The Blackgum Volunteer Fire Department will be hosting a pancake breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 29, at the Blackgum Community Center. Cost is $7 for adults and $5 for children 12 and und...

It took a Sequoyah County District Court jury only about 30 minutes to return a verdict of not guilty for Robert Ward, Sr., who was on trial last Monday and Tuesday for knowingly concealing stolen pro...

Registered voters who want to cast an absentee ballot but have missed the April 16 deadline may still cast an early absentee ballot at the CNEC office on May 29 and June 1, 2 and 3. An In-person Absen...

As the COVID-19 crisis abates in Oklahoma and around the nation, and public health emergency orders begin to expire, some emergency responses and protocols put in place to help Oklahomans during the p...

The following citations were issued in April: Jade Hodges: Obstruction of driver view. Charles Chew: Operating a M/V without a DL. Roxana Ontiveros: Operating a M/V without a DL. Clayton G. Patterson:...

The following citations were issued in April: Xeng Vang: Speeding 16-20 mph over. Tadarii T. Jordan: Illegal U-turn. Cassandra L. Pawlowski: Speeding 11-15 mph over. Lisa A. Johnson: Failure to yield ...

Cool weather helped keep severe weather at bay in Oklahoma throughout much of April. A late spring freeze— damaging in its own right—punctuated the scarcity of severe weather during the month’s first ...

Editor’s note: If the age does not appear next to a name, it was not listed in the court record. Felony Docket Colton D. Goff, 24, Bonanza, Ark.: DUI–alcohol; DUS. Jason N. Hight, 54, Sallisaw: Poss. ...

A Crusade for Christ event will be held on Saturday, May 22, beginning at 11 a.m. in the downtown Anna Bell Farmer Park in Vian. There will be hotdogs and beverages and everyone is welcome to attend. ...

A Sequoyah County Sportsman’s Night Out will be held on Friday, May 14, at Clearwater Cafe inside Tenkiller State Park beginning at 6 p.m. There will be live music, raffles and auctions, and tickets m...

More than 180 school districts in Oklahoma including five from Sequoyah County have joined a lawsuit against the state education board due to a settlement which opened local tax dollars to charter sch...

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, ...

Area residents will soon get a first look at the newly remodeled Walmart Supercenter at 1101 W. Ruth Ave. in Sallisaw, as the much-anticipated project is now complete. The remodel creates a seamless s...

We’re all going to die! Yes! Are you going to die a sinner, or a sinner saved by the love and grace of Jesus Christ? We have a choice while we’re in these clay tabernacles God created for us! When our...

The Town of Vian and Vian Public Works Authority will hold a public hearing on its proposed budget for 2021-2022 on Monday, May 17, at 6:30 p.m. at the Police Department Building, located at 100 S. Bl...

The Oklahoma Health Care Authority is providing additional clarification regarding the significant changes coming to the state’s Medicaid program. On June 30, 2020, Oklahomans voted to expand SoonerCa...

Gore Public Works Authority (GPWA) customers will be allowed to dispose of undesirable items with some exceptions during the Town of Gore’s Spring Cleanup on Saturday, May 15, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Th...

The Vian Board of Education held a special meeting on April 12, where they approved a COVID-19 re-entry plan for the remainder of the school year and to initiate legal action against the State Board o...

A Sallisaw man has been charged with a felony count of domestic assault and battery by strangulation following a reported assault at the El Siesta Motel in Vian. Jeremiah D. Sallee, 32, was reportedly...

“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life...” Unbeliever Have you ...