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HUGO –– On July 21, Self’s Small Engine Repair was awarded a $5,000 Small Business Forgivable loan from Choctaw Nation Small Business Development and the Choctaw Development Fund. Self’s Small Engine Repair is owned and operated by Brandon Self and offers repairs and refurbishment sales of small power equipment in Hugo, Oklahoma.

Felony 067 – Austin Darryl Ryan: Assault and battery upon a police officer. 068 – Sedrick Moltke Frierson: Bringing contraband (weapons/ explosives/drugs/ etc) into jail.

The Fort Towson Historic Site will host Mexican-American War Days: A Long Walk in the Sun on Sept. 16-18. This free event will feature an encampment set in the 1846-1848 time period of the Mexican-American War. Educational presentations and opportunities to interact with experts in the fields of infantry, Mountain Howitzers, dragoons, and field artillery will bring this underrepresented period of history to life with sights, sounds and smells to ignite the imagination. Public presentations will be held on Saturday, Sept. 17 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) will begin converting its Hugo streetlights to new technology that will brighten roadways, street corners and public spaces for homeowners, drivers and law enforcement later this week. LED conversion of 584 PSO-owned streetlights is set to begin this week, weather permitting.

The Oklahoma Water Resources Center at Oklahoma State University is teaming up with Texas A&M University for a $1.7 million project to study the benefits of regenerative agriculture in Oklahoma and Texas.

• Welcome to the 115th annual Choctaw County Fair There’s a certain excitement in the air at a county fair that simply doesn’t exist anywhere else. The sights, sounds and of course, the aroma of horses, livestock, poultry, people, carnival rides, concessions and the like call to mind the slowly shortening days and cooler nights of late summer.

CHOCTAW COUNTY –– Four people have been accused of conspiring to bring contraband into a county jail, after two jailers located three grams of marijuana and eight grams of methamphetamine inside a plastic bottle of body lotion.

CHOCTAW COUNTY –– On Aug. 31, 2022, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) received a request from the Choctaw County Sheriff’s Office to investigate an in-custody death of Charles Gilliland, 64.

left: The Frisco Depot Museum is a lunch destination once again. The First Stop Coffee & Sandwich Shop took up residence inside the depot in the middle of August, with owner Lori Pool aiming to not only start her own business, but also to support an historic gem in Hugo. Pool tested the waters back in June, selling iced coffee out of the depot during homecoming weekend to introduce the community to what she hoped to offer when the restaurant got up and running. With the doors now open, Pool is serving food and coffee from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday. The First Stop Coffee & Sandwich Shop also serves lunch specials every day. Pool stated they’ll stick to sandwich specials until the larger dining room is open for service.