The Oklahoma Transportation Commission, a nine-member panel appointed by the governor and legislative leaders to oversee the state’s transportation development, is scheduled as of press time to hold i...

Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) encourages area residents to donate at a blood drive benefit-ting Vian resident Jeff Hughes on Thursday, June 6, from 1 to 6 p.m., on the bloodmobile at the Sequoyah Cou...

The Vian Board of Trustees on May 20 accepted the resignation of three town employees during their regular monthly meeting. The trustees went into an almost hour executive session to discuss the emplo...

With the Arkansas River swelled over capacity the sun finally came out Thursday in hopes that some of the water would recede and dry up in Webbers Falls and Moffett over the weekend, but rain is alrea...

Nearly 13,500 Cherokee Nation citizens cast ballots in the 2019 Cherokee Nation General Election as Chuck Hoskin Jr. was elected as the tribe’s newest Principal Chief, according to unofficial voting r...

The Gore Board of Trustees held their regular monthly meeting on May 14 where it was announced that the Gore Volunteer Fire Department had received a $3,500 grant from Cherokee Nation. Gore Fire Chief...

Vian’s Summer Games will be held Saturday, June 8, in the downtown Anna Belle Farmer Park starting at 10 a.m. Event day signups will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Games will include corn hole and horseshoes – ...

Sallisaw – Services for Doy Dan Wilkins, 87, of Sallisaw were held Sat., May 25, 2019 at 10 a.m. at Church of Christ in Sallisaw. Burial followed at Sallisaw City Cemetery under the direction of Agent...

At 46-years-old, Larry Vickers, Jr. is a busy man with many titles – husband, father, attorney, town attorney and city judge - and he balances them all with ethics and dignity. Vickers, whose been pra...

Alexander Graham, 6 Vian Elementary What do you plan to do this summer? Go fishing and swimming! Do you think summer break is long enough? No, I think it should be longer. What is your favorite thing...

Zac Rogers and Trey Slate may no longer live in Sequoyah County but they never forgot where they came from. Through the game of basketball Rogers and Slate were able to give back to the community in ...

After breaking loose again Thursday, two runaway barges struck the Webbers Falls Lock and Dam and sank about 11:55 a.m. Authorities had been attempting to wrangle two runaway barges Thursday morning ...

Michael Weber, 39, of Gore was charged on May 15 with feloniously pointing a firearm following a reported domestic assault. Following his arraignment, he is now scheduled for a May 29 felony dispositi...

On May 26, 2002, a tugboat slammed two barges into bridge supports causing the I-40 bridge at Webbers Falls to collapse, killing 14 people. Seventeen years later almost to that day, the residents of W...

Michael Jan Wilder, 23, of Vian, formerly of Cushing, has been charged with one felony count of child abuse and one misdemeanor count of threatening to perform act of violence following a reported alt...

A Vian man accused of physically abusing and locking his 11-year-old son in a garage with no food, electric or water was charged May 21 with felony child neglect. Steven A. Cloyes, 34, appeared for an...

The Gore Board of Education last Monday night recognized Mrs. Jeanie Spears as the district’s Teacher of the Year. Pictured from the left is Ryan Hoog - vice president, Cody Sloan – president, Bradfor...

National Call Center for Homeless Vets Veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness—and their family members, friends and supporters—can call 1-877-4AID VET (877-424-3838) to speak with traine...

ABOVE: Main Street in Vian was shut down Monday and Tuesday for a free Legacy basketball camp, which was spearheaded by Vian alumni Zac Rogers. Rogers took the first 175 kids that signed up as partic...

A Sallisaw woman who was recently charged with felony embezzlement now faces charges of felony grand larceny and petit larceny. Mary C. Morris, 59, was formally charged on April 29 with grand larceny ...