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Stretch of highway dedicated to fallen trooper
HUGO –– On Saturday afternoon, a small crowd gathered on the side of Highway 271 for a ceremony dedicating a portion of the highway to a fallen Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper.
The section of the highway runs from the outer limits of Hugo to Grant, and it now bears the name Trooper J.C. Magar Memorial Highway. According to the Oklahoma House of Representatives, Magar was shot and killed by a…