OKLAHOMA CITY –– This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) endorsed the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for primary series vaccination in adults ages 18 and older.

In general, it’s not a good idea to take expired medication. Since 1979, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has required medications to carry an expiration date. Through this time, the drug manufacturer can still guarantee the safety and efficacy of the medication, assuming it is properly stored.

HUGO — After being at large for more than two weeks, Hugo Police arrested Jonathan Dakota Hinsley (Alias: Bolo) on Friday on a felony arrest warrent after he allegedly held two adults hostage in his brother’s home on West Dalton Street in Hugo.

The board of county commissioners for Choctaw County passed a resolution Monday morning enacting a burn ban for a period of 14 days. This burn ban may be removed at any time during the 14-day period..

The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma recently donated to the city of Hugo to help fund the construction of an arched entry into the city, to be located on S. Broadway near the Chamber of Commerce. Pictured are (l to r) Courtney Wesley, Debra Searcy, Michelle Frazier, Jay Hinds and Lena Kopp. Photo Courtesy / Kelli Stacy

Youth Services for Choctaw, Pushmataha, and McCurtain Counties will be hosting its Fourth Annual Back to School event on Thursday, July 28, 2022. The event will be held at the Agri- Plex in Hugo. Last year, with your help, they met their goal to provide 300 or more backpacks with supplies to families in need. It will be held from 10 a.m. to 2

HUGO –– Birthday parties are usually planned for kids, and it is no different for Hugo’s biggest baby, elephant Cameron Lee, who is turning 2 years old in a few short days. The elephant family and staff at the Endangered Ark Foundation in Hugo invite you to come take part in celebrating Cameron Lee’s special day on Saturday, July 30, from 11 a.m.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Stetson Bruce, age 33, of Antlers, Okla., was found guilty by a Federal jury of two counts of aggravated sexual abuse in Indian Country.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), yesterday joined seven of his colleagues to introduce the “No Emergency Crude Oil for Foreign Adversaries Act” to ensure that reserves sold from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) are not exported to nations that are adversaries of the United States. Led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Inhofe was joined in co-sponsoring the legislation by Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), James Lankford (R-Okla.), John Kennedy (R-La.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.).

Provided by Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Oklahoma State University Wild turkey genetics is among the areas of a 4.5-year study launched at the beginning of 2022 by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and the Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit to address wild turkey population dynamics and brood survival. Wild Turkey Genetics Study: Supplies for processing DNA samples are being received.