The University of Central Oklahoma recently announced the students named to the university’s honor rolls, a distinction given to those who achieve the highest academic standards. For the fall 2020 semester, 1,599 students were named to the President’s Honor Roll, an honor achieved by those who recorded a “straight-A” or 4.0 GPA.

WILBURTON — Eastern Oklahoma State College’s scholarship applications for the 2021-22 academic year are due by midnight on Sunday, Feb. 21. Current and prospective students who plan to attend Eastern in the fall are encouraged to submit their application using Eastern’s online scholarship management system.

The week ahead will feature a nice warming trend for Choctaw County with high temperatures climbing from the upper-40s on Wednesday to 60 to 65 degrees Friday and Saturday. The mild weather will stick around through early next week and the next chance of rainfall looks to be Friday night and Saturday with scattered showers possible.

• Technology builds on existing platform to support move to REAL ID compliance Governor Kevin Stitt announced recently that the next version of the Oklahoma Mobile ID is now available. The app has been expanded to allow Oklahoma residents to quickly and easily pre-enroll for REAL ID.

Candidates for the Special Election set to fill the vacancy for Choctaw County Commissioner in District No. 2 due the recent death of incumbent County Commissioner Randy Robertson as well as candidates vying for municipal office in five Choctaw County municipalities may file declarations of candidacy beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, Feb. 1 and ending at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3.

THE HUGO NEWS ANNOUNCES its First Baby of the New Year! Miss Marabelle Morgan was born at 1:25 p.m. Jan. 4, 2021 at Paris Regional Medical Center in Paris, Texas, to Tesslyn and Cody Morgan of Hugo. She weighed six pounds, seven ounces and was 21 inches long. She is the granddaughter of Felicia Cofer of Hugo, Jeremy Davidson of Hugo, Bobbie Morgan of Hugo and Troy Morgan of Sawyer. Her great-grandparents include the late Lenette Cofer of Idabel, James Cofer of Hugo, Nora Weddle of Messer and the late Alton Morgan of Clovis, N.M. She is the little sister to proud big brother, 4-year-old Alton Morgan.

OKLAHOMA CITY — State Rep. Justin Humphrey, R-Lane, last week filed legislation that would establish a Bigfoot hunting season.

HUGO — A 20-year-old Antlers, Okla., man was pronounced dead after a shooting at Rosewood Apartment Complex Monday evening. According to reports from the Hugo Police Department, officers were dispatched to the apartment complex at 7:22 p.m.