The Fort Towson 4-H Forestry Judging team were awarded their Forestry jackets at the Choctaw County 4-H Banquet. The team members competed in the National 4-H Forestry Judging Contest at Jackson’s Mill in Weston, W.V.

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• Ornament making, gingerbread decorating, more on Dec. 6 The public is invited to join “A Choctaw Christmas” at the Choctaw Cultural Center on Saturday, Dec.

Ruben Babcock is running for Oklahoma House Representative for District 19, and he will be the Featured Speaker for the Choctaw County Republican special November/ December meeting to be held on Thursday, Dec. 4 at 5:30 p.m. at the Choctaw County Library in Hugo. It’s a perfect opportunity to meet him and hear his plans in running.

The Oklahoma State School Boards Association Foundation will present the Dr. Bob Mooneyham Memorial Scholarship again this spring to a high school senior who plans to be an Oklahoma teacher.

Thanksgiving brings families together for food, gratitude and time with loved ones, but it also brings a spike in preventable holiday hazards, the Oklahoma Poison Center warns. Before Oklahomans turn on the oven, sneak a bite of raw cookie dough or leave a purse within reach of children or pets, the center is reminding families that Thanksgiving can lead to more than a full table.

If participants in America’s first Thanksgiving meal could time travel to this Thursday, they wouldn’t recognize what they’d find on our tables. “That’s because what the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag tribal members ate was a lot healthier than what most of us will be piling on our plates,” said Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation physician-scientist Hal Scofield, M.D.

Pay raises are on the horizon for a slew of Oklahoma elected officials. The Statewide Official Compensation Board voted Nov.