Body LONGTIME CHOCTAW COUNTY resident Eddie Vandergriff was awakened by a passer-by in the early morning of Aug. 23 just in time to escape his burning home located west of Hugo on Hollis Roberts Road.

Body IDABEL — Choctaw Electric Cooperative members attending the 80th Annual meeting (Sept. 26) in Idabel will hear a number of very positive financial reports.

Body J. FRANK WOLF III, of Hugo, was this week’s winner of the Hugo News Football Contest after choosing 16 out of 16 games correctly. Above, Wolf collects the $50 weekly prize from Alexander Thomas of Dyer Quick Lube, where he obtained his winning entry blank.

Body Little Dixie Community Action Agency, Inc. is proud to announce and welcome Lindsey Miller as the newest Associate Director.

Body HUGO — The Choctaw County election office has confirmed that during a Thursday recount of the ballots in the State Sen. Dist. 5 race against George Burns and Justin Jackson, there were no changes to the original election results.

Body www.choctawmemorial.com The Radiology Department at Choctaw Memorial Hospital is completely digital, with the addition of the Carestream Revolution portable unit, this unit is a mobile piece of equipment that we are able to go to the patient and take the x-rays that are requested.

Body A collective total of 46 linemen representing eight member-systems from Oklahoma’s electric cooperatives are providing mutual aid assistance and storm damage restoration to two electric cooperatives in Louisiana and one electric cooperative in Texas following Hurricane Laura.

Body The 2020 Hugo Buffaloes include: Landon Lemmons, Ashton Barnett, Camden Holt, Travion King, Trederriyous McDonald, Aden Parish, Keion Johnson, Hunter Sims, Like White, Lamarcus Davis, Kris Akins, Dawson Bostic, Tony Perry, T.J.

Body Barnett pulls in Buffaloes first interception for 2020! GENE NESBIT STADIUM — In the week preceding the Hugo Buffaloes’ opening home game of the season, head coach David Barker said this year’s Buffalo defense is the best he has coached in his 15 years of coaching.

Body Our beloved and treasured Edward Thomas Pool was called to his eternal home with Jesus on July 31, 2020. Edward was born to Bill and Hazel Pool on July 15, 1927, the second of three boys.