Those on the ballot for the April 6 municipal elections include: City of Hugo • Council member At Large Darren Frazier Richard Higginbotham • Council member Ward 1 Bart Tedder Josh Armes Earl Dalke Earl Dalke • Council member Ward 3 Gaylon Ridenour Juanita Latimore • Council member Ward 4 BJ Lemmons Layton Cox County Commissioner District 2 Darrell Kerr James Walker Town of Boswell • Board of Trustees (three positions) Henry Hopkins Mary Phifer Ola Mae Moore Mark Fuzzell Trisha Marshall • Town Clerk Cliff Sanders Town of Fort Towson • Board of Trustees (two positions) Lisa Davidson • Board of Trustees (three positions) Edna Reeves Dawn Alvey Cathie Carothers • Town Clerk/Treasurer Jimmy Brandon Judy Fuhrhop Judy Fuhrhop Town of Sawyer • Board of Trustees (one position) Kat Brainerd • Board of Trustees (two positions) Mickey Ausmus Stephen Bowers • Town Clerk/Treasurer Jay Bode Town of Soper • Board of Trustees (three positions) Justin Logue Shafiq Rehman Shafiq Rehman Welcom Wiginton Welcom Wiginton.

The Hugo Board of Education met in regular session on Feb. 8. The board approved a new school calendar for 2021-2022 recommended by a committee made up of teachers and parents. A decision by the Oklahoma State Board of Education on Jan. 28, 2021 will allow four-day school weeks to continue for another year if local boards choose to do so. The committee included voices in support of a return to a five-day week. However, the majority favored the four-day option as a way to keep teachers who drive long distances to Hugo and to remain competitive in hiring new teachers in the area due to the fact that the other schools in our immediate area will also continue with their four-day weeks.

Choctaw County EMS uses multiple ambulances to function properly and assist people countywide. Maintaining such a fleet adequately can be costly, but failing to do so could potentially cost people their lives.

CHOCTAW COUNTY –– Two people were injured in a collision that occurred Friday evening at the intersection of U.S. Hwy.