Hugo Schools working every day to keep students learning in-person The Hugo Board of Education met in regular session on Oct. 12 and approved the employment of Brenda Johnson as a paraprofessional to work in the HES Library.

From time to time, a review of history sends us back into the annals in search of details that were meaningful in the formation of our native lands here in Choctaw County. Only a few early explorers were adept at keeping daily journals as did French explorer John Benard Baptiste de la Harpe.

Well I’ll be darn if Gov. Kevin Stitt hasn’t taken an action that all Oklahomans should support.

State Question 805 seeks to change the Oklahoma Constitution to prohibit the use of prior criminal convictions to increase the range of punishment for repeat offenders. This prohibition against sentence enhancements applies to ALL felonies, except the 52 “violent crimes” as defined on Jan. 1, 2020.

A“ballot broker” boasts about keeping hundreds of absentee ballots in his car trunk. He brags about them being filled in by people other than the voters. Often, money changes hands.

Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com As a kid, Andy was outdoors during much of the summer months. And not lying by the pool with a Coke in one hand and a fetch-it stick for his dog in the other.

It goes without saying that 2020 will be one of those years that will be recorded in history with an asterisk next to it. The Coronavirus has affected almost every element of our lives and also of most world dwellers.

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President Trump just honored seven members of California’s National Guard with the Distinguished Flying Cross, a military decoration that recognizes heroism and extraordinary achievement.