The OHCE (Oklahoma Home Community Education) once known as the “Extension Homemakers” held their first meeting with the new county Family Community Service educator, Janis Risley, last Thursday at the...

Tex and Teresa Ferguson of Gore celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on Dec. 11, 2021, by renewing their vows at their home at Gore. The couple was married Dec. 11, 1981, in Fort Smith, Ark. at t...

Editor’s note: If the age does not appear next to a name, it was not listed in the court record. Felony Docket Jackie S. Haneberg, 30, Muldrow: Burglary first degree; Eluding/attempting to elude polic...

Dear Editor, We would like to thank the person who left us a bag of coats. We put them on a rack by the driveway and put “free’ on them. They were all taken. God is so good! Raymond and I feel like Go...

Dear Editor, We would like to thank Jim Smith of Sue’s Recycling for the battery he bought for the Vian Nutrition Center. We certainly appreciate him! Dawn Everett & SAC Nutrition

The Needhams will be in concert at Vian Baptist Church at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 25. A love offering will be taken. The church is located The church is located at 404 W. Schley St. in Vian. For more i...

The Oklahoma State Election Board and the Sequoyah County Election Board released their annual voter registration reports showing an increase in voter registration across the state, but locally, numbe...

We’re living in the days that the world says right is wrong and up is down! We’re living in wicked times! As Solomon says, there is nothing new underneath the sun! Ecclesiastes 1:9The thing that hath ...

Greenleaf Properties has great news. Jessica Lineberry has recently started her career in real estate. Although she has only been licensed for a short while, she has been in the real estate world her ...

A call on a domestic disturbance Feb. 1 led to a felony first-degree arson charge last Wednesday against Sammy Lee Scoggins, Jr., 39 of Sallisaw. In an affidavit filed by Sequoyah County deputy Dale C...

The Town of Vian is applying for a Recreational Trails Grant through the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department. The RTP is an assistance program of the Department of Transportation’s Federal High...

Voters in the Vian School District celebrated a huge victory last Tuesday after voters came out in record numbers to vote in favor of constructing a new Vian High School. The new building will not be ...

A Vian man is facing felony charges of malicious injury to property–over $1,000 and mistreating a police dog/ horse, along with a criminal misdemeanor count of resisting an officer after he stabbed se...

Following a hearing held by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training, revoking Lt. Billy Oliver’s certifications, the City of Sallisaw terminated Oliver’s employment on Jan. 31. “On Jan. ...

Editor’s note: If the age does not appear next to a name, it was not listed in the court record. Felony Docket Joseph W. Crowley, 23, Sallisaw: Domestic abuse-A&B. Eric H. Morgan, 48, Sallisaw: Failur...

The Oklahoma History Center (OHC) is currently taking applications from potential vendors and exhibitors for the 2022 Farm-to-Table Festival, to be held March 19, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This free, com...

Kozie Quilters of Sequoyah County met in January to begin an aggressive endeavor to complete quilts for individuals in the county. This group of women love to make quilts and are happy to donate them ...

Sequoyah County Commissioners proclaimed the month of February as “Teen Dating Violence Awareness” Month at last Monday’s meeting. Cindy Smith, Crime Victims Investigator for the Sequoyah County Sheri...

The following citations were issued by the Vian Police Department in January: Trudy Moeckl: Speeding 11-15 mph over. Viktor N. Paplinskiy: Illegal U-turn. Zane R. Ford: Speeding 16-20 mph over; All ta...

AARP Foundation announces the opening of its free Tax-Aide site in Sallisaw, at First Christian Church at 706 North Wheeler. The site will be open on Wednesdays from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. from Feb. 2 u...