Oklahoma reports more than 10,000 deaths due to COVID-19

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• Commissioner urges vaccination, mitigation efforts for protection against the virus OKLAHOMA CITY — Commissioner of Health Dr. Lance Frye issued the following statement last week regarding Oklahoma surpassing 10,000 provisional deaths due to COVID-19: “We are sorry to report that as of today, we have lost over 10,000 Oklahomans to COVID-19.
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Football Contest winner

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CHARLIE BOB WIBBEN (center), of Hugo, was this week’s winner of the Hugo News Football Contest after choosing 17 out of 19 games correctly. Wibben guessed closest (403) to the OU Sooners’ total offense figure (313) to edge out Jon Kroeger and Ernest McCarty. Above, Wibben collects the $50 weekly prize from Zack Savage and Gwen Coffman of First Bank, 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, AmeriState Bank, Red River Counseling, Sonic, Hugo Lake Marina & Cabins-Little Dixie, Busy Bee, Security First National Bank, First Bank, Pruett’s Food, Superior Wheel & Tire, Shelter Insurance-Julia King, Ed Wallace Ford, Stoned 4 Survival, R.E. McGuire Insurance-Ernie Taylor, Jay Hodge, U.S. Cellular and Hugo Express Pharmacy. Game selections can be found in each Wednesday edition of the Hugo News.
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Weather Update

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After the sunny and hot weather that started the week we will see the chance of showers and thunderstorms going up considerably from Wednesday through Friday and high temperatures will drop to near-80 by the end of the week.