A Vian man has been sentenced to 51 months in prison, according to a press release issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. Lucas J. Blackbird, 40, was sentenced on a...

Sequoyah County Assessor Brandy Dobbs has announced that Personal Property Renditions were mailed out to Sequoyah County residents beginning Jan. 2. Dobbs says if any renditions are not received by he...

Town of Gore, Sallisaw Public Schools and Help-in-Crisis among recipients A new report is highlighting the many successes of the Cherokee Nation’s $7 million Community Partners Grants (CPG), which wer...

A pastor charged with a felony count of lewd or indecent proposals to a child under the age of 16 following allegations that were made against him in 2023 is now scheduled to go before a judge in Sequ...

January 15 Cherokee Nation Public Health is hosting a breastfeeding class from 1 to 3 p.m. in Conference Rooms A & B at the Cherokee Nation Outpatient Health Center, 19600 E. Ross St., Tahlequah Partn...

Sen. Warren Hamilton, R-McCurtain, has filed legislation to require Oklahoma public school districts and charter schools to submit a list of all available library materials to the State Department of ...

Genesis 2:7 “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” Lets begin with the Michael Martin thought of a li...

Deadline for entries Jan. 24 Do you know an Oklahoma student who loves to write, draw or create? Encourage them to enter their work in the Oklahoma Bar Association’s annual Law Day Art and Writing Con...

Three Republican lawmakers filed an appeal with the Oklahoma Supreme Court in December in an effort to overturn a $127 million OG&E rate increase approved by the Corporation Commission. The lawmakers ...

With less than four weeks to go until the 2025 legislative session convenes, two Republican lawmakers have filed bills to gradually eliminate Oklahoma’s personal income tax. House Bill 1009 by Jay Ste...

If the Farmers’ Almanac is correct — the Almanac claims an accuracy rate of 80%-85%, but studies have shown it is closer to 50% — then Oklahoma and the south central region of the U.S. are in for peri...

Sequoyah County Commissioners at their weekly meeting elected District 1 Commissioner Ray Watts to chair the county board for 2025. District 2 Commissioner Beau Burlison was elected vice chair for 202...

Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and Deputy Chief Bryan Warner gathered in Tahlequah recently to celebrate the third anniversary of the “Speaker Services” program. Chief Hoskin announc...

Gore Public School’s Upper Elementary and High School Students of the Month for December were voted on by school staff. School staff said they are proud of all the students’ hard work and positive inf...

Eastern Oklahoma Development District Area Agency on Aging, Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program would like to wish everyone a happy 2025! A new year brings new goals and aspirations for self-transformati...

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...

Felony Docket Youling Chen, 35, Maple Valley, Wash.: Trafficking in illegal drugs-marijuana. Jarrett A. Burge, 55, Sallisaw: Unlawful poss. of CDS with intent to distribute. Heriberto Dimas-Martinez, ...

Turnpike Troubadour RC Edwards and Lance Roark played an acoustic set in Vian on January 2, a free event hosted by Rustic Cantina. “I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to RC and Lance for tak...

Beau Burlison (left) of Vian was sworn in on Thursday as Sequoyah County Commissioner for District 2 by District Judge Jeff Payton. This is Burlison’s second term. Larry Lane (left) of Vian was sworn ...

“Jeff Edwards: The Future Will Be Cherokee” merges Cherokee culture with contemporary imagery in the newest exhibition at the Cherokee Cultural Pathway in Tahlequah, now through April 20. Edwards, 50,...