The PRCA Rodeo Committee announces that the 61st annual Hugo Rodeo Parade will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, June 2. All area businesses, churches, homecoming classes, clubs and youth groups and individuals are urged to make plans to enter the parade to compete for cash prize money. The theme this year is “Wild West Western Days.”

Rep. Justin Humphrey, R-Lane, and Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant, will hold a Meet Your Legislator in Person Town Hall meeting at 10 a.m. Friday, June 2, at the Gather Event Center, 216 N Main, Antlers.

Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) released the following statement in response to the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Sackett v. EPA, which ruled in favor of the Sackett’s and America’s landowners: “Today’s ruling by the Supreme Court is a win for Oklahoma’s farmers, ranchers, landowners, and all of rural America. Beginning with the Obama Administration and resurrected by President Biden, Washington Democrats have attempted to expand the role of the federal government under the Clean Water Act and erode the private property rights of Americans. Today’s unanimous decision by the Supreme Court to define wetlands regulated by the Clean Water Act takes a step towards clarity, regulatory certainty, and allowing landowners to continue to be their own responsible steward of their land,” said Congressman Lucas. “Now that the Court has ruled in conflict with the Administration’s rule, the Biden Administration must immediately rescind its burdensome proposed rule.”

Rep. Carl Newton, R-Cherokee, this week thanked the governor for signing into law a bill that will allow teens as young as 14 years old who live or work on a family farm to be eligible for a driving permit to go directly to or from home, work or school.

Over the next several weeks, 326,603 registered voters in Oklahoma, and around one thousand voters in Choctaw County will receive an Address Confirmation Notice from the State Election Board. The notices are required by state law.