U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Oklahoma State Director Kenneth Corn announced that the Biden-Harris Administration is investing $14 million to finance the startup and expansion of independent meat processors across Oklahoma.

HUGO –– The Hugo city council voted on repairs to be made at Cora Lee Park during the most recent council meeting last week. According to Mayor Ernest McCarty, the restroom at the park is in total disrepair and needs to be removed and replaced.

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Contributing Writer On Tuesday, the former president of the Choctaw County Library, Inc. Board of Directors pleaded not guilty to embezzlement.

Senator David Bullard (left) and State Representative Justin Humphrey (right) will hold a town hall meeting at 10 a.m. Friday, April 14, 2023 at Kiamichi Technology Center in Hugo..

took the Oath of Office on Thursday morning, April 6, 2023 as a new member of the Board of Education of Hugo Public Schools. Beason was the front-runner in the election, beating incumbent Shane Spillman, 199-143.

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.

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.