The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from February business. The monies they reported this period represent sale...

With everyone staying at home around the world we’re beginning to not only see the hurt it has put on our economy but some of the good that has come out of it, too. I believe Mother Earth is taking ti...

Arkansas and Oklahoma residents with concerns about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic can call Baptist Health’s free hotline for answers to their questions. The number is 479-709-6845 and is staffed...

Imagine going to sleep one day and waking up 40 days later to a world that has changed so drastically that the very thought of not going out to a restaurant to eat leaves you confused. The journey of ...

Proverbs 21:2 “Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.” “Human wisdom delights to trim and arrange the doctrines of the cross into a system more artificial and ...

Fewer people filed initial unemployment claims for the week ending April 11, but the number of claims remains high as COVID-19 related closures and the energy industry crisis continues its toll on the...

Emily Johnson of Sallisaw, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Johnson was initiated at Okla...

The 36th annual Carlile/Round Mountain Reunion scheduled for May 9 has been canceled due to the coronavirus, according to Virginia Garrison. Garrison said they hope to meet with everyone next year.

April 29, 2020 marks the 21st celebration of Denim Day in the United States. Denim Day is the annual sexual assault awareness event that works to start conversations about the destructive attitudes su...

OKLAHOMA CITY – WF Turnpike Candy is a son of multiple world champion Painted Turnpike, and already in his young career he is looking a lot like his sire, winning the Grade 1, $103,200 American Classi...

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...

Vian Baptist Church will renew Sunday Morning worship service at 11 a.m. on May 3. “Our auditorium is large enough that we might maintain our six foot separation and be safe while hearing God’s Word,”...

Oklahoma schools served more than 1.7 million meals to students in a nine-day period during the cessation of school operations in late March, according to new numbers from the Oklahoma State Departmen...

Due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Oklahoma Human Services (OKDHS) is making changes to the current Energy Crisis Assistance Program (ECAP) to help eligible Oklahomans pay their util...

The Oklahoma District Attorneys Council (DAC) announces the Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding (CESF) Program. This funding is to assist eligible public safety/criminal justice state, county, ...

Larryd Daniels, 30, of Gore, was charged on April 15 with felony grand larceny after he reportedly took another man’s cell phone while the man was obtaining money from an ATM machine. According to Seq...

The Vian Board of Education met for their regular monthly meeting on April 13 where thy discussed options for graduation regarding Vian High School’s Class of 2020 and approved temporary appropriation...

Dr. C. Pat Sullivan, DO, and Wanda Choate, MSN, APRN-CNP and Family Nurse Practitioner for Triton Health in Vian, said they are encouraging parents to bring their children in for regular wellness chec...

Carter Cato, 3 Vian If you were an animal, what animal would you be? A frog! Do you like dogs or cats more? Dogs! What animal would you like to ride? Horses! Ellie Johnson, 3 Vian If you were an anim...

Renovations are underway on the front entrance of the Vian Nutrition Center/Vian Community Building. Vian Town Administrator Keith Boshers said Ken Holt (at left) is freshening up the paint and instal...