As diagnostic procedures become more sophisticated and the public’s awareness grows, more individuals will be accurately diagnosed at a younger age and an earlier stage of the disease. Alzheimer’s disease is considered to be early in its onset, or starting point, if an individual is age 65 or younger when symptoms first appear.

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Felony 028 – Jamie Lewis Loudermilk: DUI. 029 – Jack Daniel Ray: Domestic assault and battery by strangulation.

The City of Hugo will begin spraying mosquito repellent the first week of April. First Ward will be sprayed on Mondays, Second Ward on Tuesdays, Third Ward on Wednesday and Fourth Ward on Fridays. While mosquito repellent is being sprayed, please avoid traveling closely into its mist.

Frisco Depot Museum had a wonderful month of visitors for February with a total of 46 visitors. They were from Sawyer, Nelson, Hugo, Fort Towson, Tishomingo, Antlers and Miami, Okla. The Depot also had visitors from Paris, Garland, Sherman, Bonham and Pasadena, Texas. A couple from Terra Alta, W.V., had never been to Hugo but loved this part of Oklahoma.

TVSHKA HOMMA –– The Easter Bunny is planning a helicopter egg drop at Chief Batton’s Easter Celebration this year. Weather permitting, 11,000 candyand-prize-filled plastic eggs will fall from the sky over the Choctaw Capitol Grounds at Tvshka Homma beginning at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 8. Children ages 2-10 years old and elders, ages 55 and up will take their turn at the starting line for egg hunts.

The Iris Garden Club of Hugo met on March 27 at ACE Hardware in downtown Hugo. The club holds a meeting each year that is open to the public and ACE graciously hosted it again this year.

With U.S. House and Senate congressional committees considering funding for 2024, the Center for Rural Affairs and 30 organizations from across the country are asking for their continued support of rural small businesses.