Dollar General’s newest store, located at 451444 Highway 100, north of Vian is now open and will celebrate the store’s official grand opening on Saturday, Jan. 5 at 8 a.m. with free prizes and special...

Sequoyah County Commissioners approved several items of business during their regular meeting held last Wednesday, including an approval to rebid right-of-way clearing portion of Dwight Mission Road p...

According to a resolution (2018-003) published in this week’s newspaper (page 9), the Town of Vian has legally posted a notice for a nonpartisan general election to be held Tuesday, April 2. There wil...

A Vian student is blessing others one ‘bit’ at a time through her own charity organization. Madison “Madi” Spyres may only be 12 years old but her heart’s so big she wants to spread blessings to other...

A Vian man has been charged with failure to comply with Sex Offender Registration Act and resisting an officer after reportedly trying to run from a county deputy. Shawn L. Hinckley, 39, is now schedu...

The Cherokee Nation is hailing the passage of an amendment that will allow enrolled citizens of the Five Tribes to inherit their family’s allotted land and keep it in restricted fee status without hav...

Dear Editor, The Vian Cemetery Board would like to thank Sheriff Larry Lane and all who helped in the cleanup of the cemetery. The tornados that damaged the Blackgum area must have touched down in our...

The Vian Community Foundation (VCF) will be applying for another Recreational Trails Program Grant from the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department for mountain bike trails. There will be a meeting...

OG&E has seen an increase in customer reports about scammers posing as OG&E employees and demanding payment both in person and via phone. These scammers are especially targeting churches, small busine...

November Citations Steven Jagneaux: Speeding 11-15 over. Ruby Jenkins: Speeding 11-15 over. Jyvon Joseph: Improper/illegal U-turn. Jerald Kirkwood: Speeding 16-25 and over; Operating a M/V without a v...

As a result of a lengthy ongoing investigation, Dustin Lee Poindexter, 24, of Sallisaw, has been arrested and charged with numerous counts of fraud, according to Sequoyah County Sheriff Larry Lane. So...

Sequoyah County Sheriff Larry Lane said in 2018, deputies arrested 1,517 people, did 37 drug raids, took 388 burglary/theft reports, and the dispatch center received 28,157 calls, which resulted in 1,...

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced Luis Lopez Arce, 26, of Phoenix, Ariz. was sentenced to 87 months imprisonment, and three years supervised release for possess...

Governor Mary Fallin, in partnership with the Cherokee Nation and Cherokee County, requested a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) disaster declaration to assist those impacted by tornadoes, seve...

Editor’s note: If the age does not appear next to a name, it was not listed in the court record. Felony Docket Stephanie Anderson, 42, Muldrow: Burglary - second degree; Grand larceny. Drew Benefield,...

Connors State College celebrated the graduation of 42 new nurses in a pinning ceremony held Dec. 7, 2018 on the Warner campus in the Fine Arts Auditorium. The pinning ceremony signifies the nursing st...

Rusty and worn out, for a fact, But with a “purty” tree in the back. On a winter day quite fair, The fresh-cut scent fills the air. Grandkids hang from the old truck’s bed, Dressed in camouflage and O...

Althea Tracy, 6 Vian Elementary f you was a super hero, what would your power be? Laser eyes, so I could laser bad guys! What colors would your costume be? Red and green because I like Christmas colo...

The Volunteer Express The Volunteer Express is a group of people who come together with a common goal, and that goal is to provide companionship and friendship to residents in four local nursing homes...