OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry (ODAFF) recently launched a state-wide incentive for public schools to purchase nutritious foods from local farmers and ranchers.

CHOCTAW CHIEF GARY BATTON shares his appreciation with members of the Tribal Council for the completion of the $26-million dollar Tribal Services Building in the Tribe’s Hugo complex. Also recognizing tribal councilors was Speaker Thomas Williston.

• D1 Thomas Williston • D2 Tony Ward • D3 Eddie Bohanan • D4 Jess Henry • D5 Ron Perry • D6 Jennifer Woods • D7 Joey Tom • D8 Perry Thompson • D9 James Dry • D10 Anthony Dillard • D11 Robert Karr • D12 James Frazier Chief Gary Batton Asst. Chief Jack Austin, Jr..

to point Publisher I had about six months of writing and reporting experi‑ence at the Hugo Daily News under my belt in the sum‑mer of 1975 when Choctaw Chief Harry J.W. Belvin announced that he would be coming to Hugo to a ribbon cutting ceremony to open the tribe’s new modern health facility on the western edge of town.

A former executive inside the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) warns of corruption in the agency that is currently being reviewed and purged by the Trump administra‑tion, alleging that among politicians, it is mostly Democrats who benefited from its funding.

President Trump announced Sunday that he is telling the Treasury Depart‑ment to stop minting pennies, ending a 233-year run of the 1-cent coin. The penny, one of the first coins made by the U.S.

CFPB gutted in latest Trump admin move to cut gov‑ernment waste . .

President Donald Trump’s massive reform of the U.S. government has continued Monday, as he an‑nounced efforts to root out “woke leftist ideologues” from U.S.

Former Green Beret Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C. says next generation is ‘condemned’ to conflict... “Our politicians failed us,” he said. “Our military leaders failed us. And at some point, you just step back and you realize, if we’re structurally so weak that we would lose Afghanistan the way that we lost it, we’re just asking our adversaries to attack us. I really do believe that the way that we left Afghani‑stan condemned the next generation of Americans to conflict,” Harrigan added. Daily Signal.com

After a few frustrating losses the past few weeks, the Hugo Buffaloes bounced back with a solid 49-39 win over Silo Friday night. Hugo’s biggest struggle of the season has been slow starts, which have often caused the Buffs to have to battle back in the second half of games.