• Hurricanes expected to push rainfall into southeast Oklahoma We will see scattered showers and thunderstorms Wednesday and Thursday, I am thinking in the order of about 50%. Rain chances are expected to go back down to the slight category by the weekend and it will be getting hotter.

Seventeen years ago, a high school student who was quietly discerning a call to the priesthood was invited to Hugo and spent the next few days at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, meeting the Glenmary mission priests in the area. He told his friends then that if he became a priest, he would like to return to the southeastern Oklahoma area one day to serve, God-willing.

HUGO’S NEWEST baby boy, Cameron Lee, was honored with an Elephant Baby Shower Saturday. Cameron was born at 6:31 a.m. Aug. 2, 2020 to Whimpy, weighing in at a whopping 257 pounds. Photos Courtesy / Joshua Jimenez

PARIS, Texas –– Paris Regional Medical Center is encouraging community members to keep up their diligence in wearing face masks or cloth face coverings in public areas where social distancing is not easily achieved in an effort to continue to help stop the spread of COVID-19. This aligns with recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the state of Texas as being an effective way to prevent the spread of the illness. The hospital has already instituted a universal masking protocol within its facilities several months ago and requires anyone entering to wear a face mask at all times.

ARDMORE –– Noble Research Institute’s Integrity Beef Alliance Program will host two online learning events about marketing cattle strategically with the Integrity Beef programs. The Integrity Beef Alliance Program is a comprehensive beef production system founded on best management practices.