Vicky Roberts, of Hugo, was the winner of the Hugo News Football Contest after choosing 23 out of 24 games correctly. Roberts guessed closest (444) to the OU Sooners’ total yardage (401) to edge out Don Loman.

An Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist will oversee experiments aimed at creating a medication to treat methamphetamine and cocaine addiction. Mike Beckstead, Ph.D., is the principal investigator on a new one-year study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) is asking Oklahomans a simple question this September: “You good?”

Charles Durrence, the current Fort Towson Fastpitch Softball coach, picked up CAREER WIN No. 400 with a doubleheader sweep of Bennington on Thursday, Sept. 3.

Contributing Writer ATOKA — The Hugo Buffaloes put on one of their finest aerial performances of the decade under Atoka’s fancy field-Friday night lights. When the fat lady sang, the Buffaloes fought off the always gritty Wampus Cats, 27-22, for a satisfying first win of the season.

Contributing Writer Jailynn George collected three hits in four trips to the plate, as Fort Towson varsity Lady Tigers defeated Bennington, 15-6 on Thursday. George doubled in the second inning, singled in the third inning, and singled in the fourth inning.

Fort Towson 22, Boswell 5 The Lady Scorpions did not have a good day on the mound. Fort Towson Lady Tigers’ pitcher Melody Wilhite did.

Hugo’s Lady Buffaloes lost to Valliant in both games of a Thursday softball doubleheader... 18-3 and 14-2, respectively.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Geoffrey Blac James, age 33, of Hugo, Okla., entered a guilty plea to one count of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm in Indian Country, punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a...

Publisher It will be some time before we are able to understand the full scope of the last three months of extreme drought here in Choctaw County.