Bobby Long, of Haworth, Okla., took the oath of office to serve on the Kiamichi Tech Board of Education at the Board meeting on Aug. 12, 2025. Long will represent Zone 7 of the Kiamichi Tech District, which includes parts of McCurtain, Leflore and Pushmataha counties.

The 20th Annual Choctaw Art Show is now open with original works by Choctaw artists on exhibit for the next two weeks. The 20th Annual Choctaw Art Show has more than 100 juried pieces accepted into competition, up from last year.

• Sculptures of three historic Choctaw figures to be unveiled The 2025 Choctaw Labor Day Festival will mark a milestone for one structure on the festival site. Also, new art will be shown to the public for the first time.

Contributing Writer Despite two rain delays last week, Hugo’s Lady Buffaloes and the Lady Scorpions of Boswell finally found themselves under sunny skies for an opportunity to build up some Highway 70 in-county brownie points.

THE HUGO BUFFALOES turned out lots of big plays on both offense and defense in their opening scrimmage against Madill. Friday they will open their home football season against an always stout Honey Grove football squad. Kickoff will be at 7:30 p.m.

Ph.D., MPH When Zelda Hill was in college, he began noticing subtle changes in his father. The man who had always been precise began forgetting current events, mixing up dates and times, and getting lost in familiar places.

• TSET offers free resources for the school year As summer winds down and Oklahoma students prepare to go back to school, Shape Your Future, a program of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET), is offering free resources for educators and families to start the year off right. Shape Your Future offers teachers free classroom posters shipped at no cost, grade-specific elementary worksheets, fun and seasonal classroom activity sheets, helpful blogs and videos for active brain breaks.

Paris Regional Health welcomes the second class of Internal Medicine resident physicians. This group of six residents joins Paris Regional Health’s Internal Medicine Residency Program, in collaboration with the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. The program, accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), offers an exceptional training experience in graduate medical education.