The greatest pain I could ever have endured was the loss of my mother… but I know now that my healing would begin by helping someone else. It started about six years ago when Mama took a fall. While staying with her a few months in the hospital and rehab, I made the decision to move back home.

Felony 092 – Sheree Annette Ensley: Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. 093 – Courtney L.

Hugo News Photos / Bobby Hamill Zoe Gilmore was crowned Hugo 2021 Football Homecoming Queen last week. She is pictured with (l to r): Rylee Beason, Tristan Pelletier, Kaylie Driggers and Kayla Loftin.

Kim Johnson (right), of Hugo, was this week’s winner of the Hugo News Football Contest after choosing 16 out of 19 games correctly. Above, Johnson collects the $50 weekly prize from Julia King of Shelter Insurance, where she obtained her winning entry blank.

• October is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month October is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month.

Respectful Treatment: You have the right to receive courteous and respectful care and treatment and the right to reside and to receive services with reasonable accommodation of your individual needs and preferences, except if your health or safety or that of other residents would be endangered.

Multiple Choctaw County students recently were honored by the Oklahoma State University Ferguson College of Agriculture with academic scholarships for the 2021-2022 academic year.

• Scott Blubaugh, fifth-generation farmer and rancher, calls for action to increase competition in agriculture markets WASHINGTON, D.C.— American Farmers & Ranchers (AFR) Cooperative President Scott Blubaugh, Tonkawa, Okla., detailed the negative impact industry consolidation has on family farmers...

Hugo city-wide fall cleanup will be held Oct. 22-23. All items must be taken to the landfill on S. Eighth St., across from the bypass from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Curbside pickup is available to the very elderly and handicapped only, by calling 580.326.2344 before noon on Thursday, Oct. 21.

An active week of weather across southeast Oklahoma with off and on showers and thunderstorms through Thursday, but then much cooler air will move in and bring drier air just in time to give us a sunny weekend.