Graveside services for Robert “Bobby” Augusta Allen, of Hugo, Okla., will be at 2 p.m. Sept.

Funeral services for Evelyn (Kent) Graves were held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021 at the Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Hugo, Okla., at the Bill Darrough Pavilion, with Bro. Jim Staggs officiating. Evelyn passed away Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, in Hugo, Okla., at the age of 94.

Funeral services for John Barry, of Hugo, Okla., were held at 10 a.m. Aug.

Chapel services for Franklin “Frank” Dewayne Covington, of Sawyer, Okla., will be held at 10 a.m. Sept.

Service of remembrance for Dwain Brown, fondly known as “Brownie,” will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021 at Victory Life Church with Pastor Gabriel Miller officiating. Brownie went to be with the Lord surrounded by his family on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, at his home in Hugo, Okla., at the age of 81.

On the morning of Aug. 22, 2021, James R.

Outdoor funeral services for Kelsey Richard Barnes, of Boswell, Okla., were held at 10 a.m. Aug.

Funeral services for Dorothy Mae Southard, of Valliant, Okla., will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021 at Miller & Miller Funeral Home in Valliant. Dorothy passed away Aug. 30, 2021, at the age of 65.

With US forces now gone for good having officially evacuated Kabul just hours earlier, the jubilant Taliban fully clad in US military attire, triumphantly enter a hangar at the Kabul airport — which until just hours ago was held by the US — where they examine Chinook helicopters left by the US forces.

Dozens of retired generals and admirals have called on Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley to step down, accusing them of “negligence” in connection with the disastrous US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.