On Saturday, March 14, Canterbury Chapel Thrift Store in Vian will be wiping out all their winter clothing for $1 a bag. Come in from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and stuff all the winter items into a bag you ca...

A Vian man has reportedly been arrested for harboring a fugitive from justice. Darryl Patterson, 64, was formally charged on March 4 and received a $3,000 bond. He is now scheduled for an April 15 fel...

Dear Editor, The family of Bessie Aline Cato Johnson would like to thank everyone for the kind words, calls, beautiful flowers and cards. Our mom was an amazing woman and a wonderful mother and mam-ma...

A Welling man reportedly drowned last Monday at Tenkiller Lake near Horseshoe Bend in Cherokee County. Trooper Cody Cross of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Marine Enforcement Division said Christopher E....

The Evening Shade Community Center is hosting a food give-a-way on Saturday, March 14 from 6 to 9 p.m. The food give-a-way is open to any one. You do not have to provide proof of income. On Saturday m...

A bench warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Gore man who has been charged with felony assault, battery or assault and battery with a dangerous weapon after he reportedly stabbed another man at...

Vian Fire Chief Keith Boshers said the home of George Drew, located south of Vian at 107285 S. 4520 Road was a complete loss on Friday after it caught fire for an unknown reason. Boshers said Vian and...

AMIE REMER EDITOR When Jason Carter purchased Vian Pharmacy four years ago he began thinking of ways that could benefit the business and the community that uses it. “I wanted to provide a drive-thru w...

My daughter Sydney is getting married in but July her soon-to-be husband just got a job in Ohio, so they’re now in the process of trying to move to Dayton before the wedding. She asked if I would driv...

Sequoyah County Sheriff Larry Lane, Jr. has announced he will seek a second term in the 2020 election. Lane is the 21st elected Sheriff of Sequoyah County and began his term on Jan. 1, 2017, after win...

Raylee Reason, 10 Vian Elementary If you were President, what would you do? Let people do whatever they want! What do you not understand about grownups? They always tell you to listen. What is the gr...

Michael Cobb has formally announced he will seek a second term on the Vian Public School Board of Education. Five years ago Cobb was elected to the seat and since then, he said the school has made a l...

Editor’s Note: In last week’s issue, the headline for Shirley R Watts’ column should have read “Satan - Reality or Symbol of Evil.” The NEWS apologizes for the error and any inconveniences it may have...

(continued from last week) Romans 10:9-10, That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thy heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For wit...

Northeastern Health System Hospice will hold a fundraiser yard sale at 7 a.m. March 20 at the NHS Home Health & Hospice building at 213 E. Redwood, Sallisaw. Donations may be dropped off at the buildi...

The Vian Lions Club is bringing the Culpepper & Merriweather (C&M) Circus to town on Thursday, March 26 for two action-packed 90-minute performances at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at Vian Public Schools, 301...

(All teams listed are high school teams) Thursday, March 5 Vian girls basketball vs. Bethel in Class 3A, Area IV, area consolation first-round game in Checotah (6:30 p.m.); Vian boys basketball vs. Be...

Vian Public School TSA students on Feb. 14 participated in the Sequoyah County Technology Challenge at the Indian Capital Technology Center in Sallisaw. Those students taking honors included: Prepared...

Jeff Mayo, publisher of Sequoyah County Times, Vian Tenkiller News and Eastern Times-Register and president of Cookson Hills Publishers, Inc., has been appointed to the National Newspaper Association ...

Proverbs 17:17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. Proverbs 18:24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a b...