Services for Amaney Jackson will be Saturday, July 22, 2023 at 10 a.m. in the Hugo High School gymnasium.

Hugo Police Department officers arrested an Idabel woman, Reann Whitney Willeby, on July 7, 2023 at the Choctaw Travel Plaza on the west side of Hugo, after receiving reports of a stolen vehicle on West Jackson Street at 6:45 a.m.

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Kendall Bryan Morgan, age 45, of Shady Point, Okla., was sentenced today to 22 months imprisonment and 36 months of supervised release for violating the civil rights of a handcuffed detainee without legal justification.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission launched its Fly Oklahoma mobile app last July and as part of their new challenge feature, they are announcing a new aeronautical challenge, the “Red River Run.”

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has issued its preliminary report concerning a July 11 crash south of Hugo that claimed the lives to two local men. According to OHP Trooper Hunter Motley’s report, a 2012 Ford F250 pickup, driven by Amaney Jackson, 27, of Hugo, was northbound on County Road N 4220 (Old Paris Highway 271) at approximately 6:35 Tuesday, July 11, when he lost control of his vehicle, departed the roadway to the left, rolled 1/4 time, struck a tree and came to rest.

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Local, state, and federal laws apply to everyone, and Choctaw Nation tribal members are not exempt. The idea that our tribe turns a blind eye to laws being broken by tribal members is quite simply false.

The USA Glory 12U softball team based out of Valliant, Okla., coached by Jeremy Smith, won the USSSA Southeast National Championship this past Fourth of July week in Nashville, Tenn. Three of the girls on the team reside right here in Choctaw County and proudly represented us here in small town Oklahoma this past week on a National stage.

Lucile Morehouse, daughter of Nathan and Autumn Morehouse of Boswell, Okla., competed in the United Taekwondo Alliance Grand Nationals this year in Plano, Texas. Morehouse is a student under Master Rick Arnold with Arnold’s Martial Arts in Sherman, Texas.

By Andy and Renie Bowman Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn. com “Customer Service” –– the belief that every person walking in through the door of the store needs to be treated as vital to the financial life blood of that business. When did it become “Customer to be Tolerated or Ignored?”

We are pleased to share a new feature in our pages this week –– Newspaper Fun –– a high-energy, children’s activity page that features puzzles, cartoons, games and a cast of off-beat, humorous animal characters.