PUSHMATAHA COUNTY –– A Rattan, Okla., man passed away Friday after a vehicle collision with a semi, approximately eight miles north of Rattan.

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HUGO –– After each election of the Hugo city council, a reorganization of the board occurs at the following meeting. At last Tuesday’s meeting, a motion and a second resulted in Ernest McCarty being reappointed as Hugo Mayor.

WILBURTON –– Representatives from Kiamichi Tech, Eastern Oklahoma State College, Carl Albert State College, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Choctaw Nation, Southern Workforce Board and Mercy Hospital met this week with a goal of strengthening and promoting the pipeline of healthcare workers...

Funeral services for Albert Kevin Walls, of Grant, Okla., were held at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 27, 2023 at Miller & Miller Funeral Home in Valliant, Okla. Albert passed away April 18, 2023, at the age of 53.

Funeral services for Alice Wheeler, of Hugo, Okla., were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at Miller & Miller Funeral Chapel.

RATTAN — If you’re going to play the Rattan Rams in baseball, it’s a well-known fact around most of Oklahoma that “you’d better pack a lunch.” The Rams recently capped the Regional Championship with an eight-game winning streak that landed them in the final eight of the Oklahoma ClassA Playoffs.

ANTLERS — The Antlers Bearcats will face Sperry Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in the State 3A Regional tournament. The games will be hosted by Victory Christian, who will face off in the bracket against Adair.

“We played Friday in Preston against Eufaula. We lost the first game 4-3 after leading 3-0 going into the bottom of the 7th. Second game we lost 11-4. We should have won that one as well but made two errors in the 6th that cost us that one.

Elevation is 2 ft. above normal (rising), water temperature 70°F and murky.