Located in scenic southeastern Oklahoma, this long established recreation destination offers family fun, boating, abundant fishing opportunities and spectacular sunsets. Enjoy a golden sunrise view upon the deck of a luxurious cabin, a quiet sunset over the water, and a night sky dancing with infinite starts. Hugo Lake State Park offers serenity that can only be described as pure enchantment.

HUGO — Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector, Cindy Byrd, was a special guest speaker Tuesday at the Hugo Rotary Club’s weekly meeting. Byrd, a native of Southeast Oklahoma (Coalgate), told the club members she always enjoyed returing to her home and found it a good way to stay “grounded.” “I’m rural,” she told Rotarians, adding that she was the first woman elected to this position as well as the first State Auditor who had personally worked in the department’s trenches, performing all of the types of audits that are routinely done.

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“A Choctaw County man died in the jail earlier this year and there has never been any kind of statement concerning his death. Why has there been no public statement? Dear Reader...

The Fort Towson 4-H Club has been very busy this school year. The members served teachers food during National 4-H Week, made Christmas and Valentine cards for three different nursing homes, have been showing their animals and livestock shows and much more.