Kiamichi Tech honored students who recently completed their career training with a graduation ceremony on May 16 at the Hugo campus.

• Choctaw Cultural Night for the Magnolia Festival on June 1 The Choctaw Cultural Center is partnering with the Durant Area Chamber of Commerce to help kick off this year’s Magnolia Festival. Choctaw Cultural Night for the Magnolia Festival will take place from 5 p.m.

Funeral services for James Browning were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at First Baptist Church of Hugo with Pastor Byron Smith officiating. Burial followed at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. James passed away Saturday, May 27, 2023, in Hugo, Okla., at the age of 92.

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were rewarded for meeting their reading goals during the course of the 2022-2023 school year. In addition to weekly and monthly reading rewards, students were also rewarded field trips during the months of April and May.

• May to bring awareness of mental health issues and promote wellness in Oklahoma May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to come together as a community to shift from stigma associated with mental health issues, raise awareness of resources available for those dealing with mental health...

OMRF Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Judith James, M.D., Ph.D., has been named a member of the 2023 class of the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.

Tobacco Stops With Me, a program of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET), encourages all Oklahomans to reflect on the harms of tobacco and recommit to supporting tobacco-free environments in honor of World No Tobacco Day. The global event will be observed on Wednesday, May 31.

A ground breaking ceremony was recently held at the Tribal Complex in Hugo. The 51,000-square-foot expansion will increase housing, education, Indian Child Welfare and vocational rehabilitation services in Hugo and the surrounding areas.

gathered in Idabel for the annual Tri-County Bar Association Law Day meeting and banquet. The Association consists of McCurtain County, Pushmataha County and Choctaw County attorneys. These three counties comprise the Oklahoma 17th Judicial District and the Oklahoma 17th District Attorney District.