First Missionary Baptist Church in Vian will be honoring their pastor, Mack Jackson, III, and Sister Everteen Jackson for their 16th Pastoral Anniversary on Sunday, July 28, at 2:30 p.m. at the church...

The pastor of Abundant Life Church in Sallisaw is inviting area churches and gospel groups to take part in a Gospel Singing for Moffett Flood Victims tentatively scheduled for July 20. Pastor Johnny M...

State Rep. Jim Olsen (R-Roland) announced that several anonymous donors in the Sallisaw area have come together to provide a $250,000 project initiative. The opportunity will offer concurrent enrollme...

Freedom Sometimes we laugh, other times we cry, For these moments, we need no alibi. We answer to no one personal things we do, Precious freedom provides these rights for you. We work for support, yet...

When people humbly receive the word of God, the scriptures change their lives. This is how we started out with God: “Having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word...

The Christian Union Station Thank you all for your interest in my book, “THE MAD HOUSE.” I understand some have come to know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, while reading the book, or have draw...

“The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants — things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John,” “who bore witness to th...

Vian United Methodist Church Someone once said, “Attitude is everything.” People with great attitude succeed. Those with negative attitudes fail. Paul urged the early Christians to replace their old s...

Round Mountain Community Church (Continued) We stated last week looking at the manhood stage of spiritual development. The first characteristic of a spiritual man or women is esteeming earthly things ...

A Mobile Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) was opened in Gore on Friday, July 5, from 2 to 6 p.m. at Gore High School, 1200 N. Highway 10. After July 5, the center will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. unti...

The Gore Special fire district board member filing period begins at 8 a.m., Monday, July 8, Cindy Osborn, the Secretary of the Sequoyah County Election Board, said. Filing will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m...

The Stanley Tubbs Memorial Library and the Oklahoma Healthy Aging Initiative (OHAI) Northeast Center of Healthy Aging are collaborating to provide the Healthy Brain, Healthy Mind Program. Classes will...

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meetings are held in Gore from 5 to 7 p.m. at Cornerstone Tabernacle, 401 W. 8th St., Gore. For more information call 918-489-2155, 918-571-3353, 1-800-932-8677 or visi...

I received an inside tour of Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, south , just after the flooding. The refuge is a special place to me because I live within a few miles of it and enjoy the nature that c...

The Town of Webbers Falls held a special meeting on June 26 at 6 p.m. at city hall where mayor Sandra Wright and vice mayor Bobby Ogg spoke out to those present regarding a travel trailer ordinance. T...

The 2019 Cherokee Nation Summer Leadership Camp was recently held at Sallisaw Middle School where students learned strategies needed for success and leadership with a focus on service learning. Servic...

The pastor of the Abundant Life church in Sallisaw is inviting area churches and gospel groups to take part in a Gospel Singing for Moffett Flood Victims tentatively scheduled for July 20. Pastor John...

Four area eighth graders started their summer improving their leadership skills, making new friends, and having lots of fun. The students attended “Youth Power” Energy Camp May 28-31 at Canyon Camp ju...

Seth Davis, 6 Vian Elementary If you could grow up to be famous, what would it be for? Playing baseball. If you could be invisible for a day, what would you do? Stay up all night and play! What is th...

A Sallisaw man and two area juveniles were arrested last week after Sequoyah County Sheriff Larry Lane placed a motion camera at the scene of a breaking and entering/burglary investigation and caught ...