McCURTAIN COUNTY –– A Texas man has drowned Friday afternoon on Mt. Fork River, just 100 yards south of U.S.

BOBBY YANDELL, of Hugo, was this week’s winner of the Hugo News Football Contest after choosing 11 out of 13 games correctly. Pictured, Yandell collects the $50 weekly prize from Ernie Taylor of R.E. McGuire/Ernie Taylor Insurance, where he obtained his winning entry blank. Sponsoring this year’s Hugo News Football Contest are: Dr. Wade Rowland DDS; First United Bank; Dyer Quick Lube; Red Barn Propane; Shelter Insurance Colby Bryant; Sonic; Hugo Lake State Park/Little Dixie; Wildflower Bud Co.; Security First National Bank; First Bank; Tadpole Marine; Superior Wheel & Tire; Shelter Insurance/Julia King; Ed Wallace Ford; Outreach Health Services; R.E. McGuire Insurance/Ernie Taylor; Jay Hodge. Game selections can be found in each Wednesday edition of the Hugo News.

IDABEL — Eighty years of making good on a dream of bringing electrical service to rural Southeast Oklahoma will be celebrated Saturday, Sept. 26, at 10 a.m. in Idabel, as Choctaw Electric Cooperative holds its annual meeting for 2020.

DURANT –– Census workers across Oklahoma will be going door to door until the end of September, making sure that as many residents as possible get counted in the 2020 U.S. Census.

The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation will offer a virtual estate planning seminar for attorneys, CPAs, certified financial planners and trust officers from 1-5 p.m. on Oct.

A rabies-infected bat was discovered this week in the area around Bell Cow Lake, located within the Chandler city limits in Lincoln County, Oklahoma. This is the second rabiespositive bat found in the area in the past 6 weeks.

Senior citizens today are being diagnosed with skin cancer at a higher rate. The risk of developing skin cancer is greater if you’re fair skinned and burn easily.

DURANT –– Due to the ongoing safety concerns surrounding COVID-19, Southeastern Oklahoma State University has made the decision to not hold traditional homecoming activities on October 23-24. “This was a very difficult decision, but the health and safety of our campus community, alumni, and visitors was the top priority,’’ said Southeastern president Thomas Newsom.

Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com As a kid, Andy was outdoors during much of the summer months. And not lying by the pool with a Coke in one hand and a fetch-it stick for his dog in the other.

Officials with the Oklahoma State Election Board cautioned voters about a mailing from a Tulsa based organization, “OKVOTE,” after state and county election offices received several complaints from voters this week.