Homecoming parade...
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PUSHMATAHA COUNTY –– A woman was airlifted to a Texas hospital Monday morning, after a one-vehicle accident one miles east of N. 4350 Rd.
Iris Garden Club holds meeting to kick off new year
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The Iris Garden Club of Hugo met Sept. 25 at the home of Harolynn Wofford.
Presentation at Fort Towson Historic Site to focus on 19th Century weapons, uniforms
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FORT TOWSON –– On Saturday, Oct. 14, from 1-3 p.m., Charles R. Lemons will present at the Fort Towson Historic Site. He will be discussing mid-19thcentury weapons and uniforms. Lemons is the retired curator of the Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor in Fort Knox, Ky. He is the author of 30 books on subjects like U.S. Army World War II uniforms and the American Civil War.
Public Records
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Felony 105 – Korrie A. Torres: Use of vehicle in discharge of weapon.
OSDH offers tips on safe sleep for your baby
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• During safe sleep and SIDS awareness month OKLAHOMA CITY – One of the leading causes of death in babies one to 12 months old is sleep-related infant deaths, including Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed. Data from the 2021 Oklahoma Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) show the sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) infant mortality rate (IMR) was 1.4 babies per 1,000 live births.
Calendar of Events...
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The meeting for the Hugo District with Superintendent Michael Frazier and District Missionary Bobbie Akins will be Oct. 11-13, at 7 p.m.
Voices crying in the wilderness
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I’m Alan Simpson, a retired teacher and coach of 42 years –– and I am Choctaw. I read a lot of Native American history, most of which is unequivocally, painful. At this time I want to share my perspectives on Indian Boarding Schools of the 1800s and early 1900s –– a story of Native American children and their “voices crying in the wilderness.”
SBA economic injury disaster loans available to Oklahoma small businesses
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Small nonfarm businesses in eight Oklahoma counties as well as neighboring counties in Arkansas and Texas are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Director Jeffrey Lusk of SBA’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought in the following primary counties that began Sept. 19.
NRCS announces batching date for CSP, ACEP, EQIP programs
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The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is announcing Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, as the first batching date for applications submitted for Fiscal Year 2024 funding through either the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) or Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).
Boswell resident convicted of involuntary manslaughter
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MUSKOGEE –– The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Chase Lane Rocha, age 21, of Boswell, Okla., was found guilty by a federal jury of one count of involuntary manslaughter in Indian Country. The jury trial began with testimony on Oct. 2, 2023, and concluded on Oct. 4, 2023, with the guilty verdict.
