I had a choice to make at one time in my life. I had a world view to release and turn away from. I had consequences to face from my choices of the past. I knew that I had made a conscious decision to ...

One thing Shelly Girten-Miller found lacking in Sallisaw was a full-fledged health food store, and she is planning to remedy that by the middle of September. Miller is in the process of making that a ...

Changing With Age Every year the seasons come and go, We adapt to summer heat and winter snow. As time goes by our bodies change, too, Viewing what we see can leave us blue. Compliments once received ...

Jennifer Byers was videoing the rain Sunday in Vian when she unexpectedly caught a bolt of lightning striking a tree. “Oddly the tree didn’t catch fire,” Byers, who lives on US-SH 82 near the Box Comm...

The Christian Union Station He said, “I didn’t feel a thing.” We were talking about his call to the altar to receive salvation from the Lord. Did you feel anything when you asked Jesus Christ to save ...

Be a hero and give blood! The Vian Boots and Badges Community Challenge Blood Drive will be held Friday, Aug. 30 from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Bloodmobile at Marvin’s IGA. To schedule your appointment, cont...

Last Tuesday morning longtime former owners of Rob’s Drive In, Rob and Pat Smith, watched as town workers demolished what was left of the beloved building that served up hamburgers and ice cream to V...

A 38-year-old Fort Smith, Ark., man died Thursday morning after the vehicle he was driving struck a ditch embankment south of Gans. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported Matt C. Hutchinson was pronounc...

The Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program serves residents in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and residential care homes. The Ombudsman Program serves these residents by visiting residents, inves...

The Blackgum Fire Department will have a pancake breakfast on Saturday, Aug. 31, from 7 to 11 a.m. at the Black-gum Community Building, located 2 1/3 miles West of McQuicks on Hwy 100 or ½ mile East o...

Funeral services for William J. “Bill” Kupers, 45, of Fort Smith, Ark. an officer with the Vian Police Department, were held Mon., Aug. 19, 2019 at 10 a.m. at Ocker-Putman Funeral Home Chapel in Fort ...

Dear Editor, We would like to thank everyone for their thoughts, prayers, flowers and acts of kindness shown to us during the loss of our beloved, Patsy Jamison. Thank you to Pastor Marcia Martin for ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) today announced it will defer accrual of interest for all agricultural producers’ spring 2019 crop year insurance premiums to h...

Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma will be at Gardenwalk Apartments in Vian for a free, mobile pantry food distribution on Friday, August 23 beginning at 11 a.m. at the apartment complex, 208 N. ...

Another one of Vian’s Favorite Sons for 2019 was Johnny Teehee, son of Johnson Teehee and Ella Spears. He attended Vian Public Schools from first to 12th grade and while in high school, he lettered in...

Deputy Steve Jenkins, left, was recently named K-9 Officer of the Year. Standing with him is Sequoyah County Sheriff Larry Lane. 

Kayley Mosey, 9 Vian Elementary Are you glad to be back in school? Yes, because we get to learn and I get to see my friends! What is your favorite thing about school? Making new friends. What is your...

Ronda Lasiter, director of the SAC Nutrition Program for Sequoyah County and other neighboring counties, announced the annual Don Butcher Senior Day Fish Fry will be held with events beginning at 10 a...

A woman with addresses in both Tahlequah and Vian was arrested and charged earlier this month with bringing contraband into jail after drugs were found on her person while she was being dressed out by...

The Vian Touchdown Club’s “Meet the Wolverines” community event is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m., Aug. 22 inside Vian High School’s St. John Stadium. The event for the Vian community and other Wolverin...