Rebecca Gaglia, a second-year medical student and Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. student at OSU Center for Health Sciences, was on spring break when the COVID-19 pandemic reached Oklahoma in March. Watchin...

Each May, during National Foster Care Month, we take the time to raise awareness of the children and families involved in the foster care system and the need for more people to step up to help them. “...

Deer hunters will have more opportunities to harvest antlerless deer this fall, and waterfowlers will have more hunting days in the middle of the season, after the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Comm...

In 1990, Tommy Wright of Vian was the second recipient of the Sequoyah County Farm Bureau Scholarship. This year, his son, Cash Wright is recipient of that same honor. Gary Acker, president of Sequoya...

Kristopher Michael Moore (Republican) is running for U.S. Senate in Oklahoma in 2022. He grew up on a small farm in Okmulgee and has three older sisters. His father is a Dr. of Pharmacy and a minister...

Friday was the last day of work in Sallisaw for Sequoyah County Sheriff ’s Investigator Christian Goode who has taken a new position as an investigator for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation i...

Public consciousness and concern surrounding the threat of the invasive Asian giant hornet is on the rise. Oklahoma State University entomology and plant pathology professor Wyatt Hoback is available ...

Editor’s note: If the age does not appear next to a name, it was not listed in the court record. Felony Docket Tesha Blount, 39, Sallisaw: Unlawful poss. of CD with intent to distribute; Unlawful poss...

Progress continued Friday on Vian’s new basketball court in the downtown Anna Belle Farmer Park. Vian Town Administrator Keith Boshers said crews were working on the new parking lot for the court but ...

Northeastern Health System (NHS) Sequoyah in Sallisaw will be taking their tent down May 4 and lifting certain restrictions for patients and visitors, hospital officials announced last week. “The tria...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma reminds everyone that even as we begin moving toward resumption of normal lives, fraudsters will continue their schemes to take...

Sunday, May 17, is Decoration Day at Vian Garden of Memories. It is important to all of us that the cemetery honors our loved ones with a beautifully groomed landscape. As board members, it is our obl...

Matthew 24:3-8 3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of...

A new bank account number has been assigned to local dialysis patient, Arch Redburn, who is currently undergoing dialysis three times a week until he can receive a kidney transplant. Redburn’s mother,...

While the COVID-19 virus is still front and center in everyone’s life, spring is here and summer is just around the corner. May has been proclaimed as Older Americans Month. While the COVID-19 virus i...

The Vian Public School Johnson-O’Malley Indian Education Committee will meet at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 13, at the Vian Public School in the superintendent’s office. Prior to the JOM Indian Education...

God’s Blessings Clothes Closet in Vian is looking for kitchen items to restock for those in need. Ruby Pigeon said the center just helped two families that lost all their belongings in fires and are n...

Cherokee Nation is extending the deadline for this year's National Treasure nominations due to the COVID-19 health crisis. The honor of Cherokee National Treasure is bestowed upon Cherokee Nation citi...

Traffic was detoured for six and a half hours Friday when two semitrucks involved in separate accidents, caused the delay and disruption in traffic. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation reported ...

The membership of Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association met last week and voted to cancel its 2020 Conference and Trade Show, in an abundance of caution related to the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic ...