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.

report having a substance abuse disorder. Additionally, approximately 300 Oklahomans are admitted for urgent care or crisis mental health services. In the past year, 4.1% of adults in Oklahoma had serious thoughts of suicide, with one in 10 students reporting attempting suicide in the past 12 months.

BACK 2 SCHOOL BASH! Thursday, July 27 from 10 a.m. until school supplies run out! Students must be present! Volunteers/donors needed.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has issued its preliminary report concerning a July 11 crash south of Hugo that claimed the lives to two local men. According to OHP Trooper Hunter Motley’s report, a 2012 Ford F250 pickup, driven by Amaney Jackson, 27, of Hugo, was northbound on County Road N 4220 (Old Paris Highway 271) at approximately 6:35 Tuesday, July 11, when he lost control of his vehicle, departed the roadway to the left, rolled 1/4 time, struck a tree and came to rest.

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.