Vian, Oklahoma — Local News & Community Updates Your source for the latest news, events, and stories from Vian, Oklahoma — a small town in Sequoyah County rooted in Cherokee Nation heritage and ideally situated along Interstate 40 near Lake Tenkiller, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, and Robert S. Kerr Reservoir. EastOklahoma.com keeps Vian residents and the surrounding community informed on local news and events.
Tulsa
Who Has the Right to Put You in Prison? Inside the Legal War Tearing Eastern Oklahoma Apart There is a child pornographer sitting in a federal prison cell serving 50 years. There is also a drug trafficker whose case may be thrown out because the wrong court filed the charges.
Webbers Falls
The Future of Farming is Growing in Webbers Falls—And You're Invited to See It Why hundreds of Oklahoma growers are marking August 5th on their calendars for an event that could transform their harvest WEBBERS FALLS, OK – There's a moment every farmer knows—standing in
Politics
A little-known bill quietly died in committee this spring. What it reveals about who really controls Oklahoma's deer—and the $200 million industry built around them. OKLAHOMA CITY — On a legislative calendar packed with debates over education funding and tax cuts, Senate Bill 1074 slipped through the
Vian
How Vian's Culture of Political Protection Shielded Joshua Smith—Until Federal Prison A Follow-Up Investigation When Joshua Smith was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for the aggravated sexual abuse of a child, the national media focused on the crime itself—as they should have. A
Vian
An EastOklahoma.com Investigation: Inside the $1.5 billion marijuana cartel that exploited rural eastern Oklahoma communities and turned local residents into unwitting accomplices The Phone Call That Changed Everything Brenda Kay Morrison was folding laundry in her double-wide trailer outside Sallisaw when her cell phone rang on a
Vian
How One Small Town's Leadership Repeatedly Dismantled Its Own Police Department to Protect the Politically Connected An Investigation into Three Scandals, Two Police Departments That Quit, and One Family That Kept Getting Arrested The Arrest That Revealed the Pattern When Vian Mayor Dennis Fletcher was arrested on March
Vian
A Small-Town Mayor's Confrontation with Oklahoma's Controversial "Halo Law" On a brisk March evening at Ripley High School's baseball field, just west of Stillwater, Oklahoma, a minor parking dispute escalated into a test case for one of the state's
Tulsa
A comprehensive investigation into Governor Kevin Stitt's controversial midnight veto and the cascade of corruption allegations that defined his tenure On a late spring night in May 2025, as most Oklahomans slept, Governor Kevin Stitt made a decision that would crystallize his administration's troubled relationship with