The start of a new year is the perfect opportunity to kick old habits and create new ones. For those thinking about quitting tobacco, programs like the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline can more than double the likelihood of success.

SOPER’s CHLOE MADBULL pulls up for a shot during a recent hardcourt battle against the Lady Tigers of Fort Towson. Defending for the Tigers is Baylee Rymel.

DENSE FOG made it hard to travel Tuesday morning in Choctaw County. Those traveling westbound on Hwy.

HUGO –– Hugo Police arrested an adult and a minor last Tuesday after a drive-up shooting occurred near S. E St.

KIAMICHI TECH-HUGO students hosted a canned food drive in an effort to alleviate hunger during the Christmas season. Students collected more than 2,000 pounds of nonperishable food items.

Fort Towson officials report that the precautionary water boil advisory issued last week has been lifted. They were notified Dec.

We had difficulties when we were growing up in Martin County, Ken., but overall, we thought we were doing okay. President Lyndon Johnson came to Inez, Ken., in 1964 to let us know we weren’t doing very well. He began his campaign in our community and we became the poster child for American poverty.

Throughout the entire expanse of eternity There existed, exists, and will continue to Exist one event that redefined life as it Moves and inhabits an endless universe.

The Iris Garden Club of Hugo gathered on Dec. 13 for their annual Christmas celebration. The group met at the Rose Cottage (Jerry and Harolynn Wofford’s) for appetizers and drinks. The porch was decorated with lights, poinsettias and pinecones.

Congratulations to Kiamichi Technology Center’s November students of the month, Olivia Davenport and Aimee Castle!! Olivia (top right), a junior at Soper High School, is a student in the Health Careers program. Aimee (below right), Adult Student of the Month, is in the Practical Nursing program.