Body The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma’s (CNO) Success Through Academic Recognition (STAR) Program is again rewarding tribal members for academic excellence. STAR provides Choctaw students, in second through 12th grades, with gift cards at the end of each semester.

Body WILBURTON –– Eastern Oklahoma State College has announced honor rolls for the fall 2022 semester. Named to the Named to the spring 2022 semester lists were: PRESIDENT’S HONOR ROLL Choctaw County Swink – Freeda Mcclure.

Body Fort Towson High School held a National Honor Society Induction Ceremony on April 28. Nine members were inducted at this time.

Body Congratulations to the Parade Winners: • First Place Float: Lemonace. • Second Place Float: 4H/FFA.

Body On Monday night, the Hugo Public Schools Administration building was packed with concerned parents and citizens waiting for their chance to speak during the regularly-scheduled monthly board meeting.

Body CHOCTAW COUNTY –– The body of an unidentified white male was recovered Sunday, south of the Hugo Dam on Kiamichi River. According to reports from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the body was located around 6:30 p.m.

Body The Oklahoma State Department of Health has identified its first probable case of monkeypox and is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to confirm the infection in a central Oklahoma resident with recent international travel to a country with...

Body FORMER HUGO BUFFALO ALL-DISTRICT running back, Don Short, welcomed Vicki Bains Sharp during the Hugo Homecoming Saturday. Short and several other former Hugo Buffaloes were avid golfers and frequently played with Coach Bains and his assistant coach Don Overton.

Body LEGENDARY BUFFALO FOOTBALL Coach L.D. Bains made his final trip to Gene Nesbit Stadium Saturday as a number of athletes and former Coach Larry Landreth participated in a ceremony to scatter a portion of his ashes at the 50 yard-line of Buff Parker Field.

Body RATTAN — The Rattan RAMS blew Wright City out last week on their home field, scoring four runs in the first, third, and sixth innings, and adding six more in the fifth and a pair in the seventh! Lead the RAMS at the plate was Ethan Clay with four hits.