Vian News

Reuben Ray Houston, 26, of Vian on Friday was bound over for trial after Special District Judge Larry Langley ruled in the preliminary hearing there was sufficient evidence for Houston face charges of cruelty to animals.

The Sequoyah County Sheriff's Department on Friday arrested Nathan Baker, 21, and Jay Jordan, 23, both of Vian and charged them with six counts of contributing to the delinquency of minors.

Two men and a woman were arrested and booked into the Sallisaw Jail on drug-related charges Jan.

Steve Carter, District 2 county commissioner, announced last week he will seek re-election. Carter said, "It was a great sense of pride to serve our country during my three years in the U.S. Army, where I performed the duties of a combat medic, and I have experienced the same exhilaration over the past seven years serving as commissioner.

Experts with the Sutton Avian Research Center in Bartlesville placed two cameras near the nest, giving anyone with access to the Internet the capability to watch the eaglets grow.

The Sequoyah County Water Association began accepting sealed bids Jan. 1 on a water-line improvement project with a projected cost of more than $4 million.