Body The perennial fight to raise the debt limit and avoid an economic calamity is once again on lawmakers’ docket, and this time things could get messy.

Body A federal judge on Nov. 29 halted the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers, although the ruling only applies to 10 states.

Body Even though my Oklahoma Sooners lost both their biggest game of the season and their head football coach last weekend, I’m already starting to get excited about next season. I like optimism and I like people who are willing to roll up their sleeves and get positive things done.

Body Funeral services for Ruth Ella Scott, of Fort Towson, Okla., were held at 10 a.m. Nov.

Body Pamela Jean Corbitt Stapleton, of Hugo Okla., was welcomed into Heaven on Nov. 28, 2021. Pam was born on June 30, 1946 in Whitewright, Texas, to JD and Lois Corbitt. She married Mike Stapleton on March 19, 1965, in Hugo, and was blessed with 53 years of marriage.

Body Funeral services for Curtis Ray Kernell will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, 2021 at the Prater-Lampton-Mills & Coffey Funeral Home in Hugo, Okla., with Bro. Mike Folmar officiating. Burial will be at the Springs Chapel Cemetery in Hugo.

Body Graveside services for Glenda Sue Young, of Hugo, Okla., were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov.

Body Fifth grade Character Counts students are: Fallon Rawls, Kinley Compton and Shaylynn Pigg..

Body Za’kiah Bills and Tia Ellis. Fifth grade Student of the Month was Jayln Johnson..

Body Hugo Intermediate School announces Character Counts and Students of the Month. Fourth grade Student of the Month was Coby Watkins.