This New Year, the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office is partnering with more than 120 local and state law enforcement agencies to share the message about the dangers of impaired driving. The Oklahoma Hig...

Brynn Barnoskie of Vian, is announcing Ms. Jordan’s School of Dance Spring Recital to be performed June 4, 2022 at the Alma Performing Art Center. The school is excited to announce this year’s recital...

When God gave us the New Testament law of love, He said we’re to love our neighbor as we love ourselves,. That just means that we’re to love our fellow man and fellow believer as we would love ourselv...

An individual is searching for DB&O (Deaf, Blind and Orphan Institute) Alum to assist in erecting a monument in remembrance of orphans who died at DB&O, and were buried in unmarked graves. Interested ...

The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from October business. The monies they reported this period represent sales...

AA Meetings are now being held in Vian at a new location, Vian United Methodist Church, which is located at the corner of Lee and Blackstone Streets. The meetings will be held each week on Tuesday and...

I was sitting watching ants feed on some ant bait. Do you know that’s very similar to what ol’ Satan does with people? He sets traps up to entice and kill p eople—anything that will separate people fr...

Authorities are still investigating an incident that occurred last Monday, in which a Sequoyah County Deputy was attacked by a pit bull and the dog’s owner. Charges are pending against James Lee Keith...

Absentee ballot applications are now available for the 2022 Election Year. If you received absentee ballots by mail in 2021 and would like to continue receiving ballots by mail, you will need to compl...

Eligible school districts and sites are invited to apply for TSET Healthy Incentive Grants starting Jan. 3, 2022. The application period will close at 4 p.m. Feb. 3, 2022. “The TSET Healthy Schools In...

For the sixth straight year, the Grand River Dam Authority has approved a budget that includes no rate increases over the next 12 months. The GRDA Board of Directors approved the 2022 budget at its De...

I have always been a “the glass is half full, not half empty” kind of person. That’s how I see the world most of the time. But on the other hand, I struggle with fear and anxiety. I face all kinds of ...

Authorities are still investigating an incident that occurred last Monday, in which a Sequoyah County Deputy was attacked by a pit bull and the dog’s owner. Charges are pending against James Lee Keith...

A collision that occurred on the evening of Dec. 22 on East 1060, 1.1 mile west of South 4670 Road in Sallisaw, resulted in a Sallisaw teen being air-lifted to a Tulsa hospital for his injuries. Oklah...

A Porum woman is facing criminal charges of prisoner placing body fluid on government employee and driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs after she reportedly spit on a Gore Police...

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll on residents, facility staff and visitors. As longterm care facilities begin to open up, the need for trained advocates is at an all-time high. The Long-Term C...

Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. signed an executive order last Monday asserting the tribe’s treaty right for citizens to hunt and fish within the Cherokee Nation Reservation, regardl...

The Gore Board of Trustees met Dec. 14 for the regular monthly meeting where they voted to give one employee a raise and then tabled the employment of two others. In the Gore Public Works Authority me...

A Vian man is facing a felony charge of bringing contraband into jail after a hypodermic needle was reportedly found in his shoe while being booked into the Sequoyah County Detention Center. Damariae ...

Collin Lemasters Age 8, Gore What do you want Santa to bring you? A train and a trampoline! What is your What is your favorite Christmas movie? Frosty the Snowman. What will you leave Santa to eat Ch...