HUGO –– The Hugo Area Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the expansion of its annual Fall Festival. The Fall Festival’s main goal has always been to create a safe place for children to trickor- treat, with businesses setting up tables and lining Broadway Street to hand out candy.

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Around a quarter of the U.S. population — the majority of whom are retirees — receives Social Security benefits.

• Online scholarship applications now open for 2023-24 academic year The Oklahoma City Community Foundation recently awarded a $2,500 scholarship to Savanna Jamison for the 2022-23 academic year through the state’s largest independent scholarship program.

The Iris Garden Club of Hugo met on Sept. 26 at the home of Harolynn Wofford, after being adjourned for the summer.

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Goodland will be holding “Concert in the Court,” featuring Levi Walker on Oct. 15.

The Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office will partner with the Oklahoma Press Association to host a seminar on Oklahoma’s open meeting and open records laws in McAlester on Oct. 17.

Award-winning Choctaw author and storyteller, Tim Tingle will lead a writing class for youth at the Choctaw Cultural Center. The seasonal topic of “Writing Spooky Short Stories” will run Saturday, Oct. 29 from 11:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the center.

Oklahoma Forestry Services Urban Forestry Coordinator Mark Bays is the 2022 recipient of the Larry Kotchman Lifetime Achievement Award as presented by the National Association of State Foresters.