Oklahoma Watch Hochatown is a 240-person community that shares a ZIP code with a larger city, Broken Bow, which sits 10 miles to the south. But the conflation has become a problem for Hochatown beyond mail delivery errors.

HUGO — A new $160 million-dollar natural gas pipeline that will extend from the Bennington Natural Gas Hub 43 miles to Western Farmers Electric Cooperative’s Hugo powerplant, has been announced by One Gas, Inc., a natural gas distribution company.

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A pre-preliminary conference was held Dec. 17 for Armando Mustafo Rojas-Caceras, who is the alleged suspect in the murder of Hugo’s Traci Byrd.

Attorney General Gentner Drummond responded to a federal court judgment holding major poultry corporations responsible for phosphorus pollution in the Illinois River Watershed (IRW).

The Grinch, 121 years old of Mount Crumpit, was arrested and booked into Choctaw County Jail on Dec. 13 after stealing presents from the town of Hugo during the annual Christmas parade.

Misdemeanor 196 – Jonathan Isael Gallegos-Garcia: DUI, under 21. 197 – Michael Allen Bruce: Protective order violation.

Choctaw County Genealogical Society will have a special speaker at their January meeting. Danny Groat, a longtime CCGS member and a history teacher at Hugo High School, will be discussing the Dawes Act, tribal land allotments, and the resulting corruption and theft of the allotted land.

Merry Christmas! Choctaw County Genealogical Society will have its January meeting on Jan. 5 at 6 p.m.

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