OKLAHOMA CITY –– The Oklahoma Department of Corrections announced that the new Orange Alert notification system is operational and ready for citizens to opt in.

The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Emerging Aviation Technology Center (EATC) on Tuesday, October 24.

OKLAHOMA CITY –– To protect Oklahoma’s pork producers from needless and excessive regulation, Attorney General Gentner Drummond is opposing a new Massachusetts law that bans states from selling or shipping pork through Massachusetts if they do not meet strict hog-housing requirements.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack previewed the Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards (OLPS) final rule.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Ashton Boyd Smith, age 19, of Hugo, Okla., was sentenced to 121 months in prison for second degree murder in Indian Country relating to his role in a September 2022 robberyhomicide.

Alexandria Campbell, of Hugo, was this week’s winner of the Hugo News Football Contest after choosing 14 out of 18 games correctly. Campbell guessed closest (387) to the OU Sooners’ total yardage (440) to edge out Bobby Yandell and Aaron Loftin.

During Friday morning’s re-grand opening celebration, Walmart store manager Crystal Reed (pictured, red shirt) highlighted the Supercenter’s transformed departments, as well as the new interactive features now available to customers, including: