The administrator of the Gore Nursing Center issued a followup statement in connection with an employee that has been charged with exploitation of an elderly person or disabled adult. Latosha Locust, ...

The Gore Board of Trustees held their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, June 11 in the Gore Municipal Complex. The trustees started out by approving the financial reports, purchase orders and all fo...

Vian Mayor Dennis Fletcher’s truck was reportedly stolen from a Sallisaw parking lot Friday afternoon, according to a press release issued by Sequoyah County Sheriff Larry Lane. Lane said deputies fro...

The Vian Board of Trustees has yet to agree on creating a town code of ordinances providing for medical marijuana establishments, establishing license and permit requirements as of their June 17 meeti...

A Vian woman was charged with felony grand larceny after she claimed a borrowed laptop had been stolen from her vehicle. Emily K. Mitchell, 22, of Vian was formally charged on June 5 and a bench warra...

Caidan Dockery, 9 Vian Elementary If you could shrink any animal down to a mouse-sized pet, which animal would you choose? A puppy. What would you name it? Fluffy! What would it eat? Little tiny dog ...

Sallisaw and Roland Cherokee Casino employees recently took up donations for area flood victims and donated them to the Vian Peace Center. Pictured from the left is Richard Tyler – Vian Peace Center, ...

Vian Mayor Dennis Fletcher said Vian’s Summer Games were a huge success on June 8 with around 300 people attending. Fletcher said everyone enjoyed a day of family fun and participating in the cornhole...

The Survivor Tree At Webbers Falls School Survived The Flood. The Tree Was Donated To The School As A Seedling Brought, As A Survivor Of The Bombing Of The Alfred P. Murrah Building. The Plaque Marks...

One can drive up and down the streets of Webbers Falls and immediately see the physical aftermath of the historic flooding of the Arkansas River and you don’t have to look far to see the emotional tol...

The Oklahoma Press Association presented its Better Newspaper Contest Awards for 2018 during the OPA Annual Convention, June 7-8, at the Grand Casino Hotel & Resort in Shawnee. This year’s contest had...

Mid-America Chapter of Paralyzed Veterans (MAPVA) would like to take the opportunity to thank the City Of Vian for inviting us to come and display the Hunt Master at the Vian Summer Games. We apprecia...

An arrest warrant has been issued for a Salli-saw man who was owner of Dogwood Greens dispensary on north U.S. Highway 59 in Sallisaw for malicious injury to property and domestic abuse and assault an...

The Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Office hosted a blood drive to benefit Jeff Hughes on June 6 in the Oklahoma Blood Institute’s blood mobile at the Sheriff’s Department. A total of 57 signed up and 37 ga...

Oklahoma Blood Institute will hold a blood drive with NHS Sequoyah on Wednesday, June 19, from 10:15 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Each blood donor will receive a trendy “Summer Vibes” T-shirt and voucher for free ...

At the six McDonald’s locations David Hadley maintains and operates, customers can expect to get the McFlurry they came for. McDonald’s is the largest restaurant chain in the world, serving nearly 70 ...

Peters Agency Hospice & Palliative Care team was recently recognized as a member of the 2019 Hospice Honors Program. Peters Agency was one of 11 hospice agencies in the state of Oklahoma to achieve th...

Isaac D. Russell, 34, of Vian, was formally charged on May 21 with unlawful possession of a controlled drug with intent to distribute after being stopped by a county deputy during a routine traffic st...

Cherokee Nation administrative officials were in Sallisaw last Monday prior to the Sequoyah County Commissioners meeting to present a check to the county for $7.79 million, which will benefit the Dwig...

A group of musicians gathered last Saturday evening on the Sallisaw Library lawn for an acoustic music jam. The group says they encourage other musicians and those who enjoy acoustic music to join in ...