Vian News Archives

An application to revoke bond for a 74-year-old man who was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon Sept.

Arson charges have been filed in Sequoyah County District Court, Sallisaw, against the owner of a Sallisaw daycare center.

Two brothers were severely injured Saturday after a propane tank filed with anhydrous ammonia gas exploded.

Tim Baker, manager of the Pollution Abatement Program for the Oklahoma Coporation Commission, speaks at a meeting held Thursday at Vian.

A Willard, Mo., truck driver whose tractor trailer plowed into a line of stopped cars on an east Miami, Okla., turnpike earlier this summer and killed 10 people now faces misdemeanor criminal charges.

Sherrel Henry Before the Gore Schools four day school schedule was approved the last day of school was May 28.

A 74-year-old man was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon Sept.

A Vian man was convicted in Sequoyah County District Court, Sallisaw Aug. 10 of the first-degree rape of a 10-year-old girl.

John R. Bennett of the Vian area who currently resides in Sallisaw recently spoke to law enforcement officers at a Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training class in Ada.

As if you aren't already aware of it, U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy died a week ago Tuesday.

Sequoyah County Commissioners and other elected county officials on Monday discussed how to promote the half-cent sales tax the county is proposing to support the money-strapped county jail.

Herbert and Shirley Hutchinson of Vian are experiencing financial difficulties after she was diagnosed with cancer.

Kathy Webb, Sequoyah County Election Board secretary, said this week that voters who previously voted at the Box Community Building, which is Precinct 208, will now vote at Blackgum Fire Station No.

Miss Kristya s Day Care and Learning Center on 307 N. Dogwood St. in Sallisaw was heavily damaged by heat and smoke Sunday when the kitchen area caught on fire.

Sequoyah County defendant Herbert Saffell, 45, of Vian pleaded guilty Monday to possession of methamphetamines and was sentenced to five years in prison, Sequoyah County District Attorney Jerry S. Moore announced Monday.