BOBBY YANDELL, of Hugo, was this week’s winner of the Hugo News Football Contest after choosing 11 out of 13 games correctly. Pictured, Yandell collects the $50 weekly prize from Ernie Taylor of R.E. McGuire/Ernie Taylor Insurance, where he obtained his winning entry blank. Sponsoring this year’s Hugo News Football Contest are: Dr. Wade Rowland DDS; First United Bank; Dyer Quick Lube; Red Barn Propane; Shelter Insurance Colby Bryant; Sonic; Hugo Lake State Park/Little Dixie; Wildflower Bud Co.; Security First National Bank; First Bank; Tadpole Marine; Superior Wheel & Tire; Shelter Insurance/Julia King; Ed Wallace Ford; Outreach Health Services; R.E. McGuire Insurance/Ernie Taylor; Jay Hodge. Game selections can be found in each Wednesday edition of the Hugo News.

McCURTAIN COUNTY –– A Texas man has drowned Friday afternoon on Mt. Fork River, just 100 yards south of U.S.

City of Hugo Code Enforcement Officer Teshumbe Bills wants to remind local business owners, who have not yet renewed their business licenses, the due date was July 1. Anyone who did not pay by the end of July began accruing late fees in the amount of $10 per month in addition to the $75 renewal fee.

DURANT –– Flu immunization is more important than ever this year with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority (CNHSA) has set up dates and locations across Southeastern Oklahoma to provide vaccines at no cost to the public.

The Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) Board of Directors passed two resolutions today encouraging the adoption of policies and laws to curb obesity in Oklahoma and to protect Oklahomans from the dangers of tobacco.

According to the Oklahoma Department of Health, Oklahoma’s current trend with new positive cases continues to reflect community transmission, which can be reduced by keeping six feet of physical distance from others, wearing face coverings when around individuals from outside the household, avoiding touching your face and regular hand-washing.

DURANT –– The COVID-19 pandemic has made protective face coverings a back-to-school supply for students this semester. The Choctaw Nation is providing high-quality, washable cloth masks for all Native American students attending school in the 10.5 counties of the Choctaw Nation.

New rules for all businesses and patients licensed by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Agency went into effect Friday, Sept. 11, 2020.

• FAPC offers resources for meat processing opportunities Changes have been seen on a global scale for the past few months. As consumers learn to adapt and adjust to the outcomes of the pandemic, producers and workers in the meat industry especially have been impacted.

OKLAHOMA CITY –– Applications are being accepted for grants to help communities across the state improve their forests. Oklahoma Forestry Services, in conjunction with the US Forest Service and the Oklahoma Community Forestry Council, is accepting applications through Nov.