I came away from last Thursday’s Town Hall meeting in Boswell with mixed feelings. The meeting opened up with area citizens and even aspiring candidates for public office voicing their desire to attract better jobs to the area so our sharpest and brightest young citizens could choose to remain near their homes and raise families here with good paying jobs and benefits.

STATE CAPITOL — Senate Bill 1788 by Sen. Adam Pugh and House Speaker Kyle Hilbert was signed by the Governor Kevin Stitt Monday at a special ceremony held at John Rex Elementary. In attendance was State Superintendent Lindel Fields, who expressed strong support for the bipartisan legislation.

Mosley: DUI. 030 – Angelic S.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Oklahoma State Director Zachary Swartz announced recently that the Trump Administration will invest more than $4.2 million in community and infrastructure projects across rural Southeast Oklahoma.

OKLAHOMA CITY –– The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) has announced it has fined and revoked the license of David Kyle Deberry, a resident insurance producer from Broken Bow, Okla., following an investigation led by its Anti-Fraud Unit.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Bill Coleman and Rep. Ken Luttrell announced Tuesday that they will move forward with a new version of a bill to legalize sports betting after securing support from key stakeholders.

HUGO — The Hugo Lady Buffaloes hosted the Wright City Lady Jax Monday and were not able to contain the powerhitting team. Wright City plated 13 runs on 13 hits, while the Lady Buffaloes got two runs across the plate on five hits.

HUGO — The Hugo Buffaloes were unable to string enough hits together Monday afternoon at Shull-Bywaters Park to challenge the visiting Kingston Redskins. Kingston plated 13 runs on 11 hits while making no errors in the field.

As Alcohol Awareness Month coincides with prom season, the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) is reminding Oklahomans to plan ahead and make safe choices around alcohol use.

The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation has received a $3 million federal grant to investigate how methamphetamine triggers a vicious cycle of addiction in the brain. By the end of the five-year National Institutes of Health grant, OMRF’s Mike Beckstead, Ph.D., hopes to make discoveries about addiction that will apply not just to meth but also to other drugs.