Carlee Bennett, 6 Vian Elementary How will you bring in the New Year? We’re going to have food and stay up late! Do you have a New Year’s resolution? I want to learn how to play the piano. How will t...

Vian Public School Art teacher Elizabeth Ackerman said over 100 high school and middle school students enrolled in her Art classes have been learning about World Art and are now introducing it to the...

Students of the Gore Elementary Character Council took a caroling trip to Gore Nursing Center to share their love of the season with others. The students sang several Christmas songs and made special ...

Editor’s Note: We failed to continue James Thornton’s announcement in last week’s issue, so the NEWS is running the complete article again this week. We apologize for the error. James Thornton, Sr., a...

Oklahoma State Men’s Basketball STILLWATER — Trey Reeves stepped into the bright lights of the Barclays Center in the heart of Brooklyn to chants he’s never escaped. This time, he welcomed them. “Lit-...

Callie Taylor, 8 Vian Elementary What will you leave out for Santa to eat? Chocolate chip cookies and milk. Will you be on the naughty or nice list? Nice, because I’m nice to everyone! What do you th...

The Sequoyah County Historical Society (SCHC) enjoyed their annual fall trip on Oct. 10 to visit historic, old Fort Smith, Ark. Fifteen members boarded a Kibois bus, driven by James Thornell, at the S...

The Oklahoma Medial Marijuana Authority (OMMA) Call Center is open and welcoming calls. The call center is staffed with 14 operators trained to answer questions regarding Medical Marijuana in Oklahoma...

Voters who want to vote by absentee for the 2020 elections year should submit their absentee ballot applications to their county election board as soon as possible, Sequoyah County election Board Secr...

Winnie Waters, second from right, was the Shop Sallisaw grand prize winner of $1,000 held Saturday at the Stanley Tubbs Memorial Library just prior to the annual Christmas Parade. Presenting her the p...

The Christian Union Station Why is it that we blame God for our problems and woes? I hate to admit it, but I’ve done it, too. I confess my sins before you. Evil abounds in the world because it is a fa...

Town of Gore officials have announced there will be no trash routes ran on Christmas Day or New Year’s Day. Routes that are ran Wednesday through Friday on those weeks will be pushed forward one day: ...

Editor’s note: If the age does not appear next to a name, it was not listed in the court record. Felony Docket Christopher Blackmer, 50, Vian: Domestic abuse - A&B. Nico Castleberry, 21, Roland: Larce...

Thrift Store Open Canterbury Thrift in Vian is open on Saturday only from 9 a.m. until 12 noon. They have re-organized for winter and have lots of jeans, sweaters, coats, hats, scarves and long sleeve...

Sequoyah County District 2 will be setting out roll-off dumpsters on Thursday, Dec. 26 for an after Christmas cleanup. Dumpsters will be placed at the Blackgum Community Building, west of Vian, Marble...

A Sallisaw woman had to be airlifted from the Sallisaw Municipal Airport after she was run over and dragged by a pickup truck according to an investigating officer for the Sallisaw Police Department. ...

A Vian man incarcerated in the Sequoyah County Detention Center has now been charged with felony domestic abuse – assault and battery. Christopher Blackmer, 50, was charged on Dec. 13 and is now slate...

Rumors that the Ki Bois Community Action Foundation, Inc. head start program is shutting down are not true. No head start programs will be shut down. However, there will be a changing of the guard in ...

Effective Jan. 1, 2020, the Vian Peace Center will no longer set aside the second and fourth Tuesday and Thursday of the month as the time for food distribution. Instead, the food pantry will assist i...

Vian Public School’s Board of Education met Dec. 9 where they approved the 2018-2019 audit report, and accepted the resignation of the school’s Cherokee language instructor and JOM Liaison and rehired...