HUGO — A Hugo High School teenager has been charged with first degree murder in connection with the shooting of Noah Shoemake, 19 of Antlers, in what investigators believed to have been “an assassination-style shooting” in a drug deal gone bad.

MISS JORDAN HOLMAN was crowned Hugo 2020-2021 Basketball Homecoming Queen Friday evening. Also crowned was King, Kris Akins, Jr.

CHOCTAW COUNTY –– Two people were injured in a collision that occurred Friday evening at the intersection of U.S. Hwy.

Choctaw County EMS uses multiple ambulances to function properly and assist people countywide. Maintaining such a fleet adequately can be costly, but failing to do so could potentially cost people their lives.

The Hugo Board of Education met in regular session on Feb. 8. The board approved a new school calendar for 2021-2022 recommended by a committee made up of teachers and parents.

Those on the ballot for the April 6 municipal elections include: City of Hugo • Council member At Large Darren Frazier Richard Higginbotham • Council member Ward 1 Bart Tedder Josh Armes Earl Dalke Earl Dalke • Council member Ward 3 Gaylon Ridenour Juanita Latimore • Council member Ward 4 BJ...