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...

About 175 families will not go hungry this Christmas and their kids will not do without Christmas presents due to the efforts of the Pastor’s Fellowship of Sallisaw. Pastor’s Fellowship is provided a...

A warrant issued for the arrest of Robert C. Ward Sr. last Thursday for failure to appear was issued in error, according to documents filed in the Sequoyah County Court Clerk’s office. Ward had been s...

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,...

Filing period for candidates for the Board of Education in Sequoyah County school districts ended at 5 p.m. last Wednesday with several candidates drawing no opponents. The Board of Education General ...

The Vian Community Foundation 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 to di...

A Lawton man faces felony drug charges after a crystalized substance and paraphernalia were found during a routine traffic stop conducted by a Gore Police officer near Dollar General last month. David...

A Vian man has been charged with felony animal cruelty after reportedly shooting and killing a dog that didn’t belong to him. Curtis L. Smith, 56, has been charged with cruelty to animals, carrying a ...

A wanted Vian sex offender was arrested earlier this month after authorities discovered who he was following a Salli-saw traffic stop. Charles L. Woolsey, 31, of Vian, has been formally charged with f...

A Vian couple have been arrested and one charged after a deputy served a warrant on a female and drugs were found on the man. Chance J. Gilbert, 33, was charged on Dec. 11 with unlawful possession of ...

On Sunday evening, Vian residents and the family of Capt. Neil S. Bynum, who has been missing in action since October 1969, were able to see the semi truck that carries his memory from state to state ...

The Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) is accepting applications online for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The federally-funded program helps income-eligible families...

What does your family do for Christmas? Open presents, watch Christmas movies and we give my parents a picture of us. What is Christmas? A holiday. What do you want for Christmas? A real horse with g...

Abraham Lincoln was right about the continuation of the United States in his day. He said in his Lyceum speech, in 1838, “At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it e...

A bench warrant has been issued for the arrest of Richard L. Webster of Vian after he reportedly took a chainsaw from a Vian shop building without the owner’s permission. He was charged on Nov. 16 wit...

Not everyone is feeling merry and bright during the holiday season. Vian United Methodist Church invites you to a special service of reflection and hope on Friday, Dec. 21, beginning at 7 p.m.

Editor’s note: If the age does not appear next to a name, it was not listed in the court record. Felony Docket Deborah Bradley, 49, Sallisaw: Unlawful poss.of CD with intent to distribute; Falsely per...

Martha Keck, better known as “Granny” or “Granny Keck,” is retiring from Wolverine Den of Kids Learning Center after taking care of most of Vian’s children for the past 20 plus years. Granny first wor...

Most of us have spoken or heard the phrase, “Oh that word is just on the tip of my tongue.” These aggravating and sometimes embarrassing language disconnects, called “tip-of-the-tongue” lapses, may b...

November Citations Samuel Anderson: Fail to stop at sign. Kandreika Bailey: Speeding 11-15 over. Ravindran Balakinsnan: Speeding 11-15 over. Matthew Ball: Speeding 11-15 over. Andrew Lee Barr: Speedin...