Vian Middle School September Students of the Month were, from the left, Zoe Sullivan, sixth grade; Callie Skaggs, seventh grade; and Jathan Brockman, eighth grade.

Oklahoma’s fast-growing medical marijuana market is also swelling state and local tax revenue, but not evenly across the state. Medical marijuana generated more than $34.5 million in tax revenue thro...

“It is a sad and sorrowful day for us in Oklahoma,” said Gov. Frank Keating, who toured the scene. May 26, 2002 Memorial weekend, a tugboat pilot blacked out just before the barges being pushed on the...

Healthy adults, age 16 and up, can give blood at Bigfoot-themed blood drives with Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) on Nov. 1 at Marvin’s in Vian from 1 to 6 p.m., and at Walmart in Sallisaw from 1:30 to...

The 35th Annual Miss Merry Christmas Pageant will be held Saturday, Nov. 23, at the Roxy Theatre in Muskogee. The pageant is open to girls from birth to 18 years. Everyone that enters will receive a c...

God’s Blessings Clothes Closet in Vian is currently in need of coats for the colder months ahead. The clothes closet is accepting nice coats in all sizes for men, women and children. Coat donations ca...

In honor of Veterans Day, the Gore High School Student Council and Elementary Character Council invite all Veterans to a Gore Veterans Day Program on Monday, Nov. 11 at 10 a.m. at the Gore Event Cente...

During a short meeting last Monday night, the Vian Board of Trustees proclaimed October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month after listening to local business owner, Lyndsey Sullivan present current p...

A bench warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Vian man who has been charged with felony child sexual abuse of a child under the age of 16. Curtis D. Davis, Jr., 42, was formally charged on Oct. ...

The Vian Lions Club Annual Silent Auction will be held November 1 – 8, at Armstrong Bank in Vian. You can place bids from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Bidding will stop on Friday, Nov. 8 at...

While he could not give an exact figure, the director of parks for the Cherokee Nation Business said last Wednesday millions will be spent on developing what is being called the National Cherokee Nati...

A Vian man could face up to 5 years imprisonment and a fine of not more than $20,000 if found guilty of a felony charge of unlawful possession of controlled drug with intent to distribute following th...

A benefit singing to aid individuals affected by the floods in Webbers Falls has been scheduled for 6 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 2, at the Missionary Church in Vian. The church is located on Martin Luther K...

Gore Assistant Police Chief Jose R. Guzman was terminated for ‘the good of the service’ last Tuesday night during a special meeting of the Gore Board of Trustees. The trustees convened into executive ...

Vian Baptist Church will be having Trunk or Treat from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thurs., Oct. 31.

Kenneth J. Brandt, 56, of Webbers Falls was handed three life sentences for the reported charges of sexual abuse of two minor children under the age of 12 and possession of pornography stemming from h...

On April 15, 1872, a shootout took place in Cherokee Court in the Goingsnake District of the Cherokee Nation located within the boundaries of the old Cherokee Nation in northern Adair County. Accordi...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Marcos Antonio Lopez, 27, of Doraville, Ga. was sentenced to 72 months imprisonment, and three years supervised ...

Gore’s assistant police chief is free on a $1,000 bond after turning himself in last Wednesday on an arrest warrant that charges him with a misdemeanor count of assault and battery of a woman he tased...

An Arkansas man was charged on Oct. 7 with a felony count of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol after he reportedly rolled the vehicle he was driving on his way to McQuick’s ...