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.

SUMMER LOWRENCE was recently crowned 2021 Fort Towson Homecoming Queen. Jayden Chumley was crowned Homecoming King. The Homecoming Court also included: Dakota Owens and Kaylee Gurry, Demi Payne and Joseph Person, Adrian Kemp and Logan Zachry, Denise Burton and Tuff Rentz, Crown Bearer Easton Earnest and Flower Girl Logan Day.

LEFT: SHEILAH GIBBS, of Hugo, was the final winner of the Hugo News Football Contest after choosing the most bowl games correctly. Pictured, Gibbs collects the $50 weekly prize from Jody Rawls, of the Hugo News.

There could be scattered showers around Choctaw County just about any day from Wednesday through Saturday. It will be very mild for this time of year with highs in the 50s and 60s with Thursday the warmest day at 66 degrees. Sometime around Sunday a stronger system is expected to move in with rain likely and even a chance of scattered thunderstorms with highs in the 60s.

Friday, Jan. 22 Oven-Fried Pork Chops Cabbage Baked Potato Muffins Jello/Fruit Wednesday, Jan.