The Legislature met this past week for the first time since early April. While we took a break from meeting in person for a time, we continued to work from home throughout the past several weeks to se...

The number of people in Sequoyah County applying for unemployment benefits set a COVID-19 pandemic record for the week ending May 2, according to unofficial initial claims estimates supplied by the Ok...

What started as a single arrest by a Sallisaw Police officer has ended up with at least six Sallisaw residents facing charges of using their cell phones to conduct alleged drug transactions. According...

The Sequoyah County Water Association (SCWA) reported an outage on Friday north of Vian, leaving several water customers without water. According to the association’s website, sequoyahwater.org, a con...

The Gore Board of Trustees announced last week there would be no regular board meeting for the town or public works authority in May, due to lack of quorum. The May meetings were originally scheduled ...

Governor Kevin Stitt announced last week that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved another portion of his ongoing request for disaster assistance as part of the State of Oklahom...

Mark Bishop will be in concert on Friday, May 22 at 7 p.m. at Vian Baptist Church. A love offering will be taken. For everyone’s safety, please wear a mask.

Vian Town Administrator Keith Boshers said town workers and oth ers have been busy since last week preparing for the replacement of the new lift station on the south side of town limits. Boshers said ...

Max Smith, chairman of the Sallisaw Farmers Market, announced the Sallisaw Farmers Market will reopen from 8 a.m. on May 9 with drivethrough services. Due to the pandemic and the city’s social distanc...

How long does it take to make dinner? An hour! What is your favorite food? I like bananas. What is one food you would never eat? I wouldn’t eat oatmeal and tomatoes. How long does it take to make din...

On Friday, a pothole located at the 4-way stop in downtown Vian where US-SH 82 and US-SH 64 meet, was filled and patched by ODOT workers. The pothole is notorious for washing out each time it rains so...

The Marble City Public School Indian Education meeting will be held at 9 a.m. on Friday, May 8. The purpose of the meeting is to review activities and expenditures and share information regarding the ...

Charles McGregor, 101, OK; Ethel Aterburn, 103, OK; Louise Zelif, 101, Tulsa; Leota Keener, 103, Coal; Rose Bain, 101, Pontotoc; Lillian Derrevere, 103, Tulsa; Connan Hisey, 101, Cleveland; Ellen McAu...

It is interesting that, with all the advancements today in weaponry and defense, the thing that kills the most people is natural and too small to see with the naked eye. When we put so much emphasis o...

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,...

Arlene Eppler of Sallisaw is retiring as a postal employee after working 31 years as a mail carrier for the Sallisaw Post Office. “My last day of work will be May 29 but it’s time, actually it’s past ...

An accident that occurred last Wednesday three miles east of Sallisaw left one man in critical condition and two others injured, according to a report filed by Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Sheldon ...

Agents from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) arrested the chief of the Webbers Falls police department after an altercation with an officer in the department, according to a release i...

To die is to gain! If–you have Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior! Have you seen such fear as with the COVID-19 virus? If you live as long as some you can say, “yes.” Fear truly is: A liar! Fear not...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Takila Shauntel Carpenter, 34, of Murfreesboro, Tenn. was sentenced to 180 months’ imprisonment, and 5 years of ...