The annual Soper Homecoming will be held Saturday, July 1. More can be found inside today’s Hugo News.

WILBURTON –– Eastern Oklahoma State College has announced honor rolls for the spring 2023 semester. There were 120 students named to the President’s Honor Roll, which requires a 4.0 grade point average in 12 or more credit hours during the semester.

The Choctaw Nation Development Fund and Choctaw Nation Small Business Development program awarded T7 Backhoe & Rock Hauling with a $5,000 forgivable loan. T7 Backhoe & Rock Hauling was founded in 2020 by husbandandwife William David Thompson and Ashley Thompson and operates out of Soper, Okla.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahomans seeking a grant or loan through the Agriculture Enhancement and Diversification Program have until July 3, 2023, to apply.

As demand for clean energy increases, many state and local governments are prudently discussing the impact future solar development will have on agricultural lands.

Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced that last week’s declaration of emergency for eastern Oklahoma in the aftermath of the June 17 storms has now triggered activation of the Emergency Price Stabilization Act.

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MUSKOGEE –– The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Marci Ann Weedon, age 46, of Rattan, Okla., was sentenced to 30 months in prison for assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm in Indian Country.

Photos Courtesy / Boswell Homecoming Facebook.

Sharla Frost, an Oklahoma author, has just had “Frogville, Quest for a Queen,” her third children’s book, obtain best seller status on Amazon.