Vice President JD Vance has referred evidence gathered by Congress that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison failed to act against mass welfare fraud in their state to the Justice Department for possible criminal investigate.

The biggest news in Oklahoma this week isn’t the pending governor’s election or the outcome of multi-million dollar lawsuits... it’s the retirement announcement of one of the state’s most accomplished leaders...

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BIG KUDOS are in order this week on a whole bunch of area citizens who contributed to the success of numerous local events. You can talk or complain all day long, but good and successful events can only happen when people put in the requisite work...

The Hugo News encourages readers to submit “Letters to the Editor.” All letters submitted for publication must conform to the following guidelines: — Letters should be neatly handwritten, typed, or emailed and be written by area residents. Letters written by those living outside Choctaw County will be considered for publication provided the topic has significant local interest or impact.

One question will appear on the June 16, 2026, Primary Election Ballot. It was placed on the ballot by gathering signatures from citizens. The question is reprinted here as it will appear on the ballot followed by a brief summary prepared by the Oklahoma Press Association.

Back in February, when NonDoc announced a May 28 gubernatorial debate ahead of the Republican primary election, we established a 12% public polling threshold for participation. A Jan. 28-29 poll from CHS & Associates showed Gentner Drummond, Charles McCall, Mike Mazzei and Chip Keating — the four candidates, who are raising and spending millions of dollars on their campaigns, each qualifying above the 12% mark.

To The Editor: Primary elections are scheduled for June 16 – only a few weeks away. Before voting day, it is a good idea to go online, OK VOTER PORTAL, to confirm your registration and polling location.

It’s Hugo Rodeo and Homecoming time here in Choctaw County and that means it’s time to sharpen up the story telling and ways to embellish old stories that have grown better with time. Occasionally, as I glance through old volumes of the Hugo Daily News, I am reminded that some events during my years at Hugo High didn’t happen exactly as I remembered.

FBI Director Kash Patel says prior administrations looked the other way on election cheating but “those days are over.” Despite evidence to the contrary, liberal voting activists have spent years minimizing cheating concerns and portraying those who want to investigate such problems as “election deniers.” But the Justice Department, FBI and Homeland Security are now systematically exposing electoral fraud from noncitizen voting to ballot-box-stuffing schemes that are turning the table in epic fashion. The latest strike came Monday when a longtime voting activist in California reached a deal with federal prosecutors to admit to illegally paying homeless people to sign election petitions and paying people to register to vote in a two-decade scheme that allegedly leveraged the Democratrun state’s lax mail-in voting system, which sends ballot forms to everyone whether they ask for them or not.