Voters in Sequoyah County who want absentee ballots mailed to them for the April 6 Belfonte and Gore mersville Heights Public Schools Board of Education General Election, and the Town of Gore Board of...

Sequoyah County Commissioners opened bids for an addition to the existing fire station for the McKey Fire Department along with other items discussed or approved at last Wednesday’s regular meeting. T...

A man with addresses in both Sallisaw and Vian is facing a felony charge of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol (DUIalcohol) after reportedly running into the Vian Assembly of...

The Sequoyah County Water Association (SCWA) will hold a ribbon cutting/dedication of its newly completed and now online water plant at 10 a.m. on March 26. The dedication will also include a tour of ...

AA open meetings are held every Tuesday and Friday at 7 p.m. at Canterbury Chapel in Vian. Canterbury Chapel is located at 20 Randel Street, behind the Vian Smoke Shop.

Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and Deputy Chief Bryan Warner are proposing new legislation that would provide Cherokee citizens with access to substance abuse treatment centers, wellness centers and...

The Evening Shade Community Center will be doing a free food distribution giveaway on Saturday, March 20, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. No documentation is required, everyone welcome.

Rep. Randy Randleman, R-Eufaula, secured passage last Wednesday of a bill to allow for more mental health services in eastern Oklahoma. Under rules implemented by the Oklahoma Dept. of Mental Health a...

The 56th annual Sequoyah County Jr. Livestock Show began last Wednesday with check in for goats, lambs and heifers beginning at 4 p.m. Pictured is Chloe Kisselburg and Shelby Briley showing their lamb...

Blackgum Harvestime Church invites you to revival services Sunday, March 7 through Wednesday, March 10 with Evangelists Aaron and Rachel Glasco. Sunday Services times are 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., and Monda...

I know we’re past ‘Snowmaggedon 2021’ and the sun is now shining but I still feel somewhat traumatized over events that unfolded during that week. We haven’t seen snow like that in our area in quite s...

The Cherokee Nation is launching an online assessment program and investing $4 million to help Cherokee homeowners living in the reservation repair plumbing problems caused by the February 2021 winter...

Former Sallisaw Police Lt. Billy Oliver is scheduled to appear for a felony disposition docket on March 31 on charges he raped a woman repeatedly on Nov. 10, 2020, at an Applegate Cove camping area. O...

Dr. Hal Robbins and the surgical staff at Northeastern Health System (NHS)-Sequoyah Hospital were excited last Monday to use a top of the line surgical imaging system which was delivered late last Sun...

The Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics (OSSM) in Oklahoma City has announced that 26 seniors have been named finalists in the 2021 competition for National Merit Scholarships. This is the high...

If you could swap places with anyone in the world for just a day, who would you choose? My cat Ron because I’d like to see the world through a cat’s eyes. What’s the funniest thing you’ve ever seen? M...

A Farmer’s Market will open up in downtown Vian at the Anna Bell Farmer Park on Saturday, March 6, and Kialey Wainwright will oversee it. “We already have a Resolution for a Farmer’s Market downtown i...

American Farmers & Ranchers/Oklahoma Farmers Union (AFR/OFU) Cooperative has gifted Connors State College (CSC) an endowment scholarship of $10,000. The gift will be used to fund a scholarship award f...

AA open meetings are held every Tuesday and Friday at 7 p.m. at Canterbury Chapel in Vian. Canterbury Chapel is located at 20 Randel Street, behind the Vian Smoke Shop.

Are you longing for Heaven? All God’s children are looking for Heaven! Hebrews 11:1-40 1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtaine...