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...

When the need arose for a new roof for the Sequoyah County Fairgrounds, Cash Wright, a senior at Vian High School with Vian FFA, stepped up to the challenge. After making the premium auction with his ...

Armstrong Bank in Vian wanted to help Vian students and teachers prepare for the new school year, so the bank collected school supply wish lists from teachers and staff at all three campuses at Vian P...

Jessie Young is one of this year’s recipients of the Vian Community Foundation’s Vian’s Favorite Sons & Daughters awards. She was presented with her award on July 3 at St. John Stadium. Young was born...

The Cherokee Nation will host the 67th Cherokee National Holiday Aug. 30 – Sept. 1, when more than 100,000 visitors travel to Tahlequah to experience the annual celebration of history, culture and art...

Family, friends and local and state officials gathered on the parking lot next to Padgett’s Barber Shop in Sallisaw last Saturday to surprise and honor two men, Dewey Padgett and Wayne Merrill, who a...

When law enforcement officers take an oath to protect and serve, they know at some point they may have to put their own lives on the line during the call of duty. Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Investigat...