Dewey Padgett of Sallisaw has been known to cut up to 182 heads of hair in one day. He has also been known to continue a haircut in the midst of a fire with flames burning down his barber pole. More r...

Early voting begins Thursday, February 9, for the Board of Education Primary, for voters in Sequoyah County. Voters who will not be able to make it to the polls on Election Day, have the option of vot...

AMIE ca According to a press release issued Wednesday by Jonathan Teague, deputy director of Sequoyah County Emergency Management, the Sequoyah County Emergency Management Office has partnered with Ni...

Connors State College freshman Blakelee Pugh was recently selected to serve as an Agriculture Ambassador for the Division of Agriculture at Connors State College in Warner. Pugh is a 2022 graduate of ...

AMIE The town of Vian passed a resolution on Dec. 19 declaring a nonpartisan general election for the purpose of electing four board of trustees in April. According to the legal publication, the resol...

Gore School District I-6 has opted to close Precinct 203-McKey Baptist Church and Precinct 208-Blackgum Community Center, for the upcoming Board of Education Primary, according to Sequoyah County Elec...

According to a legal publication in this week’s issue, the trustees of the Town of Vian and Vian Public Works Authority have voted to surplus Lots 21, 22 & 23 Block 25, Original Town of Vian, more com...

During the Jan. 10 regular meeting of the Gore Board of Trustees, approval was given to purchase a push sewer camera system but the board tabled donating a retired military Humvee. According to meetin...

What's the best thing about school? My teater and frineds  What's the worst? Nap time What do yo want to be when you group up? A robot dinosaurt

Voters in Sequoyah County who want absentee ballots mailed to them for the Feb. 14 Board of Education Primary Election for the Gore and Vian School Districts and Town of Gans Special Election should a...

Vian Elementary Principal Kathy Wingo said the following letter was sent to the families of Vian Elementary students on Jan. 24, following the school lockdown and arrest of a Fort Smith, Ark man who i...

Charges were formally filed on Jan. 11 against two men after they tried to elude Sallisaw police from Sallisaw to Dwight Mission on Interstate-40 earlier this month. Brandon Sands, 28, of Sallisaw an...

Concrete work was nearing completion between Town Hall and the Vian Police Department on Friday as workers poured concrete to the back portion of the alleyway, making a smoother platform for motorists...

AA Meetings are now being held at Vian Vian United Methodist Church, located at the corner of Lee and Blackstone Streets. The meetings are held each week on Tuesday and Friday, beginning at 7 p.m. Inf...

The town of Vian passed a resolution on Dec. 19 declaring a nonpartisan general election for the purpose of electing four board of trustees in April. According to the legal publication, the resolution...

The Vian Board of Education met on Jan. 9 where it conducted an evaluation of Superintendent Victor Salcedo and approved various other items during January’s regular monthly meeting. The board voted t...

Amie Cato-Remer I made another trip to Ohio last week because my daughter’s pregnancy required emergency surgery to save my unborn grandson. My daughter Sydney went in for a routine appointment and th...

Sequoyah County Sheriff Larry Lane Jr. says he knows Thursday was an extremely hectic and stressful day for parents, teachers, students and the townspeople of Vian after Vian Public Schools was locked...

Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., Deputy Principal Chief Bryan Warner and District 6 Tribal Councilman Daryl Legg held a re-election campaign on Jan. 10 which began by feeding the peo...

In less than eight weeks, poultry companies accused in a long-running federal lawsuit of polluting the Illinois River watershed will either announce they’ve reached an agreement with the state regardi...