HUGO — The Hugo Buffaloes found the critically important passing game that had eluded them for the previous four weeks and slammed the Wilburton Diggers 48-0 Friday at Gene Nesbit Stadium, putting a big, sweet cherry on top of their 2020 Football Homecoming.

A BEAMING HUGO FOOTBALL HOMECOMING QUEEN, KEAIRA SPEAR, is flanked by four beautiful members of her court including (l-r) Breanna Wolfe, Emilye Covington, Spear, Jayci Teague and Jennifer Joness. Hugo News Photo by Bobby Hamill

When it comes to healthcare, 2020 continues to be a bitter pill –– and people in the industry are reporting it could get worse. A nation already staggering from the COVID-19 pandemic also faces a shortage of healthcare providers in all areas, from family physicians, to dentists, to nurses and beyond.

October is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) awareness month. The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) wants all parents of new babies to know that there are steps they can take to protect their children from the risk posed by SIDS.

Funeral services for William Isaac Vandever were held at 2 p.m. Oct.

Graveside services for Roy Vester Pulliam were held at 2 p.m. Oct.

Funeral services for Mayrene Lewis, longtime Valliant resident, were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020 at Watermill Freewill Baptist Church in Valliant. Mayrene passed away Oct. 10, 2020, at the age of 91.

Family memorial services for Joseph Griggs were held at 2 p.m. Oct.

Wake services will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020 at the Canton Community Center, Canton, Okla. for Elizabeth (Surveyor) Scroggins, 61, of Hugo, Okla., formerly of Canton, with the Rev. Waylon Upchego officiating. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, 2020 at the same venue. Interment will follow at Cantonment Cemetery under the direction of Pierce Funeral Home, Canton.

Joetta Kathryn Pyle, age 69 of Coldspring, Texas, passed away Friday, March 13, 2020. She was born March 15, 1950 in Hugo, Okla., to parents Joseph Leslie and Joy Milburn, who preceded her in death along with her son, David Anthony Leslie.