Vian News

Tag agents in Sequoyah County and Oklahoma now have a lifetime job, Carol Wood, tag agent in Sallisaw said Wednesday.

Quail hunters in the area, tired of driving elsewhere to hunt, may join a local club beginning July 1. The Carlisle Quail Club, named after Carlisle Road and the old school, is located between Vian and Gore and is next door to the closed Sequoyah Fuels plant.

A planned wastewater disposal in Sequoyah County has been moved because of concerns from people living in the area.

The cyclists' path won't be easy, but it's one they are willing to take for a chance to learn about their ancestors - and themselves.

A Vian woman was recently charged in Sequoyah County District Court in Sallisaw with felony grand larceny in connection with the alleged theft of a saddle from a local couple.

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Sequoyah County Commissioners had to answer questions from Sequoyah County firefighters after a proposal to combine Sequoyah County 9-1-1 with Sallisaw dispatch was placed on the commissiona s Monday agenda.

The Sallisaw Animal Shelter is offering a great deal to those in need of a puppy, kitten, dog or cat.

At 3 p.m. Wednesday, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said the Interstate 40 westbound just west of the Warner exit will be closed and traffic re-routed on U.S. 64 at Warner because of a tractor-trailer rig involved in a collsion and is fully engulfed in flames.

The Oklahoma Lottery is expected to generate $2.5 million less in education revenue next year due to the slumping economy and a new lottery in neighboring Arkansas.

The live music and Lemonade Promenade event that was supposed to take place in front of the Civic Center Wednesday is being rescheduled for June 10.

Sequoyah County Sheriff Ron Lockhart reported to county commissioners at their meeting Monday that the sheriffa s auction collected $35,390. Lockhart explained how money from the auction, held Saturday, would be disbursed.

A federal prosecutor says an Ada woman who pleaded guilty to a murder for hire plot targeting the wife of a U.S. soldier has been sentenced to six years in prison.

A brick of green leafy substance wrapped in plastic and a smaller plastic baggie containing a green leafy substance were found in the trunk of a car after the driver was pulled over for speeding and following too closely by an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper.

The University of Central Oklahoma is the latest state school to pledge that it won't seek an increase in tuition for the 2009-10 academic year.

A former correctional officer who was serving a 90-day sentence in the Pittsburg County Jail is back in the facility after spending a few free days on the outside - although he's not accused of committing any new offenses.

Vian students will soon get to ride in new buses after the board approved a bid with Ross Transit Inc.

Joe E. Davis, 85, passed away Friday, May 22, 2009. Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 26, 2009, at Lunn's Colonial Funeral Home with Charlie Thomason of Faith Village Church of Christ and Bob Hampton officiating.

Keys School is accepting applications for Bus Drivers for 3009-2010 school year.

* Staff Writer Travina Coleman has a piece on poppy wreaths and how they honor our veterans.