The Hugo Area Chamber of Commerce announces Mehlenie Adamson as its new Executive Director. Adamson brings a passion for community collaboration and growth, utilizing a strong network of volunteers, community leaders, and youth to bring ideas to life and strengthen local connections.

The Fort Towson 4-H Forestry Judging team were awarded their Forestry jackets at the Choctaw County 4-H Banquet. The team members competed in the National 4-H Forestry Judging Contest at Jackson’s Mill in Weston, W.V.

Thanksgiving brings families together for food, gratitude and time with loved ones, but it also brings a spike in preventable holiday hazards, the Oklahoma Poison Center warns. Before Oklahomans turn on the oven, sneak a bite of raw cookie dough or leave a purse within reach of children or pets, the center is reminding families that Thanksgiving can lead to more than a full table.

Pay raises are on the horizon for a slew of Oklahoma elected officials. The Statewide Official Compensation Board voted Nov.

HUGO — Five families are suing Hugo Public Schools after Choctaw County Sheriff’s Deputies say a middle school special education teacher was caught on video abusing several disabled students in her classroom.

Three days after the government reopened and despite the radical left Democrat caused shutdown, President Donald J. Trump and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins continue to put Farmers First, including the unprecedented move to reopen more than 2,000 county FSA offices in the middle of the government shutdown so farmers could continue to access U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) services during harvest. Today, the USDA will continue to support farmers and will release billions in disaster assistance for those recovering from natural disasters across the country.