Candidates for the board of education in all six school districts with voters within Choctaw County, will file declarations of candidacy beginning 8 a.m. Monday, Dec.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) is calling for the Jan. 6 Committee to be investigated after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced the release of 40,000 hours of video from the Jan. 6 Capitol incident, with the Utah Republican accusing the panel of intentionally hiding the footage that could provide exculpatory evidence for some Jan. 6 prisoners.

On Friday, the OSBI was notified that a land owner in Fort Towson, Okla., discovered possible human remains. The OSBI, Choctaw County Sheriff’s Office, Hugo Police Department, Oklahoma Highway Patrol, and the Oklahoma Medical Examiner’s Office responded to the area to investigate.

The Frisco Depot Museum had a very good January, 2023. There were more than 70 visitors who came from Fort Towson, Messer, Hugo, Antlers, Yukon, Durant and Sawyer, Okla. Also others from Gilmer, Hawkins, Ft.