HUGO — The Hugo Board of Education made decisions Monday night concerning who will be at the helm of each of the city’s schools. After a lengthy executive session, the board returned to make only one change for the coming year.

HUGO — The newly seated Hugo city council, now led by recently-elected Mayor Tina Bunn, voted 4-1 to terminate the employment of current Hugo City Manager Leah Thomas during a special council meeting Friday.

Service Oklahoma has launched CDL Modernized Skills Test statewide, providing a more streamlined, transparent and efficient process for Commercial Driver License (CDL) applicants.

This fall, Oklahoma FFA chapters will have the opportunity to turn their STEM ideas into reality because of a $50,000 grant by the Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) Foundation to the Oklahoma FFA Foundation.

More than 100 Oklahoma 4-Hers got an inside look at state government during the 26th annual 4-H Day at the Capitol on April 23 in Oklahoma City.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Warren Hamilton, R-McCurtain, secured unanimous approval from the Senate for House Bill 1003, which raises the age of consent from 16 to 18 years of age.

With a new $710,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, an Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist will study the role of a family of immune cells in Alzheimer’s disease.

Attorney General Gentner Drummond is alerting Oklahoma consumers in the wake of 23andMe having filed for bankruptcy protection last month.

Retirement parties were held last week in Hugo for Rhonda Cherry (above) and Linda Loper (bottom left). Cherry retired from the Hugo Post Office on April 30, capping off an impressive career spanning more than 20 years.

BRYAN COUNTY –– A woman was killed and three others sustained injuries in a two-vehicle accident on Hwy. 70 and N.