Oklahoma Human Services will begin rolling out new chip-enabled SNAP EBT cards to residents in five counties –– Adair, Carter, Choctaw, Grady and Noble –– as part of a two-month pilot program on Monday, March 16. Chip-enabled EBT cards will be mailed to all remaining Oklahoma SNAP cardholders beginning this summer –– marking only the third state to implement these safety-enhanced cards to protect food benefits.

HUGO –– Hugo City Council members heard department reports and presentations on potential grant opportunities from KEDDO and the Choctaw Nation during last week’s meeting. John Redman and Hannah Shaffer presented several options for the city to pursue Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) and community revitalization grants, which could be used for possible rehabilitation of the Chamber of Commerce building.

Rep. David Hardin, R-Stilwell, issued the following statement after the state of Oklahoma finalized settlements totaling $25.5 million with Tyson Foods and Cargill in the long-running Illinois River Watershed litigation. “For more than 20 years, this case has hung over the heads of poultry growers in eastern Oklahoma. I’ve heard from families who were unsure whether they would be able to continue operating from one year to the next. That kind of uncertainty takes a real toll on our rural communities.

The Emergency Drought Committee met on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, and voted to approve a new program aimed to provide emergency drought assistance to Oklahoma producers. The application period opened March 9 and runs through June 30, 2026.

Felony 014 – Steven Tyler Nicole: Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. 015 – Mark Allen McKee: DUI.

Friday, March 13 Chicken Spaghetti Green Beans Sliced Tomatoes Rolls Jello Cups Wednesday, March 18 Chicken & Dumplings Green Beans Oven-Fried Okra Cornmeal Muffin Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Choctaw County Democrats will hold their March monthly meeting at the Washington Heights Hope Center (400 W. Bissell St., Hugo) on Thursday, March 19 at 5:30 p.m.

• Historic gift brought lasting ties between Choctaw Nation, Ireland The Choctaw Cultural Center’s Choctaw-Irish Friendship Festival this year will fill two days with activities on the weekend before St. Patrick’s Day.

Living for God 1 Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin. 2 As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God. 3 For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do—living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry. 4 They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you. 5 But they will have to give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. 6 For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged according to human standards in regard to the body, but live according to God in regard to the spirit.

17 By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, 18 even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.” c 19 Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.