Donald was born March 12, 1960 to Thomas H and Illa Earline (Maynard) Maeger in Hugo Okla., and passed June 29, 2021 in Enid Okla. On Feb.

Funeral services for Swink resident Dimple Hisaw were held Saturday, July 17 at 2 p.m. at the Miller & Miller Funeral Home in Valliant, Okla.

Services for Lena Fern McGhee were held Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at Miller & Miller Funeral Home of Hugo, Okla. Lena died July 14, 2021 in Hugo, Okla.

Graveside services for Steve Allen Dillworth were held Saturday, July 17, 2021, at 10 a.m. in the Frogville, Okla., Cemetery.

Services for Destiny Cheyanne Green of Sulphur Springs, were held Friday, July 16, 2021 at 2 p.m. in the Miller & Miller Funeral Home of Hugo, Okla.

Rick L. Mize, a resident of Headland, Ala,, passed away Monday morning, July 12, 2021, at a Dothan, Alabama hospital.

The Choctaw Nation officially opened its new central laundry facility in Hugo Thursday, after Chief Gary Batton and members of the Tribal Council toured the modern high volume facility. The massive new laundry operation is capable of doing the equivalent of 30,000 loads of laundry each day and will efficiently process a number of linen products that are generated daily by the Nation’s growing hotel and casino operations in Durant, Grant and Pocola.

Services for Frank Heddleston, 93, of Lake Jackson, Texas, were held Monday, July 19 at the Miller & Miller Funeral Chapel in Hugo, Okla. Burial followed in the Fort Towson (Okla.) Cemetery. Frank passed away July 12, 2021.

Services for James Terry Fort will be Saturday, July 24, 2021 at 1 p.m. in the South Central District Building in Hugo, Okla.

Among the many meetings and events that happen throughout the months legislators aren’t in session are interim studies. These are studies that allow Senate and House members to take an in-depth look at issues that impact their constituents and districts.