MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Kendall Bryan Morgan, age 45, of Shady Point, Okla., was sentenced today to 22 months imprisonment and 36 months of supervised release for violating the civil rights of a handcuffed detainee without legal justification.

Hugo Police Department officers arrested an Idabel woman, Reann Whitney Willeby, on July 7, 2023 at the Choctaw Travel Plaza on the west side of Hugo, after receiving reports of a stolen vehicle on West Jackson Street at 6:45 a.m.

Grief has always had a way of bringing people together, and last week, a day after the news broke, the Hugo High School Class of 2014 was reunited by tragedy. In a Facebook group chat, we shared in the initial shock and heartbreak of losing our classmate and friend, Amaney Jackson.

Blue River: July 11. Elevation is 1.5 ft. above normal and rising, water temperature is 79°F and murky. Largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass slow on crankbaits, spinnerbaits, and topwater lures around brush structure, river channel, rocks, and weed beds. Channel catfish good on chicken liver, cut bait, punch bait, and stinkbait around brush structure, channels, and rocks. Report submitted by Ethan Lovelace, biologist at the Blue River Public Fishing and Hunting Area.

Burgess Family Healthcare named Chahtapreneur of the Year DURANT — The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma recognized 12 small businesses at its annual Chahtapreneur Award Ceremony inside Choctaw Casino & Resort – Durant on June 22. Each year, Choctaw Nation gives Chahtapreneur Awards to a Choctaw business in each of the reservation’s 12 districts, as well as crowning one business Chahtapreneur of the Year.

TVSHKA HOMMA — The 2023 Choctaw Labor Day Festival will offer three days of faith, family, and cultural activities for all ages. The annual event, held at Tvshka Homma on the grounds of the historic Choctaw Capitol, is southeastern Oklahoma’s largest gathering. The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) will host the festival on Friday, Sept. 1 through Sunday, Sept. 3.