Located in scenic southeastern Oklahoma, this long-established recreation destination offers family fun, boating, abundant fishing opportunities and spectacular sunset views. Fill up on drinks and snacks at the marina before renting one of the 24-foot pontoons and boating the day away.

Elevation is Normal (stable), water temperature 68°F and murky. (USACE Lake Level) Catfish, Blue, Catfish, Channel, Catfish, Flathead Good on chicken liver, cut bait, dough bait, live bait, punch bait, shad, stinkbait, sunfish around below the dam, brush structure, channels, creek channels, main lake, river channel, shorelines, standing timber.

The lake area offers excellent hunting opportunities with more than 25,000 acres of land available to the hunter. Bow hunting is permitted in and around most of the park areas.

Legal: • Using only the hands to take catfish and nongame fish. • Using a stringer to secure a fish.

Contributing Writer Two and a half years after a double homicide in Sawyer, accused co-conspirators Ashlie Martin and Chad Voyles will soon see their days in court. According to an indictment, Martin, Voyles and an “unindicted co-conspirator” planned the premeditated murder of Martin’s parents, Curtis Martin and Sherrie Pyron, which took place on Dec.

April 26-28 will be the dates for the premier economic development event of the year –– the Lieutenant Governor’s Turkey Hunt. Oklahoma Southeast is hosting the event at Hugo Lake.

Candidates filing for the 2023 Choctaw Nation elections include: Chief • Gary Batton (incumbent, unopposed) Council District 8 • Perry Thompson (incumbent) • Larry Wade Council District 1 • Thomas R. Williston (incumbent, unopposed) Council District 2 • Tony Ward (incum- bent) • Brent Minter Council District 3 • Eddie Bohanan (incumbent) • Kay Haering • Archie Meashintubby Council District 5 • Ronald C.

Emergency Management team met last week to discuss and prepare for the 2024 total eclipse. The Monday, April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Mexico, the United States and Canada. The total solar eclipse will begin over the South Pacific Ocean. The path of the eclipse continues from Mexico, entering the United States in Texas, and traveling through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. The duration of totality will be up to 4 minutes and 27 seconds.