A Vian man was charged on Sept. 26 with felony domestic abuse – assault and battery and malicious injury to property – under $1,000 following a reported domestic assault and a warrant was issued for h...

The second annual Douglas, Vian Reunion will be held Thursday, October 11 through Sunday, October 14, according to organizers, Denise Hayes and James Drew. Early arrival time will begin at 5 p.m., Oct...

The 34th Annual Miss Merry Christmas Pageant will be held Saturday, Nov. 17 at the Roxy Theater in Muskogee. The pageant is open to girls from birth to 18 years. Everyone that enters will receive a tr...

A hospice volunteers orientation will be held Oct 19 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Peters Agency Care Management in Sallisaw. Contact Crystal Mc-Cawley, volunteer coordinator at 918-315-8078 or 888-516-65...

Vian Baptist Church An allegory is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. John Bunyan saw the effective use Jesus made of par...

The Christian Union Station It’s very important to know which highway you’re on. Your life depends on it! Please do some introspection on how you’re living. When I was younger, I enjoyed listening to:...

The Cookson United Methodist Women will be having their annual Bazaar on Nov. 16, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Nov. 17, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thanksgiving dinner will also be served at 5 p.m. on Nov. 17....

The Vian Lions Club 40th annual Christmas Parade of Lights will be held Thursday, Dec. 6. Line-up starts at 5:30 pm, judging at 5:45 p.m. and the parade will begin at 6 p.m. This year’s theme is “Home...

The town of Gore has filed a motion to compel discovery in connection with a continuing civil action filed by the town on Dec. 4, 2017. The original petition is asking the court for a declaratory judg...

The Oklahoma State Election Board has been notified by the National Association of Secretaries of State and the National Association of State Election Directors of a potential scam involving phone cal...

The Vian High School Class of 1978 is planning their 40-year class reunion and are looking for a few classmates they were unable to get in touch with. They will have a float in the homecoming parade o...

Thanks to a $300,000 grant obtained by the Vian Community Foundation (VCF), Armstrong Park will soon have its own mountain bike trails. Suzanne Sullivan of the VCF said the project was spearheaded and...

A husband and wife, both charged with harboring a fugitive, have been scheduled for a preliminary hearing at 9 a.m. Dec. 10 before Special District Judge Matt Orendorff. Robert Carl Ward, Sr. and Juli...

The Cookson United Methodist Women will be having their annual Bazaar on Nov. 16, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Nov. 17, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thanksgiving dinner will also be served at 5 p.m. on Nov. 17....

Gore TOPS Gore TOPS #0456 meets every Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Cornerstone Church, located at 401 W. 8th Street in Gore. Christmas Bazaar Peters Agency Hospice, 926 E. Cherokee, Sallisaw, invites ever...

Motivation was the topic of our lesson this week. Members learned that discomfort is the reason that most people are motivated to make a change in their lifestyle. Some of those discomforts are clothi...

We don’t know all the worries others go through They face problems just like me and you. Be careful of things you may do or say Don’t add misery to someone having a bad day. When persons upset us, we ...

Maria Christina Sanchez of Sallisaw, graduated from Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kan., in the summer 2018 term with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology. FHSU does not release degree lists until trans...

>> This photo of a home, fully-engulfed, was taken on Hayes Street in Gore on Sunday, Sept. 16. Gore and RFPD #1 fire departments responded to the call but no further information could be obtained as ...

Officers of the Vian FFA chapter recently attended the Northeast Area Chapter Officer Leadership Training Conference at the Glen-pool Convention Center, south of Tulsa. Members from 82 FFA chapters in...