In an effort to promote health and wellness among older adults, the Eastern Oklahoma Development District’s (EODD) Area Agency on Aging, in collaboration with the Oklahoma Healthy Aging Initiative, is...

Vian Assembly of God church and Pastor John Bennett will be hosting a revival with Evangelist Dan Parker with Outpourings Revival, September 5-7, at the church. Services for that Friday and Saturday w...

There will be a Gospel Jubilee at 5 p.m. on August 30, at Price’s Chapel Baptist church, located at the corner of Hwy. 101 and Hwy. 59 N, Sallisaw. Singers and musicians are invited, and all are welco...

Felony Docket Shane D. Jordan, 24, Muldrow: DUI-alcohol. Matthew C. Heinen, 35, Sallisaw: Possess firearm after conviction or during probation. Kenneth L. Fines Jr., 35, Fort Smith, Ark.: Domestic A&B...

The Wolverine Den of Kids Learning Center in Vian wishes to thank Vian Police officers Cassandra Perceful, Anna Males and Micah Harvey for recently having popsicles with the children who attend the Ce...

The Town of Gore/Gore Public Works Authority (GPWA) will conduct smoke testing of their sanitary sewer system (weather permitting) beginning on August 11, which could last for several days or up to tw...

With students returning to class on August 14 for the 2025–26 school year, the Vian Police Department is ramping up efforts to ensure streets are safe for children heading back to school. Beginning la...

A Vian man is in custody after allegedly abducting a woman at gunpoint and threatening to kill someone over a missing wallet, according to a probable cause affidavit filed in Sequoyah County District ...

Buck Locust of Vian will be hosting a benefit concert at the Vian Amphitheater on August 16 for the three men who were involved in a fireworks accident in Tuskahoma in July. Locust said concert admiss...

Westbound I-40 will be narrowed to one lane at mile marker 302, between Sallisaw and Vian, through August 8 for surface repairs. Drivers should expect minor delays in the area, especially at peak trav...

A deadly three-vehicle collision on Interstate-40 early Sunday morning claimed the life of a Florida man and led to the arrest of a Sallisaw woman on suspicion of driving under the influence, accordin...

Sequoyah County Democrats will host author Carrie Tabor at 6 p.m. on August 7 at J&D’s Steakhouse, 230 N. Oak, Sallisaw. Tabor will speak on her book, Quarantining Hate.

On the eve of Oklahoma statehood, the federal government shut down the Cherokee Advocate newspaper and seized its printing press, cutting off the primary source of information for the Cherokee people ...

President Donald Trump’s budget bill brings stricter rules to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the federal food assistance program, and shifts costs to states, putting an estimated 131,0...

This month marks three years since Oklahoma launched 988, the state’s easy-to-remember mental health lifeline. Since its debut, the line has connected more than 178,000 Oklahomans to immediate, compas...

When Sequoyah County employees — from the offices of the sheriff to the court clerk to the county assessor and beyond — are required to attend in-person classes and training to receive and/or maintain...

Webbers Falls Public School administration and staff said they are super excited to begin their 2025-26 school year. “As you all celebrate and enjoy the last few weeks of summer break, we have a speci...

U-Haul Co. of Oklahoma, Inc. is pleased to announce that True Family Rentals, 102015 Highway 59, has signed on as a U-Haul neighborhood dealer to serve the Sallisaw community. The business will offer ...

Cherokee Film Institute is taking applications for the 2026 academic year. Applications are open to everyone 18 and older and will be available Aug. 1 through Sept. 15, at cherokeefilminstitute. com. ...

Vian’s Jake Mosley, age 8, rides his mutton during the mutton bustin’ event on opening night of the 81st Sallisaw Lions Club Rodeo on Thursday night.