Thousands of years of culture and history of the Choctaw people are presented in a fascinating experience for the family at the Choctaw Cultural Center in Durant. Following are a few activities happening this summer at the center: Current: On display throughout the summer is “Bolukta: Mississippian Designs, Medallions, and Modern Choctaw Art” featuring recent works by award-winning Choctaw artist Jane Semple Umsted.

Sawyer Senior Center will have a benefit yard sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 5-6. Anyone with items to donate, can drop off at the center. Others are invited to set up their own area to sell their items. Breakfast sandwiches will be served starting at 7 a.m. The Sawyer VFD will begin cooking hamburgers and hot dogs to support their program also.

New visitors hours. The Frisco Depot Museum in Hugo has announced new visiting hours.

This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. 1 John 3:11.

Misdemeanor 083 – Amy Yvonne Hiland: Larceny of merchandise from a retailer. 084 – Joseph Paul Smith: DUI.

Happy Belated Birthday to Anna Renfro (June 23)! Hugo Family Fun Day, sponsored by Hugo Church of the Nazarene, will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Cities of Refuge 1 When the Lord your God has destroyed the nations whose land he is giving you, and when you have driven them out and settled in their towns and houses, 2 then set aside for yourselves three cities in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess. 3 Determine the distances involved and divide into three parts the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that a person who kills someone may flee for refuge to one of these cities.