The Blackgum Fire Department Annual Membership Meeting will be held at the Blackgum Community Center on May 21 at 7 p.m.

Vian’s Summer Games will be held Saturday, June 8, in the downtown Anna Belle Farmer Park starting at 10 a.m. The event will include corn hole and horseshoes – teams of two, $40/pre-team, Volleyball –...

The Sequoyah County Health Department joins the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH), health care professionals, patients and families, during National Nurses Week, May 6-12, in recognizing the ...

The Gore Board of Trustees started off their monthly meeting on April 16 with trustees Ryan Callison, Larry Pack and Bob Warren taking their oath of office and by making nominations for a new mayor an...

Vian Elementary Principal Kathy Wingo announced last week that Halli Russell and Gabriel Wilson have been named 2018-2019 Students of Today for fifth grade, and third grade teacher Kristle Walden was...

The 35th Round Mountain/Carlile Reunion will be held Saturday, May 11, featuring the Ritters. Activities start around 10:30 a.m., come early to get a good parking spot. There will be a covered dish l...

Are you a good friend? Yes, because people let me play with them. How would the world be different if animals could talk? Crazy! Would you cheat on a test if you knew you wouldn’t get caught? No, bec...

Editor’s note: If the age does not appear next to a name, it was not listed in the court record. Felony Docket Derrick Brown, 34, Springdale, Ark.: Unlawful poss. of CD with intent to distribute. Jame...

Blackgum Harvestime Church will be in revival with Evangelist Aaron and Rachel Glasco beginning Sunday, May 19 through Wednesday, May 22. Sunday services are at 10:45 a.m. and 5 p.m., and Monday, Tues...

Sequoyah County is one of 52 counties included in an emergency declaration issued by Gov. Kevin Stitt last Wednesday due to storm activity. Stitt said in the declaration, severe storms, tornadoes, str...

April Citations: Olatunde Adewunmi: Speeding 11-15 over. Haroun Shaibu: Speeding 11-15 over. Austin Bray: Poss. of drug paraphernalia. James Brooks: Speeding 11-15 over. Michael Buckner: Speeding 16-2...

The following citations were issued in March: Kirk Kuykendall: Allowing an unlicensed driver to drive; Bogus tags; Disorderly conduct; Destruction of city property; Resisting arrest; Failure to pay ta...

The Christian Union Station What is one of the things that God hates? Pride! What is the old saying: Pride cometh before a fall? Proverbs 16:18 18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit...

Our life is controlled by decisions we make Some will become terrible, others will end great. We often do things without thinking them through These are the deeds most likely harmful to you. Sometimes...

The biennial Vian All School Reunion has been slated for May 25 from 5p.m. to 10p.m. at the Vian Cafetorium. Attendees are urged to bring yearbooks and old pictures and remember when. Everyone is welc...

The Blackgum Fire Department Annual Membership Meeting will be held at the Blackgum Community Center on May 21 at 7 p.m.

Psalms 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. There is an excellent book by Watchman Nee th...

April Citations: Kelly Calhoun: Speeding 11-15 over. Shajuan Dortch: Speeding 16-20 over. Trefonte Rideout: Speeding 16-20 over. Autumn Miller: Operating a M/V without a valid DL. Yvonne McCoy: Speedi...

It’s nice to get more than one chance at things. Some things, you don’t get another chance. When the game is over, it’s over. There is no second chance. But, for a lot of things, perhaps you can get a...

“But I press on, … forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus” (Phil...