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Thursday, 10 November 2011 17:06 |
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The Family Readiness Group, partnered with Mays Home Health and Hugo and Antlers Providence, as well as its sisters offices in Antlers, Madill, Durant and Ada, decided to have a stocking drive for Tanner Watts and his Battalion, who were deployed to Afghanistan on Oct. 5.
After sending letters of suggested supplies to many different contacts, a flood of candy, books, movies, coffee and games had been received, along with boxes of other goodies like tooth brushes, razors, etc.
The goal of 25 stockings was quickly surpassed and 48 regular stockings and four giant stockings will be sent to the troops in Afghanistan. |
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Monday, 17 October 2011 16:10 |
SAWYER –– A Sawyer, Okla., police officer was medi-flighted to an Arkansas hospital after being involved in an automobile accident on Friday afternoon.
According to the officer’s reports, a 2008 KW dump truck, driven by Bobby Sullivan of Powderly, Texas, was traveling westbound on US 70 in the outside lane when Sawyer officer Darrell Armstrong passed Sullivan in the inside lane. After passing the dump truck, the police cruiser changed back to the outside lane. Reports state that Sullivan made a lane change to the inside when he observed the police cruiser braking in front of him, at which point the police unit’s emergency lights activated and Armstrong made a u-turn in front of the dump truck. The police cruiser was impacted by the dump truck in the center turn lane. According to police reports, the cruiser came to rest 109 feet from point of impact.
Thirty-nine year-old Armstrong was air lifted to Fort Smith, Ark., with a broken collar bone and pelvic fracture, reports state, while Sullivan was not injured. |
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Wednesday, 13 April 2011 19:21 |
Oklahoma Highway Patrol responded to a collision that occurred eight miles north and three miles east of Fort Towson on April 12.
A 1991 Honda four-wheeler, driven by 52-year-old Weldon Hall of Fort Towson, was traveling north bound on a county road when Hall attempted to make a right turn onto another county roadway. The ATV then ran off the roadway to the right and struck a ditch, causing the vehicle to roll a half turn, coming to rest on its side, according the police reports.
Hall was flown by EagleMed to Sparks Hospital in Fort Smith, Ark., with head, arm, trunk-external and trunk-internal injuries. He is listed in stable condition.
Officer’s reports state that a helmet was not in use. |
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Wednesday, 03 August 2011 18:38 |
By Krystle Taylor
Editor
HUGO –– Pushmataha County officers, Choctaw County Sheriff, Choctaw County EMS, Hugo Police Department and Grant and Hugo Fire Departments were among those on the scene three miles south of Hugo on Highway 271 Tuesday afternoon to assist in the extrication of a man after his vehicle crashed.
Thirty-six year-old Jeremy L. Posey of Paris, Texas was southbound on Highway 271 when his 2000 Cadillac departed the roadway to the right and overturned one and a half times, coming to rest on its top, according to police reports.
Posey was pinned in the vehicle for about 15 minutes before being removed with the help of the Jaws of Life. He was using a seat belt.
Posey was flown by EagleMed to Plano Medical Center with head, trunk-internal, trunk-external and arm injuries. He is listed in stable condition.
It is the belief of the investigating officer that Posey’s ability was impaired due to the effects of alcohol. |
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Tuesday, 08 March 2011 21:14 |
By Justin Miller
Staff Writer
HUGO — An area man was seriously injured when an explosion rocked the “Seaboard Railcar” facility at 2:30 p.m. Monday.
Choctaw County Ambulance Authority personnel responded to the scene and transported an injured man to the Hugo Airport, where he was air-lifted to Parkland Burn Center, according to local authorities.
According to paramedics, the man sustained trauma to his hands, burns to his hands and arms and burns to his head and ears.
Hugo Fire Department advised that the call came in via regular phone line, rather than emergency line. As of press time Tuesday there were no police or fire reports available concerning the explosion. The worker’s identity was not released and calls to Seaboard Railcar were not answered. |
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