North and southbound SH-82 will be narrowed to one lane with flagging operations in place at the I-40 junction in Vian from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily through March 5 as part of an ongoing pavement and br...

God’s Blessings Clothes Closet in Vian will be doing a clothing giveaway on Saturday, March 13, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the clothes closet, located on US-SH 64 West in Vian. Ruby Pigeon with the clot...

The Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Office reported last Tuesday there’s no truth to rumors, which began escalating on Facebook about a dead body in Sequoyah County. Sequoyah County Undersheriff Greg Cox sa...

The Gore Board of Education met for its regular monthly meeting on Feb. 8 where they voted to approve the school’s principals’ employments for the 2021-2022 school year. Board vice president Cody Sloa...

Vian’s Board of Trustees voted to hire two new police officers for the Vian Police Department during their monthly meeting, Feb. 16. Standard offers of employment were offered to both Kevin W. Mackey ...

Vian Public Schools announced on Feb. 23 that they are suspending the school’s Purple/Gold Rotation Schedule, effective Monday, March 8. Students who are currently participating in the rotation schedu...

The Gore Board of Trustees took care of two months worth of agenda items on Feb. 9, after canceling their Jan. 12 regular monthly meeting. The night was scheduled to start off with a special presentat...

Coronavirus Watch 3/01/2021 The Oklahoma State Department of Health reported the following COVID -19 numbers for Monday, March 01, 2021 • State Total Positive Cases, 424,888: Deaths, 4,478: Recovered,...

Coronavirus Watch 2/26/2021 The Oklahoma State Department of Health reported the following COVID -19 numbers for Friday, Feb. 26, 2021 • State Total Positive Cases, 423,023: Deaths, 4,320: Recovered, ...

Matthew 24:1-51 1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not ...

A Vian man has reportedly lost his life following a house fire that occurred just north of Vian early Friday morning. Local firefighters were reportedly dispatched to the residence of James Hawes, age...

Locals are seen enjoying the snow on Sheffield Hill last week. Dakota Briggs, left, spirals down the hill as Jamie Hutchinson and Lainey Andrade, center photo, do the same. Lainey is then seen with h...

Winter weather shut down most of the state this week, but the House continued to meet as often as possible to prepare for next week’s deadline. Thursday, Feb. 25 is the final day to pass any House bil...

Maggie Waldrop Age 5, Ada Why do you like being a kid? Because I like playing and grownups don’t play. What advice would you give your parents? To go get your feet rubbed! What do you think you will b...

The Oklahoma Scholarship Competition provides an opportunity for Oklahoma high school students to earn muchneeded funds for college. With at least ten $1,000 cash scholarships/tuition grants in each o...

AARP Oklahoma invites community organizations and local governments across the state to apply for the 2021 Community Challenge grant program. The application deadline is April 14, 2021. Grants fund qu...

Editor’s note: If the age does not appear next to a name, it was not listed in the court record. Felony Docket Douglas D. Defluiter, 26, Vian: Failure to comply with sex offender registration act. Mic...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Gadugi Portal, a centralized database aimed to better connect Cherokee Nation citizens with tribal services, is now live for citizens to manage or update essential information, ...

The Needhams will be in concert beginning at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 26 at Vian Baptist Church, located at 404 W. Schley in Vian. A love offering will be taken and masks and social distancing are appre...

Due to complaints and the threat of a countywide ambulance service, Pafford EMS has vowed to make certain changes and improvements to the ambulance service they are currently providing for Sequoyah Co...