Rogers State University (RSU) announced its President’s and Dean’s Honor Rolls for the spring 2021 semester. Jarrod Pitts of Sallisaw made the Dean’s Honor Roll. To qualify for the Dean’s Honor Roll, ...

Sequoyah County Commissioners issued a certificate of compliance for a soon-to-be local marijuana business owner, Tom Leedon, who submitted his documents and request last Monday, along with conducting...

Drew Williams, left, an incoming second-year medical student at OSU-COM at Cherokee Nation in Tahlequah, recently completed his OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine 2-week Rural Externship with Dr. Pat...

The deadline for the July 7 issue of the Vian Tenkiller NEWS has been moved to 12 noon, Thursday, July 1. The NEWS will be closed Friday, July 2, through Monday, July 5, in celebration of the July 4th...

The District Attorney in charge of the case against Sequoyah County Court Clerk Gina Cox on Thursday released a copy of the deferred prosecution agreement, which shows special conditions she must meet...

Kylie McEver Age 10, Vian What are taxes? Where you pay for your bills. What does the President of the United States do? Gives us privileges and does work for our country. What are politics? Someone ...

A Gore man drown in Lake Tenkiller at Strayhorn Cove last Saturday, according to a report from the Oklahoma Highway Lake Patrol Northeast Regional Communications Center. Justin Colby Morgan, 37, was p...

Lake Tenkiller The Greater Tenkiller Area Association (GTAA) will host their annual Lake Tenkiller Fireworks Show on Sunday, July 4, beginning at dusk. Fireworks can be seen from Tenkiller State Park ...

A Vian woman has been charged with a felony county of battery/ assault and battery on a police officer after reportedly assaulting a detention officer while incarcerated in the Sequoyah County jail. P...

A Birmingham, Ala. man has been charged with a felony count of knowingly receiving or concealing stolen property after deputies found a stolen pistol in his possession after being stopped in the parki...

Elyzabeth Pruitt Age 9, Vian What is your favorite firecracker? The ones you throw on the ground and they pop! How will your family celebrate July 4th? We watch fireworks together and eat lots of foo...

Matthew 26:41 “Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” This has become a cliché in this world. It is changed slightly to say the spirit...

Continued from last week Another enemy of faith or the reason many are defeated in their faith life is that they try to substitute faith for either hope or mental agreement. People constant ly say, we...

A GoFundMe account was created on Monday morning by Matt Dickerson for the family and three sons of Justin Morgan, after Morgan reportedly died unexpectedly. Dickerson has set a goal of $10,000 being ...

A benefit account has been set up for a Vian toddler who is undergoing treatment for a rare form of cancer. Odin Maximus Gregory, 2, was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma on June 8, a rare cancer that ...

God’s Blessings Clothes Closet in Vian is closing its doors, according to Raymond and Ruby Pigeon, who operate the clothes closet. “We really hate that we have to close down because we really enjoy d...

Dr. Mary Ivey, 84, a local and committee member of the Rose Lawn Cemetery in Vian, attended the Memorial Day weekend remembrance of the Tulsa Race Massacre, the Black Wall Street Legacy Festival, May ...

“For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death” (II Cor. 7:10). “Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to ...

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, ...

Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) is hosting a blood drive with NHS Sequoyah on June 16, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the bloodmobile. Individuals ages 16 and up are urged to give blood. Successful blood do...