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The Choctaw County Ambulance Authority is pleased to announce it has received a $25,000 Rural Oklahoma Community Grant from the Carolyn Watson Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation administered by the Oklahoma City Community Foundation.

With a new three-year grant from the American Heart Association, a scientist at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation will study a common and life-threatening heart condition. Kamil Kobak, Ph.D., will focus on the connection between age-related muscle loss and a disorder known as heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, or HFpEF.

A Memorial Day Community Parade and Celebration will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, May 26, to remember and honor the brave men and women who gave their lives in service to our nation.

Presenting the Hugo High Class of 2025...

The official deadline to request absentee ballots for the June 10 Fort Towson Municipal Board Election by mail is Monday, May 26. However since Monday, May 26 is Memorial Day Holiday, the deadline for hand delivered requests is Friday, May 23 by 4 p.m. Application requests mailed in must still be postmarked no later than midnight May 26, and online requests must be requested and time stamped by 4:59 p.m. May 26. Voters may submit applications online through the Oklahoma State Election Board website through the OK Voter Portal at oklahoma.gov/ elections/ovp.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jeffery Scott Pinkston, age 40, of Hugo, Okla., was sentenced to 37 months in prison for one count of possession of certain material involving the sexual exploitation of a minor.

A special meeting was held at noon last Thursday of the Hugo city council, who retired into executive session for approximately 30 minutes to discuss the possible employment of Richard Higginbotham for interim city manager.