The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma awarded Choctaw County $27,000, the City of Hugo $31,300, and the City of Boswell $13,700 from the Choctaw Community Partnership Fund to continue strengthening and developing the local area.

The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of landowner rights in their Sackett v. EPA ruling over the scope of the EPA’s regulatory authority regarding what waters constitute a Waters of the United States.

Farmers adopting cover crops through Farmers for Soil Health can look forward to enhanced technical assistance. The recent $13.6 million from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation marks a significant step forward for farmers who plan to enroll in the program later this year.

CHOCTAW COUNTY –– The Choctaw County Sheriff’s Department responded to a Hugo residence on June 6, after a woman claimed to have found inappropriate pictures on her daughter’s phone. According to official reports, Jacob Lee Daniels, 35, had been exchanging nude photos with the woman’s 14-year-old daughter.

Homecoming Parade winners: First place float: First Baptist Church. Second place float: Fort Towson Masonic Lodge.

The annual Juneteenth celebration, “We are the Foundation,” will begin Saturday, June 17 with a parade at 6 p.m. Line-up at 5 p.m.

PUSHMATAHA COUNTY –– A three-vehicle crash occurred June 7 on SH 3, approximately two-and-a-half miles east of Rattan, Okla., in Pushmataha County. According to reports from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Ashley N.

HUGO –– Members of the Hugo City Council approved Ordinance No. 976 last week, concerning placing a four-way stop at 10th St.