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

A Sallisaw man is dead folloing an automobile accident which occurred around 3:23 p.m. last Tuesday on CR EW1023, Old Highway 17, according to a report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. According to t...

The Town of Webbers Falls will hold their annual Christmas parade at 10 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 11, and are currently looking for participants to enter. “If you’re a business and you’re interested in par...

The Vian Lions Club 43rd annual Christmas Parade of Lights will be held Thursday, Dec. 2. This year’s theme is Hometown Heroes. Line up will start at 5:30 p.m., judging will be at 5:45 p.m. and the pa...

Armstrong Bank in Vian would like to invite the public to a retirement party for Janie Morris on Friday, Dec. 3, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the bank branch in Vian. Morris has been employed by Armstrong Bank...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that Joseph Allen Hernandez, 34, of Marble City, was found guilty by a federal jury of two counts of murder in India...

Chris Smith, 50, of Vian, lost his life in a car accident a few weeks ago and now his friends are helping the family by hosting a benefit at the Sallisaw VFW on Sunday, Dec. 5. There will be an Indian...

A Vian couple is hoping to honor their deceased son this holiday season by asking others to remember him when giving to local angel trees. Steven and Brandy Reaves, who lost their 22-year-old son, Hun...

A Gore woman has been charged with a felony count of falsely personate another to create liability after using another woman’s information during a September traffic stop in Roland. Kayla Bohannon, 32...

After a year away due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Oklahoma Fall Arts Institute at Quarts Mountain is open and hundreds attended the newly renovated Quartz Mountain State Park this October fo...

It’s finally over — well mostly. After months of work, delays and debate, Oklahoma’s Legislature has passed new redistricting maps for the state’s congressional and legislative boundaries. The plans f...

We’re living in troublesome times when Dictators are attempting to destroy the free American way of life! As Soloman said, “There’s nothing new underneath the sun.” We’re living out a couple of chapte...

Sequoyah County Commissioners approved reports, blanket purchase orders and a few other items on the agenda last Monday at their regular meeting. The commissioners approved an initial bid on county pr...

The Vian Board of Trustees met on Nov. 15 where they voted to close out Contract 18292 CDBG 14, for the acquisition of the Armstrong Park property and all expenses related to the CDBG funded project. ...

Cherokee Nation officials want to provide a better understanding of the history and perspectives of Cherokee Freedmen throughout tribal history. The tribe is seeking community input to share the stori...

“Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name” (Ps. 100:4). The season is changing, leaves turning beautiful colors, temperatures doi...

The Cherokee Nation has now signed agreements with 13 city municipalities to donate traffic citation fines the tribe receives back to support those cities in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court McGirt ...

Cobee Cook-Cobb of the Vian FFA recently competed at the Northeast Area Sporting Clays contest in Coweta. The Oil Capital Gun club was the host for this year’s event where more than 50 area FFA shooti...

We’ve been talking about the four steps we can take to receive whatever we want from God our Father. We looked at the woman with the issue of blood who used these four steps to receive healing for her...

Vian Fire Chief Keith Boshers said it took 23 volunteer firefighters from Vian, McKey, Gore and Rural Fire Protection District #1 fire departments and 11 apparatuses to extinguish a structure fire, Th...