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GOLDSBY, Okla. — More than 30 varieties of tree seedlings native to Oklahoma are now on sale. The annual sale of seedlings intended for conservation planting is highly anticipated and many of the more popular varieties sometimes sell out quickly.

Many agriculture producers in our area have a license to buy Restricted Use Pesticides (RUP) to control pests on their farm or ranch. One of the conditions or rules to keeping that license is to receive continuing education units (CEUs) throughout the fiveyear term of the license.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it will begin issuing more than $1.75 billion in emergency relief payments to eligible farmers and livestock producers. These much-needed payments are helping farming and ranching operations recover following natural disasters in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

HUGO — Area law-enforcement officers were alerted to reports of gunfire north of Hugo High School Monday afternoon and soon-after began chasing a vehicle meeting the description of the vehicle involved.

Choctaw Nation Lighthorse Police were dispatched to the Choctaw Casino & Resort in Grant recently in regards to a possible stolen vehicle. According to official reports, valet attendants received a valet receipt ticket from two males, who were later identified as Terral Jack Barnes, 32 of Hugo and Gerry Vance Noah, 45 of Soper.

of Hugo, was this week’s winner of the Hugo News Football Contest after choosing 17 out of 18 games correctly. Pictured, Wolf (right) collects the $50 weekly prize from Chandler Logan of Hugo Jiffy Lube, where he obtained his winning entry blank.

CHOCTAW COUNTY –– A Hugo Police officer is recovering after a wreck he was involved in Sunday morning, approximately two miles west of Soper, Okla., on US Hwy. 70.

HUGO — Two felony counts of shooting with intent to kill were filed on Sept. 28 on two Choctaw County men, following a shooting incident into a home located on Fallon Road southeast of Hugo.