During their June 3 meeting, the Oklahoma Transportation Commission awarded three contracts for major projects, which will include U.S. Interstate-40 in Sequoyah County, I-35 in McClain County and US-...

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...

The Sequoyah County CCR/SART will host a Slice of Summer mini carnival at 5 p.m. June 22 at the Sequoyah County Courthouse, 119 S. Oak. Admission to this event is free. There will be free watermelon, ...

Noah Hallmark, 8 Vian Elementary How would the world be different if animals could talk? Very weird. Would you cheat on a test if you knew you wouldn’t get caught? Only if I knew I wouldn’t get caugh...

For the past few days before, during and after flood waters hit the east and west end of Sequoyah County, Cory Masterson and a crew of inmates from the Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Office, began filling ...

The Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge), in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) as part of a Wild Turkey Hunt Plan. Wild...

The Oklahoma Transportation Commission, a nine-member panel appointed by the governor and legislative leaders to oversee the state’s transportation development, is scheduled as of press time to hold i...

Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) encourages area residents to donate at a blood drive benefit-ting Vian resident Jeff Hughes on Thursday, June 6, from 1 to 6 p.m., on the bloodmobile at the Sequoyah Cou...

The Vian Board of Trustees on May 20 accepted the resignation of three town employees during their regular monthly meeting. The trustees went into an almost hour executive session to discuss the emplo...

With the Arkansas River swelled over capacity the sun finally came out Thursday in hopes that some of the water would recede and dry up in Webbers Falls and Moffett over the weekend, but rain is alrea...

Nearly 13,500 Cherokee Nation citizens cast ballots in the 2019 Cherokee Nation General Election as Chuck Hoskin Jr. was elected as the tribe’s newest Principal Chief, according to unofficial voting r...

The Gore Board of Trustees held their regular monthly meeting on May 14 where it was announced that the Gore Volunteer Fire Department had received a $3,500 grant from Cherokee Nation. Gore Fire Chief...

Vian’s Summer Games will be held Saturday, June 8, in the downtown Anna Belle Farmer Park starting at 10 a.m. Event day signups will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Games will include corn hole and horseshoes – ...

Sallisaw – Services for Doy Dan Wilkins, 87, of Sallisaw were held Sat., May 25, 2019 at 10 a.m. at Church of Christ in Sallisaw. Burial followed at Sallisaw City Cemetery under the direction of Agent...

At 46-years-old, Larry Vickers, Jr. is a busy man with many titles – husband, father, attorney, town attorney and city judge - and he balances them all with ethics and dignity. Vickers, whose been pra...

Alexander Graham, 6 Vian Elementary What do you plan to do this summer? Go fishing and swimming! Do you think summer break is long enough? No, I think it should be longer. What is your favorite thing...

Zac Rogers and Trey Slate may no longer live in Sequoyah County but they never forgot where they came from. Through the game of basketball Rogers and Slate were able to give back to the community in ...

After breaking loose again Thursday, two runaway barges struck the Webbers Falls Lock and Dam and sank about 11:55 a.m. Authorities had been attempting to wrangle two runaway barges Thursday morning ...

Michael Weber, 39, of Gore was charged on May 15 with feloniously pointing a firearm following a reported domestic assault. Following his arraignment, he is now scheduled for a May 29 felony dispositi...

On May 26, 2002, a tugboat slammed two barges into bridge supports causing the I-40 bridge at Webbers Falls to collapse, killing 14 people. Seventeen years later almost to that day, the residents of W...