Graveside service for Goldie Mae Frazier, of Hugo, Okla., will be at 1 p.m. April 9, 2021 at Sweethill Cemetery.

Celebration of life for Janet Abigail Pennington will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 8, 2021 at the Prater-Lampton-Mills & Coffey Funeral Home in Hugo, Okla. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 8, 2021 in Pleasant Grove in Cove, Ark. Janet went to be with the Lord on March 28, 2021 in Hugo, at the age of 65.

Jo Nell Dickson Beard, of Hugo, Okla., was born on March 21, 1941 in Grant, Okla., to Gilmer Joe and Ruth (Cole) Dickson. She passed from this life on her 80th birthday, on March 21, 2021. She was preceded in death by her parents.

Graveside services for Zcereita Sanders, of Hugo, Okla., were held at 11 a.m. April 3, 2021 at Crosley Cemetery.

How many times do you need for someone to look you straight in the eye and lie to you before you come to the conclusions that not only can they not be believed, but that they have some major character issues?

After Major League Baseball (MLB) announced that it was moving the 2021 All-Star game because of the recently signed election integrity law in Georgia, it was only a matter of time before former President Donald Trump opined about the controversial and questionable move by the league that runs America’s favorite pastime, and called for the boycott of baseball.

Aside from the state budget, redistricting is the most important item of business the legislature will tackle this session. Redistricting takes place every 10 years after the nation completes the U.S. Census and is the process of updating legislative and congressional district boundaries based on the state’s population.

Forget Orwell’s “Two Minutes Hate.” NBA legend Charles Barkley unleashed ‘One Minute Truth’ on NCAA-Final-Four-watchers last Saturday, telling viewers that: “I truly believe in my heart most white people and black people are awesome people, but we’re so stupid following our politicians, whether they’re Republicans or Democrats.” Barkley was responding to a feature that detailed how on April 4, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy broke the news about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

Hugo’s city-wide spring cleanup will be held April 16-17. All items must be taken to the landfill on S. Eighth St., across the bypass. No hazardous waste allowed, such as paint, batteries, tires, etc. Must have copy of your current city of Hugo water bill.

Choctaw County will enjoy high temperatures in the upper-70s to low-80s through the weekend. We will be looking at a 30% chance of a thunderstorm Friday and Friday night.