A tractor-trailer rig carrying frozen meat products was involved in a single-vehicle accident mid-morning last Saturday on U.S. Interstate-40 causing eastbound traffic to detour for 11 hours, the Okla...

You don’t have to be afraid! God’s with you even when you don’t think so! The Heavens, God’s creation, declares the glory of God! Look up, for your redemption draws nigh! Psalms 19:1-14 1 (To the chie...

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, ...

Price’s Chapel Baptist Church will be having their 8th annual Prayer March, which will run through May 6 at 6 p.m. every day, where they will be Marching and Praying for our nation, states, counties, ...

Editor’s note: If the age does not appear next to a name, it was not listed in the court record. Felony Docket Danny Craighead, 62: Battery/A&B on police officer. Criminal Misdemeanors Matthew C. Bosc...

The Box Cemetery Board Committee will hold their annual meeting on May 6 at 7 p.m. at the Box Cemetery building, located north of Vian. Cleanup day will be held on May 15 and Decoration on May 16.

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...

The Gore Board of Trustees met on April 13 for their regular monthly meeting where they swore in Joni Couch and Robin Henry to their oath of office as trustees, and then voted to keep Bob Warren as ma...

The Webbers Falls Board of Trustees voted to appoint a new mayor and vice mayor during their regular monthly meeting on April 13, after former mayor Sandra Wright said she didn’t want to be appointed ...

Two people from Conway, Ark. have been charged with a felony count each of possession of stolen vehicle after being stopped by a Sequoyah County Sheriff ’s deputy for speeding. Taylor Brown, 21, and I...

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...

RL Bell of Braggs announces his candidacy and plans to run for District 5 Tribal Council of the Cherokee Nation. Bell, who was raised in the Cherokee culture while growing up in the small town located...

Zoey Pruitt Age 6, Vian Are you a good friend? Why do you think so? Yes, I’m nice to my friends and I give them toys. Would you cheat on a test if you knew you would not get caught? Why or why not? N...

Former State Representative for District 2 John Bennett was recently elected chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party. The office is for a two-year term. “Overwhelmingly, Republicans stand and fight ...

A semi that overturned in the eastbound lane of U.S. Interstate-40 on Saturday afternoon shut down traffic for approximately 11 hours and four minutes, according to a press release issued by Oklahoma...

Workers with Watkins Monuments in Van Buren, Ark. installed the new monument honoring Capt. Neil S. Bynum in Vian’s downtown Anna Bell Farmer Park last Tuesday. A dedication ceremony is planned for 1...

1 Peter 5:7 says: Casting all your care upon Him, for He careth for you. We left off last week talking about the fact that God cares enough about us that He supplies all our need according to His rich...

Exodus 8:9-10 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain i...

“Ask, and it will be given to you” (Matt. 7:7). “And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son” (John 14:13). What are the needs in your life today? Do y...

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, ...