Shortly before noon last Wednesday, Aug. 12, Hugo Chief of Police John Mitchell confirmed two men perished early Wednesday morning, when they were working on a railroad car at Trinity RailCar in Hugo. Mitchell said a number of law enforcement, fire and EMT officers converged on the plant (Hugo PD, Hugo Fire Dept., Choctaw County EMS, Choctaw County Sheriff’s Dept., and Oklahoma Highway Patrol) Wednesday morning. “We got there as Trinity employees and Hugo Fire Department officers were removing the two men from one of the cars. It was about half-in and half-out of the building,” Chief Mitchell stated. Both were said to be unresponsive and were transported to Choctaw Memorial Hospital in Hugo and declared deceased.”

Ted Kendrick, of Fort Towson, Okla., passed away Aug. 6, 2020, at the age of 74.

Funeral services for Robert Roden, of Grant, Okla., were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug.

Graveside services for Bob Berryhill, of Grant, Okla., were held at 2 p.m. Aug.

Funeral services for Charles Franklin Raney, of Hugo, Okla., were held at 10 a.m. Aug.

Funeral services for Kenneth “A.D.” Davidson, of Grant, Okla., were held at 2 p.m. Monday, Aug.

Donald Ray Rhodes of Tyler, navigated his final flight home on Aug. 7, 2020.

Jimmie Warren Hoffman, of Fort Worth, Texas, passed away Thursday, July 30, 2020 at the age of 89. Celebration of life services were held at 2 p.m.

Funeral services for Richard Neil McClure, of Hugo, Okla., will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug.

The Hugo Lady Buffaloes opened their fall 2020 softball season Monday at Stan Payne Field in Hugo facing off against the perennially tough Lady Jax from Wright City. Lady Buffs Head Coach Randal Copeland said his team displayed the always-feared opening game jitters, mishandling a number of balls that they would routinely handle.