Michael Plummer, of Hugo, was this week’s winner of the Hugo News Football Contest after choosing 17 out of 18 games correctly. Plummer guessed closest (350) to the OU Sooners’ total yardage (323) to edge out Cathy Stanfield. Plummer (center) is pictured with Andrea Ruffin and Matt Hodges of Jay Hodge Dodge, where he obtained his winning entry blank.

Oklahoma – The Eastern Oklahoma State College soils judging team earned first place overall at the 2025 Collegiate Region IV Soil Judging Contest, hosted by the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Competing against two-year colleges from Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and New Mexico, Eastern delivered a dominant performance with 11 students finishing in the top 20 individually.

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Oklahoma Human Services is partnering with the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma and Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma to offer limited emergency food boxes for eligible SNAP participants in all of Oklahoma’s 77 counties who have been affected by the federal government shutdown. Funding for the food boxes was made possible thanks to Gov.

• Registration is open now for the virtual walk The Sixth Annual Trail of Tears Virtual Journey started Nov. 1, 2025 and concludes on Jan.

Happy Birthday to Micah Ridenour (Nov. 21)! Happy Belated Birthday to Sharon Ridenour (Nov.

After 30 years as a firefighter, Jason Dobson realized his risk of getting cancer was higher than the general population. So, when he learned of a clinical study to measure the potential effects of smokeand soot-related chemicals, Dobson jumped at the chance.

Choctaw Nation Department of Wildlife Conservation’s (CNDWC) is inviting hunters to participate in the Hunter’s for Food Sovereignty program by donating deer meat via three local deer meat processors. The program will take donated harvests and distribute the meat to tribal members via community centers on the reservation.

HUGO — The Hugo Area Chamber of Commerce was honored to host a ribbon cutting ceremony for The Social House, located at 208 N. Second St.

Voters in Precinct 120316 who have been voting at the Hugo High School Polling location will no longer be voting at that facility. Effective Jan.