Gore Public Schools will be hosting their fourth annual Back 2 School Bash from 9 to 11 a.m., Saturday, August 17 at Ray Fine Park in Gore. “This free event is focused on bringing the community and Go...

Sequoyah County District Attorney Jack Thorp said last Wednesday following a bomb threat to the Cherokee Nation tag office in Sallisaw, the person responsible for the threat “will be prosecuted to the...

Beginning in August, Baptist Health-Fort Smith will offer free childbirth education classes for area mothers to give them the confidence and support they need to enjoy their baby’s arrival. The classe...

The Christian Union Station I’d like to ask my readers this question: How many of you have trouble with what Jesus said, “Turn the other cheek”? My military mind tends to, when I’m offended, go”How ca...

Cherokee Nation is now accepting grant applications for its fall education tours. The sponsored tours provide an exclusive look at Cherokee Nation’s rich history and culture. Applications are accepted...

The University of Arkansas - Fort Smith has released the list of students receiving degrees and certificates during the spring 2019 semester. Conferred were the Master of Science, Bachelor of Applied ...

Within the next 120 days, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be conducting emergency dredging to open up the navigation channels, not only for commercial traffic, but to allow salvage crews passage...

The Vian High School Choir will have a car-wash fundraiser on Saturday, August 17 from 8 a.m. to ? at Armstrong Bank in Vian. Cost is $5 per carwash and there will be a bake sale going on at the same ...

Immigration Nebert Adala had a tough decision to make in 2014 when he found out his work visa would not be renewed. Adala, a Kenyan immigrant, had arrived in the country about five years earlier and j...

On July 29, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry confirmed the finding of vesicular stomatitis virus, also known as VSV, at a premise in Tillman county. This horse showed erosions...

One of the most recognized and successful outlaw bands in the country was successful in combining Woody Guthrie’s conscience and Waylon Jennings’ panache into a sound Red Dirt fans have come to recogn...

Sheriff’s deputies and investigators were able to recover over a half million dollars worth of stolen property last week, which resulted in the arrests of two Gans men, according to Sequoyah County S...

Recently, I found a photo I had been looking for all summer. It was taken in front of Blackgum First Baptist Church sometime in the late 1950s. In the picture are Edith Anderson, Irma Ridge-way and O...

One of the reasons I pursue office was because of the state of our K-12 education system in Oklahoma. Education is critical to the future of our children, families and state as a whole. The majority o...

Sequoyah County Sheriff Larry Lane, Jr. said although his inmate work crew has had a busy summer, they’ve also been busy giving back to local communities in the county since the program began. In Dece...

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, …Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and don...

Vian Baptist Church 1Timothy 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. The Boy and the Fireflies. An inexperienced boy, one night through lonely paths returning, H a d taken to guide his steps...

Vian United Methodist Church There are four things that the Bible says about communication. First, let your yes be yes and your no be no! Matthew 5:37 (NIV) 37 All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘...

I often vision turning back the clock, To an age I played without shoes or socks. A period of time I was a worry free kid, My mind returns often to events I did. I had siblings and many cousins, too, ...

The Christian Union Station You cannot work your way to Heaven—but you must work! Several religious institutions, born again—confessing that Jesus Christ is your Lord and Savior—living in Him and Him ...