• Trump Administration partners with Choctaw Nation to bring high-speed Internet to southeast Oklahoma U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Oklahoma State Director Zachary Swartz announced that USDA is making a $4.758 million grant investment to provide highspeed internet to...

HUGO –– The 38th Annual Oklahoma Lieutenant Governor’s Turkey Hunt made a stop in Hugo last week as part of Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell’s final year hosting the long-running economic development event.

The Choctaw and Pushmataha County OSU Extension Office invites community members to attend an Open House from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Friday, May 1, featuring snacks, prizes, and information about local Extension programs and services available to the community.

Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant, has advanced legislation that would maintain local control of funds raised by local county extension offices across the state.

Governor Kevin Stitt announced the appointment of Tyler Schnaithman to the Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture, representing District 1, pending confirmation by the Oklahoma State Senate. Schnaithman is a farmer and rancher who was raised in Garber, Okla.

Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God -- children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

Sharing Hope in Hugo (food pantry) needs volunteers. If interested, come by the site at 400 W.

Felony 032 – Kasey Kay Phillips: Malicious injury to property over $1,000. 033 – David Ray Phillips: Malicious injury to property over $1,000.

New Hope Church of God, 238 Bearden Springs Rd., in Hugo is holding a garage sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 2. The Raymond Gary Lake Association (RGLA) will host its second annual Ladies’ Spring Tea on Saturday, May 9 from 12 to 3 p.m. at the Historic Wilson House in Fort Towson.

said. “I saw a young man sitting on the side of his bed in the middle of the night, hunched over. The permeating feeling was one of utter despair. I could see his war demons clustered around, dragging him down into an emotional gutter.